...Sometimes we all make mistakes. The most popular excuse that comes to mind is “that no one is perfect”. The most important thing is to take the time to think and make the right decisions. This is how we should handle each situation no matter how minor and learn from our mistakes. My lesson begins on a Friday night after a long week of work. I’m looking forward to celebrating my buddy’s birthday tonight. As I was getting ready to go out after work I started making the plan to pick up our friend Pete. For some reason choosing to take out my 98 Camaro Z28 instead of my more conservative Jetta seemed like a good idea. Why did I choose the Camaro? Why that was a bad idea? These are the questions I should have asked myself. It was a short ride to Pete’s place. When I arrived there I hung out a bit, “pre-gaming” with Pete and heading out to the party. Mistake one choosing to take a race car to a party that I planned on drinking at with a passenger and not having a plan if I couldn’t drive home. Our good friend Eric was having a Luau at his girlfriend’s house for his 23rd birthday party. A lot of our mutual friends from school and work were all there. At the party they had live music on a make shift stage which I thought was pretty cool. There were many festivities to partake in including an open bar and playing a few drinking games. After a few hours the party was winding down so it was time to leave. Pete and I decided to invite a few people back to my place and make a grand exit...
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...In the modern world, people take chances everyday. From feeding random animals to jumping off cliffs, us humans choose to take risks. At times they end up being fun and joyful and give you long lasting a long lasting story to tell your kids one day, and others end up being a hard learned life lesson. As we grow it is important to take chances at times considering they can teach you lessons that we can use later in life and also because they can give you amazing experience that you can remember forever. As an illustration, a normal African American boy by the name of James. James was lucky enough to be raised in a safe, stable household near Houston, TX . He grew up with two sisters and a brother. His parents on the other hand were another...
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...Scott has learned to choose from right from wrong choices of her life, which is in the novel “The Kill of the Mocking Bird,” from her loss of innocence, and maturing, as she has faced different problems through her childhood. For instance, Miss Maudie is one of the adults that watches and cares for her and Jim. She teaches God’s commandments and reminds them that they should not fight. Scott has learned a positive lesson from her brother Jim and her nanny Miss Maudie not to fight even if a bully is bullying her in school. For example, in Chapter 3, Scout was fighting with Walter, and then Jem came over there and told Scott “knock it off and Let him go” (Lee 30). What she learns from this is inviting your enemies to dinner because her brother...
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...Everybody makes mistakes or bad choices in their life, in which they they tend to learn a lesson from. In the poem Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner, the Mariner learned to love everything God has created. From a bad decision I have made in my life, I have learned to never touch somebody else’s belongings without their permission. Everybody makes poor decisions and learns from them, that is the way life goes. Me and the Mariner both made poor decisions that led us to feeling very guilty, but we both learned important life lessons from these mistakes. In the poem Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner, the Mariner went through many tragic and scary events due to him shooting an Albatross. He felt no shame in shooting this innocent bird and eventually lost his whole crew because of it. He was accompanied by a few ghosts and supernatural creatures, who killed his crew and taught him an important life lesson. He learned that he must love and respect everything thing God created, and that he must preach this lesson to others. He prayed real hard and blessed nature for teaching him this lesson and was eventually sent...
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...shaped me and formed me in so many ways. I have learned an unfathomable amount through friendships as well as accumulating a lot of personal growth. The significance of friendships in my own American experience has taught me unique lessons, an open mind, respect, growth, and has given me a strong feeling for who I am. During my life I have been exposed to many kinds of people of all ages and ethnicities which have taught me things that I may have never learned. Thinking back, through all the memories and times, I got a taste of each person’s personality in my personal experiences with them. I found many of those people who I enjoy to be with because we share that common ground that lets you be yourself and feel comfortable. It really feels good to have friends on the same level as you. Friendship is a very personal and unique thing. No two relations between any two people will ever be the same because only those people know what they have been through or shared together. This is what makes friendship such an exceptional thing. A large part of friendship is learning lessons together, and for almost everything in the world there is a lesson that must be learned. Learning these lessons through friendships is a very powerful and exceptional thing. These lessons have varied from one extreme to the other in my life and have changed and shaped a large majority of...
