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Mahlet: Failure? Not an Option

A big, fat “30”. In red pen. My final exam in Hebrew
grammar last year. Failure. Despair. No self
confidence. That about sums up how my academic
school year ended off last semester. When school
started this year, I didn’t really care anymore. If I was
going to fail anyways, what was the point of studying
hard? But my ENP teachers did care. They talked
to me and convinced me that it was a smart move
for me to participate in ENP’s Scholastic Assistance
program and get extra help in school. So I did. And
it paid off. I studied really, really hard. After everyone in my house was sleeping, I would
stay up and battle with all the impossibly hard tenses in the Hebrew language. In my head, I
pretended like it was a war between myself and the evil forces of present perfect, subjects,
and predicates. And I emerged victorious. When I retested on the Hebrew exam in the winter, I got a 90.My success showed me that I was capable of more and that I have the potential to succeed. I went over to my ENP teachers and asked for extra help in math. I’ve always liked
numbers and if I can defeat Hebrew grammar, then I am a viable opponent of mathematics.
The battles will continue and I am determined to win.

-Mahlet, 11th grade

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