Reflections on myself

Recently, something terrible happened. Not only did I get a poor mark in reading comprehension 2, but also my essay 2 was given the lowest score among all my articles written during the intensive course. To make things worse, I just completed my summary in reading comprehension 3 within twelve minutes because I did not start to write it until there was only fourteen minutes left, so I can predict that I would witness another failure in English. These situations absolutely block my motivation to continue learning English. I feel very depressed and frustrated.

Confucius said: Every day I examine myself on these three points: in acting on behalf of others, have I always been loyal to their interests? In intercourse with my friends, have I always been true to my words? Have I failed to repeat the precepts that have been handed down to me? I have the initiative to reflect my behavior on English learning.

Although I do not pay a lot of effort to English, I at least try my best to keep making progress. What I have to admit that the result of my recent learning really disappointed me, especially compared with others’ performance.

It reminds me of what happened around most people in China. Usually, either our parents or teachers zealously guide us to follow the way they prefer. They want us to follow their advice. Another thing worth mentioning is that they do not tolerate our mistakes, which has an ignorable influence on our mind that we should not to take mistakes.

However, I have to say that when I rewrite my paragraphs or essays, I can feel an obvious improvement on them. Maybe I could not hand in a satisfied answer at first. I do not mind correcting them three times or more. Maybe what I am afraid of is to make mistakes, but nobody can make sure that somebody is so perfect that he or she never has done something wrong. In addition, it is whether I have the curve to overcome errors that make a difference.

When I think about this, I have the confidence in my English learning.