I believe in asking for help
There are some things in life that we try to avoid. For me that was my physical science class in high school. Science is not my strongest subject. I liked doing the experiments but when it came down to memorizing the elements on the periodic table my mind went blank. My teacher Mrs. Jones was the toughest teacher in the entire school. From day one it was hard to understand the material. It took me at least three hours for me to get through my homework. I didn’t want to ask for help because I thought I could handle everything on my own.
As the weeks progressed the material was getting even more challenging. I stopped doing my homework and classwork because I didn’t see the point in doing it since I was so far behind. The problem was that since I didn’t do my homework or classwork. I didn’t really understand how do the test either. So my grades on my test ranged from low D’s to high F’s. In my ninth grade head I thought to myself everything will work out before report cards are come out.
On the day report cards were handed out I saw that I got a D in my physical science class I was shocked. I showed my report card to my mom and she was very disappointed in me. She asked if I went to the teacher to ask for help. I replied no. She asked why not. I told her because I thought I could solve my problem on my own, she said that was the nonsense. My mom said that I needed to talk to my teacher to figure out a way to fix my grade.
The next day I went to talk to talk Mrs. Jones and explained my situation. She said that I needed to spend more time on my homework and come to tutoring which was twice a week during lunch. For the next two months I went to tutoring and started doing my homework again. All of that hard work started to pay off. I noticed a dramatic improvement in my grades. At the end of the year I got a B in the class.
I learned an important lesson that there is nothing wrong with asking for help. Not asking for help will only lead to stress and the problem getting worse as time moves on. It scary to think that me being afraid to ask for guidance could have prevented me from coming to Penn State. Our society views seeking help as a sign of weakness. We have these unrealistic expectations that we are supposed to solve everything on our own. There are people out there that are willing to help but you have to make the effort to reach out to them. We will all face difficult situations in our lives at some point and we may not be able to solve them on our own. I truly believe that asking for help is a sign of strength and maturity.