Dana Nguyen Ms. Newray ERWC, Period 5 August 28, 2015 Perez’s & Graff Articles Summaries In Perez’s article, Want To Get Into College? Learn to Fail [ Feb. 12, 2012], failure is the most significant, but hurtful step towards a successful life. If a person has never honestly dealt with failure, how can they possibly ever improve or move forward? It is important to learn and be able to solve problems in society, whether it is for academic or not.
Everyone in the stands started booing and heckling him as he ran onto the field. Charles knew that this may be his only chance to prove himself. As the pitch comes to the plate, Jackson takes off for second base and takes a big lunge and slides across the ground. As the dust begins to clear, we hear the umpire yell; “Safe!” Everyone in the stadium was in awe as they never seen a man ran that fast.
This helped Juana move on with her past life and start a new beginning. She has become independent, strong, and loyal. Juana is dead now. Juana does not exist anymore. It is a new chapter in Juana’s life, she is Adelina Vasquez.
We stared at him, speechless, until he continued in the same voice. ‘He was just standing there in the end zone. He had one hand on the goalpost, leaning on it, and kaboom! There was a crack, and a flash, and he went flying through the air. He landed right on his back, right there on the goal line.’
Learn to fail.” By Angel B. Perez, the author explains how a student gained his attention through the honesty the student provided when asked what he expects to learn or experience in college. The student answered with, “I look forward to the possibility of failure.” Failure
Would you be happy if you had received an A in your class? Do you feel that you truly learned enough to deserve that perfect A? Students who are in either high school or college are forgetting the true meaning of having knowledge and being able to learn. People think that how well they perform in the classroom will justify how well the teacher teaches their students but necessary that might not always be that way. In Brent Staples piece, “Why Colleges Shower their Students with A’s”, he argues that there must be an end to the grade Inflation and continues by examining for a possible solution by using language techniques to emphasize the main point.
It was pounding so hard it was as if an eagle were trying to fight its way out of his chest.” His heart was beating very fast because he was scared of the two players
Sherry’s own son, who always got by in school, was told by one of his teachers that he could either do his work or fail the class. The threat of failure motivated him to learn. She sees the resentment those students that were passed through school have for the system because as adults they value the education they threw away as teens. Sherry argues that teachers and parents must relook at the merit of failing because it can be a positive teaching
Listen to me, young lady. I'm only going to say this once. You get those grades up or your name is mud. Hear me? Get them up!"
he got the ball off of him so he was like “how am I going to get out so here?” He thought “ I cloud do it during night time when the cop is sleeping. YES!”. I got the blueprints from the cop Now I got blueprints now put it in his cell then he waited then it was night time so he stated planing how to get out then one week later the cop went into Tj
The ball slams hard into the dirt as third baseman Kris Bryant comes forward. He scoops up the ground ball and sends it flying
This is where failure comes in. Sherry proclaims that we need to recognize that this fear of failure is a positive teaching tool. To make this tool work, teachers and parents need to accept that if the student doesn’t learn the material, they must follow through with their promises of flunking. Both teachers and parents have to realize that the future of the child is at stake, and only good intentions come from the
I have wanted that award all year, because if you win it, you get a 100$ gift card, and free chocolate bars. “Gone, all because of Stevie,” I think sadly to myself. I have been a good student, but Stevie always gets me into trouble. Worst of all, my teacher is one of those dull, mean teachers. Even though I don’t like him, I have never gotten mad at him out loud.
Grade inflation is a reality throughout the United States. This means that students are being awarded with higher grades than they deserve or worked for. This phenomenon is affecting the quality of education throughout the country. Students insist on getting ‘’their money's worth’’ when it comes to receiving grades. Teachers don’t want to be nagged by students and administration for low grades.
Communism vs Capitalism Capitalism and communism are different in their political and economic ideologies. Capitalism and Communism never go together. One of the major differences between capitalism and communism is with regard to the resources or the means of production.
