ct answer. Because I get so upset with them everytime they answered questions I would interrupt; consequently, I was often sent to the principal's office. When my mother grew tired of the teachers telling her about my flipped attitude, she had a talk with me. She told me,"Crystal you will never be successful in the future if you can't accept constructive criticism because it's a part of life." After that talk with my mother, I completely changed my attitude. I realized that certainty a defense arousing mechanism would make life more pleasant for me. Therefore when I gave the wrong answer and someone corrected me, my reply was a polite "Thank you." By finally learning to gracefully accept criticism, I became a happier person.Finally, I realized I have been concentrating too much on basketball and not enough on academics. My family has always stressed that education should be my first priority over basketball, yet for some reason I didn't think that way. Because I used dialectical tension denial. I love playing basketball, but what I didn't think about at the time was if I got hurt while playing, I would need an education to fall back on. I first realized how important my education was to me when I was in the twelfth grade. All I thought about was being the best in basketball and receiving a scholarship so that I could play basketball in college. What I didn't realize was if I didn't have the grades, I would be ineligible for a scholarship. I thought if I just played awesome basketball that would get me where I needed to be. Later I found out I was wrong and realized that without an education I might as well not play basketball, one day I would become too old and not be able too play, and I would have nothing to fall back on, so I might as well not play any sports.To sum up, the sudden death of my father, my inability to accept constructive criticism and my emphasis of basketball were several personal problems I needed to work out. By res...
