Write about a fear you had to overcome

 A fear that I had to overcome was my fear of failure. When I was younger I was a perfectionist, never letting myself make a mistake, especially in academics. As I got older I still maintained that drive to succeed, but I began to go easier on myself, realizing that I was expecting myself to rid myself of my human attributes. Everyone makes mistakes, everyone messes up and life throws unexpected curve balls at you whenever it sees fit. You can;t grow without failure, staying comfortable keeps you in one place, and while you're not moving backwards, you are not moving forwards either. Growth and progress are not linear and I needed to stop expecting it to be. 

Today in class we looked over how to identify claims within texts, explaining what type of claim it is, and writing an opposing claim. 

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