It was a lot of time that I was late but it was not really that big. Just something like having I do go into friend group for a project or have a meeting. But this was a particular moment. Just have an extra mental effect on my life and really changed the way how am I today. And that’s me just oversleep for my final term math exam. So to start the story, so in the morning when I woke up I realized that it was really late and it was around 8am and the test start at 7am so obviously I was late. One another thing is I also realized that my algorithm block was set up incorrectly. It was supposed to be 6am but I accidentally do it like the night before I was asleep and I set it to 6pm. So yeah I was really careless at the time. And furthermore many teachers had to remake the test. I think it was like 10 of them and it took me to check it and get a needed score for the subject but it was ridiculously hard and really I thought I would get like 1 or 2 but luckily I got a 5 and barely passed the subject. So as a result from that one particular mistake I tried to be more careful next time. I set my alarm clock incorrectly so I don’t oversleep and late for any meeting or many exams for my score again. And it also helped me to be more careful in my work and also try to plan him carefully so it doesn’t went wrong and also have a backup plan for everything.
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It was a lot of times that I was late, but it was not really that big. Just something like having to go into a friend group for a project or having a meeting. But this was a particular moment that had an extra mental effect on my life and really changed the way I am today. That was me just oversleeping for my final term math exam. To start the story, in the morning when I woke up, I realized that it was really late. It was around 8 AM, and the test started at 7 AM, so obviously, I was late. One other thing I realized was that my alarm clock was set up incorrectly. It was supposed to be 6 AM, but I accidentally set it to 6 PM the night before while I was asleep. So yeah, I was really careless at the time. Furthermore, many teachers had to remake the test. I think it was about 10 of them, and it took me a while to check it and get the needed score for the subject, but it was ridiculously hard. I thought I would get like 1 or 2, but luckily I got a 5 and barely passed the subject. As a result of that one particular mistake, I tried to be more careful next time. I set my alarm clock correctly so I don't oversleep and am late for any meeting or exams again. It also helped me to be more careful in my work and to plan things carefully so they don't go wrong, and to have a backup plan for everything.
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