struggle benefits them by training them to learn from their mistakes, persevere, and ultimately succeed. People learn more from overcoming obstacles than from not having any challenges at all. To demonstrate, in “Does Teaching Kids to Get ‘Gritty’ Help Them Get Ahead?” NPR ed. remarks that making mistakes is part of the learning process and that even “[Steve Jobs] failed one of the Mac projects he was creating”(13) and “He used his mistakes to help him along his journey”(14). Although he flopped at
Author J.K. Rowling famously said “Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.” Looking back now, my first experience with drugs seemed innocent and insignificant. I was 15 years old the first time I smoked marijuana with my friends. In school, the phrase “marijuana is a gateway drug” was repeated so many times that it no longer held any meaning to me. I carelessly thought “i am too smart to ever be a drug addict” and shrugged it off. Now, at the age of 29, I am proud to say
Everyday for the duration of our existence, many obstacles can allow us to bear the heavy burden of defeat on our shoulders, but through these obstacles it is crucial that we do not allow ourselves to be defeated, but rather learn through our experiences. Maya Angelou was the author of one of my favorite sayings that preaches how essential not being defeated truly is, her words are, “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter defeats, so
The main idea that is brought up in Angel B. Perez’s work, “Want to Get Into College? Learn to Fail.” is that colleges do not look for perfection and unflawed students, but rather students who have failed and have the determination and learning experience to get past that failure and achieve greatness. Students from across the world believe that colleges look at GPA and perfection of their reflections in their personal statements, but really it is the opposite such as the stories of defeat and triumph
When I was in middle school in my country, Nepal, one of the most difficult tasks I had ever done in my life was learn how to swim. I thought swimming was one of the important forms of exercise to help me to remain physically fit; however, I was always scared to swim in the water. Over time, I did not just learned how to swim, but also learned that the best part of the learning is to make mistakes and learn from them. First, I was always scared to swim and swimming for the first time made me more
honorable knight. This chivalry code has religious, moral and social aspects that a knight must live by, aspects such as honesty, courage, honor, hope and love and friendship. But is anyone willing to lose their own life to keep this code of honor? How much does one value one’s own life? Gawain being a virtuous knight who possess all the morals that a knight must possess is tested by Morgana, her aunt to see if it is true that the knight of the round table are as noble and honest as their reputation
Nietzsche and Anzaldua have both many similar views about the good life and how to live it. They both mainly agree that the good life is flexible. The good life can come in many forms for different people. However, there are some distinct differences with both authors as well. Anzaldua focuses more on the good life for a Chicano, while Nietzsche focuses on the human race as a whole. Nietzsche believes that a bad conscience stems from ones Christian beliefs. Anzaldua believes it mainly comes from
Can you imagine making one mistake that altered your entire life substantially? Have you ever been hit by a drunk driver? How about had all of your life taken from you? Maybe you cannot relate to that, but in the book Leaving Paradise that’s just part of the berserk events occurring. Caleb Becker spends an entire year in Juvenile Detention for intoxicated driving. While driving intoxicated, Caleb hit his sister Leah’s best friend Maggie Armstrong. Maggie gets out of a years worth of rehabilitation
Thinking lowly of yourself can derive from many different aspects of life: having harsh parents, not achieving a dream goal, or being compared to others. From these, there are two ways people can react: ceasing to care about anything or becoming a perfectionist. To help subdue this mindset is to realize that everyday is a new day with new opportunities and more chances to fix previous mistakes. As a Christian, overcoming the thought of being a failure comes from Christ and his view of me as a
In the poem crossing over, the poet Chris Mann writes about life and death. Its focuses on two people who are living with AIDS, however he describes it as” they already have a foot in the grave”. Chris interpretation of crossing over, which is about moving from the living to the dead, is different to my interpretation of crossing over. I understand the quote “crossing over” as overcoming challenges, hardships and difficulties in life as well as making the negative aspects into positive, and coming