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In the novel The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster the Princesses Rhyme and Reason teach Milo several lessons. I believe the most important lesson that Rhyme and Reason teach Milo is "You must never feel badly about making mistakes... as long as you take the trouble to learn from them. For you often learn more by being wrong for the right reasons than you do by being right for the wrong reasons. " I believe that this means that it is OK to make mistakes just as long as you make the effort to learn from your mistakes.
Urban Legends Urban Legends: “a humorous or horrific story or piece of information circulated as though true, especially one purporting to involve someone vaguely related or known to the teller”. Urban legends are small stories about a person, place, or thing that are suppose to scare you. Some people take them seriously and the majority of others don’t know what to think about them. The Legend of Boo Radley and the urban legend The White Death are two that are completely different, but have one thing in common; they’re both urban legends.
Throughout the course of history, there are many incidents where things have gone horribly wrong. These occurrences and decisions could have been made very consciously, or just a pure accident. In the occasions that the events are done consciously, those who are in the wrong can take responsibility from their mistake as this is the only way to start learning from them. When thinking of examples of people who have made mistakes and them owning up to that mistake and learning from it, many came to my mind. However, there is one story in particular that affected many families, and has been a learning curve for many individuals, all caused by one man.
Omer Saeid Oct.25.2016 ELA 7 “My Side of the Story” - Claim Essay In the short story “My side of the story by Adam Bagdasarian, there is a boy that has views on justice and fair play. Along with his brother Skip, the boys learn that lack of sympathy and selfishness can get the boy in trouble. I will show you what the author really wanted the reader to learn from this essay. Overreacting to a situation doesn’t allow for understanding and for one to solve the issue.
Hannah Thekkekara Ms. Pierce APELC; Period 6 1 April 2016 Lying to Survive Why do people resort to lying? Arthur Miller, in his play, shows us a couple of reasons why people lie and what its consequences are. In “The Crucible” we see multiple people lying to different people: Abigail Williams lied to the officials, John Procter lied to Elizabeth, and Elizabeth lied to the court. Each one of these people lied for different reasons; Abigail lied to abuse her power and because she loved Procter, Procter lied because he committed adultery and Elizabeth lied to protect Procter.
I have a story that I would love to share with you all, I doubted myself although I had practiced, during the table service competition in the service portion I mistakenly poured water into the candle holder, when I told my instructor he asked "what in the world made you think that the candle holder was a glass?! " My response was, " I thought it was a fancy glass!" But that did make me hide my face, I pushed through the rest of the competition, with shaking hands, and a confidence level that hit rock bottom. Later I brushed it off and I said to myself, mistakes have to be made to achieve greatness.
A few times that I lied when I was in trouble. I was around 6-8 years old, really didn’t know what was wrong and wasn’t. I was playing with my younger sister, who’s name is ShyAnn, and I accidently bumped into the table and broke my mother’s favorite coffee mug. She came out around 10 minutes later and saw that there was glass all over the floor. My mother started questioning me and I lied and said my little sister did it.
You can’t dwell on a past mistake. Move on and forget about it. I carry this mindset in all areas of my life. There is always the next step. You either stay where you are at or you move forward.
I have always believed these lessons help me in my everyday life and the classroom. If I don’t do well on a test, forget my homework or I don’t do well on a project I don’t let it get me down. I think learning what you did wrong, fixing it, and getting it right the next time should be the goal. A failure needs to become a learning experience that you can build off of.
As a dancer, I know how easy it is to get frustrated and want to give up when you make a mistake. I can see the theme of not giving up in You are the Electric Boogaloo. I think not giving up and learning from your mistakes is a big part of growing up. Making a mistake while performing, and even rehearsing, can be kind of terrifying. I feel like everyone is watching me and knows I made a mistake.
I sometimes catch myself and make the good out of those memories and laugh it off. All lessons in this story mean so much to me, how I want to do better at school, and just life. To sum up, pushing through hard times, never giving up, and overcoming mistakes in life are lessons in the “ ELectric Boogaloo”. Pushing through obstacles can be hard, but once you get through it you feel accomplished. Giving up is just an excuse to be lazy, working until you are finished makes you never give up.
The article “Confessions of a Drug-Addicted High School Teacher” by Jason Smith recounts the weekly experiences of an esteemed teacher in a conservative pocket in North California. Smith, while managing his student and superior’s complications is slowly deteriorating behind his own drug addiction issues. The main strategy used by Smith could be considered the credibility appeal; he attempts to reach his purpose by showing himself as trustworthy. Smith’s use of this rhetorical device in his writing effectively engages the reader interest and urges readers to consider how the teaching job is much more than just teaching, while his use of specific examples shows his familiarity of the subject and thus his ability to present a compelling argument.
This specific event, little did I know would a play a crucial part on my life, as a result of what was all a lie. Growing up in middle school much like young boys I was very curious and eager to grow up a little to fast for my age. I had always been around the opposite sex as a kid and I always knew that I liked girls. Unfortunately for me this curiosity in my young age would soon my a problem for me after a harmless dare to touch an older girls butt at my school turned into an even bigger deal that I could have hoped for. As you could probably imagine my immatureness in a gesture of comedy did not go over so easily with the girl that I essentially assaulted.
but I 've also made some really good ones Mistakes are a major fear for us humans but if we didn 't make mistakes we wouldn 't ever learn. There are gonna be times when we 're scared but there 's nothing bigger than fear than fear its self. Imagine when I was a child I wanted to ride a bike,but I was afraid of falling so my parents added training wheels then when I was older they took them off I got on it without the trading wheels and I fell I hurt myself pretty bad
Utilize our slips-ups as a going stone. Allow them to be lessons in how you can do things differently. They mould you to be the best version of yourself. At times when you lie to your closest friends whether intentionally or unintentionally you don’t feel good about it, but when they find out the truth, they are hurt the most as you break their trust. At that time you don’t really realize your mistake but when the same thing happens to you, you understand the real mistake that you had done to them sometime back.