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...good life lessons. There’s a boy named Cole Matthews. The boy learns a lot of life lessons on his way to becoming a better person. Some of these life lessons are, animals can teach us more about ourselves than any human, anybody can love, forgive, and heal, and actions speak louder than words. Animals can teach people more about themselves than any human. In the book, the author states, “animals can teach people more about themselves than any human,” because, in the book, at the intro page I got the evidence Cole thought that he could beat up the spirit bear easily, but then he was wrong because whenever he went near the bear the bear scared him. Then later on in the novel Cole fought the spirit bear then got really scared. Later on, then Cole learned from the bear not always fighting and stuff so then the bear thought Cole a lesson of not always fighting....
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...A few Things I have learned in my 18 Years Life tosses a lot of lessons, some are difficult to learn and some are easier, it’s all about how you handle it. Something’s that life wants you to know, are little and stupid and seem life they don’t have any significance to your life. However, it is either going to educate you not to do it again, or it will be a amusing story to tell your friends down the road. The little things make life a little lighter sometimes where as the large things helps you open your eyes and helps you in the long run. Life has taught me numerous things. Everyday I learn something new, adding to that list. One of the very first things that I recall learning, is to not lie on the ground attempting to look underneath the vacuum when mom is in the middle of vacuuming. For some individuals, this lesson is one that does not need to be learned, but for me, it was something I had to learn. Spending hours of crying, as my mother pulled every strand of hair out, and hours of my mom being annoyed yet laughing about it anyways because how bizarre is it, that I got my hair stuck in the vacuum. While facing the pain, I thought I learned that I should steer clear of housework; my mom on the other hand, did not. Something else I have learned is that telling someone that they look ill or worn-out, isn’t going to make him or her feel better. I, of all people should know, this because if someone were to walk up to me and say something like that, my heart would...
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...Travis Mills says in his book that really gets me in the heart. After reading this quote, it makes me want to work harder and do the best job that I can to be the best person that I can be and to allow me to become successful and happy in my life. After writing my I-Search and exploring my American Dream, I now understand what I takes to be in the military and the time and effort that goes into it. The moment I started the I-Search, I realized that this project will better help me understand what I want to achieve in life and how I want to do it. I also learned a lot about the skills I will need to gain. Hard work, dedication and never giving up, are some of the main lessons that I learned....
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...What could be more similar than some polynesian islands and some random book called How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents. A lot of things but they do still have a lot of similarities. This summer I learned from both reading How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents and going to Hawaii on vacation. After reading the 290 pages of How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents, I look back and see what messages and lessons were ingrained in the plot and events of the notice that there is much to be learned. I will elaborate on the many similarities as well as life lessons learned from these experiences as well as the many ways they are applicable to each and every person. One of these lessons, was that people, even if they are close friends and family will always find their personality, and will always differ from one another. Early in the book, it was explained how once the main characters of the book, the Garcia sisters, grew up having the exact same clothes, toys, and other possessions, differing only in color to distinguish which girl it belonged to. Later in life after taking separate paths for themselves the sisters later criticized “The little one...
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...In Kenneth Oldfield's article "Humble and Hopeful: Welcoming First Generation Poor and Working Class Students to College," he discusses the situation he faced when he had no role models who have experienced college. He argues that there should be more done for first generation students. He wished he had known more about college. Oldfield discusses six specific lessons that he wishes he knew before he started college as a first generation student. I relate most to the second lesson—“I wish I had known the real purpose of college before I started.” I relate most to the second lesson because I am a first generation student and I didn’t have anyone to tell me what the real purpose of college is. Like the author, I assumed that the purpose of...
