I’ve been incredibly lucky throughout my educational experiences. The defining moment in my educational career wasn’t winning the 2nd grade spelling B or getting into college or that research project targeting hunger in college students, its been my ability to fight deadlines in college with great success (Best) and the cataclysmic failure that surrounds a missed deadline (Worst)
My “best” education experience occurs when I’m able to meet a deadline within minutes of it being due. The rush exhilarates me and like many others, I’m able to produce my best work at deadlines. I say this now, but honestly, I know it’s a lie. I know and understand that editing is such an important process of writing but when I finish a project right before its due, I’m on such a high that I can’t be brought down. I’ve beaten the system. I feel as if I can take on the educational world and the wind is at my back. This has happened many different times over my college career but each time, I learn something new about myself which adds to the process.
On the other hand, my worst educational experience is when I miss my deadline, do poorly on the paper, and am forced to admit defeat. Defeat is such a strong word, but its categorizes my feelings very well. My enemy is the deadline and I lost to it. HE won. HE got the best of me and I only have myself to blame. I full my mind with second guesses and coulda, woulda, shouldas. It’s the worst but its part of the risk I take. I know these educational experiences are very atypical from the “standard” answer but they’ve taught me more about myself and what I’m capable of than any textbook ever could.
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