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Wisdom: Experience and Knowledge

1) The author struggled academically when transitioning from elementary to high school, going from being near the top to ranking lower than expected. 2) For years, the author put pressure on himself to meet others' expectations, which made him afraid to take risks and prevented him from enjoying high school. 3) In 10th grade, the author decided to stop pressuring himself and just focus on enjoying his studies. This new approach helped him regain his academic success and realize that experience is more important than perfection.

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Wisdom: Experience and Knowledge

1) The author struggled academically when transitioning from elementary to high school, going from being near the top to ranking lower than expected. 2) For years, the author put pressure on himself to meet others' expectations, which made him afraid to take risks and prevented him from enjoying high school. 3) In 10th grade, the author decided to stop pressuring himself and just focus on enjoying his studies. This new approach helped him regain his academic success and realize that experience is more important than perfection.

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Wisdom: Experience and Knowledge

To my ever supportive and energetic classmates, and to my excellent and


illustrious teacher, a clement and pleasant day to each one of you.

Once I saw a clip of a calf trying to stand on his own. At first the calf is struggling
on how to stand up, after some series of failures and struggles it manages to stand up
and walk with its mother. Just like this calf, we, humans, also have struggles and
failures in life. Let me share mine.

When I was on elementary I used to be on top, but when I entered high school I
experienced the things and events that I didn’t see coming. I was moved out on top, and
came across the ranks that I never experienced before. That event was one of the most
noteworthy in my life. I’ve been through triumphs but this instance feels like I lose
everything.

I entered high school with great pressure, it is like all eyes are on me. Some will
say that I am lucky because I am gifted with this ability, that I am slightly above others. I
don’t want others to think those things on me, there is nothing special on me, but they
make me feel like I have. These are also the reasons why I am pressuring myself.
There is only one thing that I believe, “I don’t want to live on anyone’s expectation.”

When I became a rank two student, on Grade 7, it feels like I disappointed many
people, one thing that I don’t want to happen is to disappoint people who believe in me,
so I continue to pressure myself for the next two years. Nothing change, I still didn’t
manage to comeback. Grade 7 to Grade 9, I am too conscious to move. I am too afraid
of failures and embarrassment, but still I fail on those days.

On Grade 10, I said to myself, “Okay Aaron, put the pressure away, don’t make it
a big deal, play your game. Don’t be scared to fail.” This can be related to the quote of
LeBron James, “You have to be able to accept failure to get better.” With that I am now
more comfortable and now I can move freely, I can now be myself, no more hold backs
and pretention. Emma Watson once said, “I’ve probably earned the right to screw up a
few times. I don’t want the fear of failure to stop me from doing what I really care about.”
And this time, at this very moment, nothing is holding me back.

I came back on top, I finished as a rank one student. As said by Jeric Teng, “A
minor setback for a major comeback.” With this result I realize one thing, pressuring
yourself will just stop you doing the things you love and you want to experience. Don’t
be perfect, be patient. If you will always be bothered by failure you will not be able to
enjoy the best stage of a man’s life, high school life, teenager life.
I became aware that life was not always about knowledge but most importantly
experience because with experience we can have wisdom, and wisdom is greater than
knowledge. I also prove myself to everyone, maybe not the way they like but on the way
I know, on the way that I can be Philip Aaron I. Manalo.

Again, a pleasant afternoon and thank you.

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