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...The Lesson Since the start of slavery there has been a large problem with poverty, equality, and social class with Caucasians and African Americans. African Americans have been through a rough past, for the most part they are generally looked down upon, and are said to be of lower class. They are the same people as you and I, but not in everyone’s eyes. In “The Lesson”, by Toni Cade Bambara, Miss Moore takes on the roll as the children’s teacher, or in other words their instructor. The one thing Miss Moore wanted out of all of it, was to teach the kids a lesson. She wanted the children to know that they need to be goal oriented and work hard in everything that they do, and that education will lead you to success no matter who you are, or where you come from. She wanted them to know that the race they were wasn’t going to change who they would be in the future, or lower their chances of success, because you can do anything when you work hard and set your mind to something....
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...grow older, the lessons given become bolder and hold a greater imprint on those impacted. Leah Guest’s rewrite of 7 years, originally done by Lukas Graham, reflects on the impact of words and the lessons that surround a person. Time is constantly fleeting with a new lesson each day, and most of the time it is quickly forgotten. There are things in everyone’s life that will not only burn brightly in one’s heart, but can be just as likely smothered out. The memories and lessons that are taken now only set up the hopes and dreams for the future...
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...Have you ever learned a valuable lesson that has helped you? In the book A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Peck, Rob also learned some valuable lessons throughout the book. His friends and family members taught him those lessons to help him later in life. SomeA few of the important lessons he learns are life isn’t fair, death is a part of life, and respect and listen your elders. Rob learns that life isn’t fair mostly from his father. Rob wanted to go to a baseball game on Sunday but his father told him he couldn’t. In the text, Rob’s dad says, “Rob, the Book of Shaker forbids frills on any day. And that goes double on Sunday.”(32) People think that Rob’s dad isn’t as good as them because he can’t read or write. Rob finds this out when he asks his dad why he can’t vote. In the text Rob’s dad also says, “...It’s account of...
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...How Harry Potter Changed My Life Written by: Colin Rhoney English 111 (A2) Ever since I first began to read, books have always been a major influence in my life. My childhood was full of many memories of reading many wonderful books. I remember spending hours upon hours going from shelf to shelf, looking for new books. The library became almost like a treasure hunt, searching every row and every book before discovering just the right book to read. The most exciting part was when I would come across a new book that I could immerse myself into and imagine all the possible adventures I could have. The library became a safe haven, a place where I could escape the outside world and the troubles it brought, and jump into many great books where happy endings are endless. As I grew up, my yearning and passion for books gradually turned into a lost joy. The excitement I got from going to the library was no longer present; the happiness I received from secluding myself from the world in my room, spending hours of time reading, was gone. All to be blamed by one small step in my life: middle school. So when, in ninth grade, a group of classmates longed for me to read a book called Harry Potter, I was a little skeptical and curious as to what it was and why they wanted me to read it. Since my obsession for books was pretty much gone, I was a little hesitant and it took me a while to actually pick up the first book. After long debates and discussions of how fascinating the books were...
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...thinking can be used in everyday life. Include the following four (4) items in your response: 1. Identify three (3) lessons that you learned in this course. 2. Describe each of them. 3. Explain why they are meaningful to you. 4. Discuss how each of these lessons applies to your everyday life. Lesson 1: Before making a decision, investigate the source. I have learned not to jump the gun when I hear something and have to make a decision about it. Investigating the source is very important to me. I know there is a saying “Consider the Source” I wonder if this is where it came from. Some people act like experts in a field they either know nothing about it or have some knowledge, just enough to be dangerous. So it is very important to me to investigate the source before I make a decision, because I want to make a sound good decision. I have started using this already at work when having to make “ANY” decision. Lesson 2: Ask relevant questions I have learned to ask relevant questions pertaining to an answer; I almost look at it as playing “Devils Advocate”. I ask the questions from the opposite side so I have a well-rounded answer to the problem. I try to look at the problem from all sides, and I am able to come up with a solution that is more than an educated guess. The answers I give are not quick anymore but a good thought through process where I use this technique to give the best answer I can. I am in the Army, so I am using this lesson to actually teach my Soldiers...
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