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It’s Time to Redefine Failure

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documentary on Netflix (against my better judgment), which I can only describe as watching one hour and 37 minutes of an idea completely falling apart in a disastrous, public way. Throughout the documentary, the individuals who organized the festival kept ignoring warning signs and making to lie, entrepreneurs to cheat, and generally, causes the epic meltdown of their livelihoods. But this fear of failure isn’t just exclusive to the elites of Washington or the titans of cryptocurrency. It’s something that high schoolers deal with on a daily basis.

Pingry is ranked as the number one including pressure from parents or society to succeed academically, fear of not fitting in with peers, and anxiety over the future and finding a career. The high-stakes nature of high school, such as standardized testing and college admissions, certainly doesn’t help.

In fact, I admit to be someone sacrifices until it was too late. While it wasn’t his intention to begin with, Billy McFarland was able to justify putting on this fraudulent festival simply because of a reluctance to lose money or let investors down. This same type of worry is what drives politicians

K-12 private school in New Jersey, a title that is very well deserved. I truly believe that you can find some of the smartest students in New Jersey walking down these halls. However, with this title comes an extraordinary fear of failure. It can stem from a variety of factors, who struggles with this. I am one to stress myself out to reach goals, compare myself to others, and, generally, spend a lot of unnecessary energy worrying about things that are out of my control. Believe me, I’ve heard it all. JK Rowling was rejected by

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