Avid Final Prompt 3 Since I was little my family always wanted me to become a great “lady”. Many times my family holds me back from being myself. For example, I’ve always want to play soccer, but my parents said it was non lady like. There were many struggles that occurred growing up as a female. For instance, many of my girl cousins, and I didn’t have so much freedom as the guys in the family mainly because we were “girls”. Suddenly I got tired for all the unequal rights we had at home. Eventually I stopped caring of what my parents thought of me. I ended up joining soccer to prove to my family that not only guys can do sports. Later on, I started comparing myself to the guys in the family, and proving that my parents everyone is equal. The inequality I had in my family made …show more content…
From learning from our mistakes it helps us prepare for the future. For example if we don’t succeed the first time it our failures help us not make the same mistake twice. For example, in school I made many mistakes by not taking to time to make my work perfect. Eventually, in assignments that were due I tended to turn it in last minute. Instead, of preparing my work ahead I cause some of my grades to not be so hot. Once I realized I should take the time and practice on my mistake it helped my average go up. In fact, I’ve noticed that everyone is school makes mistakes. Even if it’s on test grades, assignments, free response all we can do is do are work and try our best. In school I realized that if I didn’t turn in my work, or tried my best I knew I wasn’t going to be successful. I was the kid that would slack off on my work in the beginning. It hit me one day when a teacher told me that “It doesn’t really matter if you work is perfect, it’s important to do your work, and at least try your best.” This advice made me realize that even though my work wasn’t the best, but kept on hustling to make my work better I would
It was really hard for me growing up and trying to fit it. I would try to do things that they would do, or dress a certain way when I was with them to show that I was more like them. I thought they thought as me being
After 7th grade though, I learned from my mistake, which was not knowing when or how to ask for help. When I entered 8th grade and then high school, I was committed to working with my teachers to ask them for assistance with subjects I struggled with. I polished my time management skills and studying
In “Want To Get Into College? Learn to fail” (2012), Angel B. Pérez ,Vice President and Dean of Admission and Financial Aid at Pitzer College, argues that students are not okay with failing and are pressured to only show their success, Perez believes that this problem exist because teachers and parents taught them to only show their success and not to show their flaws. Perez supports his argument with his own personal experience .Perez supports his argument with “I wish I could tell you this is an uncommon story, but kids all over the world admit they are under tremendous pressure to be perfect,” (pg. 1 )
I was brought up in a very humble, family-oriented home. My parents never
The essay “In Praise of the ‘F’ Word” by Mary Sherry explains some flaws Sherry has noticed in our education system. These observations are from her teaching perspective, and from her son’s own experience in high school. Sherry claims that some students that have earned a high school degree should not have because they are “semi literate.” She starts out her essay by stating this bluntly, but further explains herself as it goes on. Sherry is an adult literacy grammar teacher, and often faces students that wish they could have had a more beneficial experience in high school.
“It’s not how we make mistakes, but how we correct them that defines us”-Rachel Wolchin. If you’ve ever made a bad grade on a test than you know mistakes are natural. If your mistake was on a math test and you forgot a negative sign, then on the next test be more conscious. Picking up what has fallen is the highest struggle and the highest form of growth. The human race has made mistakes trying to make life better, but must try to fix them like after the dust bowl and the recent smog in Delhi.
Like the famous quote, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” (Santayana) We learn about the awful occurrences in the past which help shape us so we don’t make similar mistakes when we become adults and grow up. These stories encourage us to make more righteous decisions in life.
As a little girl you are encouraged to be who you want to be. You fill your world with fairy tales or Barbie dolls that inspire you to believe that the sky is the limit. But little do you know, that as you grow older, the dreams you are forging for yourself is no longer achievable. Where you once saw the sky as the limit is now transformed to be seen as a man’s word as the limit. No little girl, you are not liberated nor are you empowered…you are simply propagated by a man’s world to believe that you are.
My parents grew up two different ways in their native land. My dad was born into a slightly privileged family with his dad being a pharmacist and his mom being a teacher. On the other hand, my mom was born into a military family with her dad being a general in the country’s military. My
My Writing Struggles After taking AP English III, I became better at organizing my papers, but realizing I need to improve my grammar skills and staying focused on my supporting points. All throughout my writing career, I was always thought to be an outstanding writer, especially using vocabulary above my grade range. Naturally, I would see myself as an excellent writer as well until I took Mrs. Bingham’s AP English II course. Mrs. Bingham always gave pointers, tips, and work to improve my class’s writing skills as a whole.
Mistakes are made so you could learn from them, so you could do better. Just because a person makes mistakes does not mean he or she is a failure and they are simply worthless, they are literally just
Failures help people to think more clearly about the
You learn to correct all your mistakes so that you won 't commit the same mistakes again. You learn to embrace your flaws and take proud in it. You learn that we are all growing and conquering. And that it 's inevitable to lose some people that has been a part of your life. You learn that having people walk away from you is part of life.
Making mistakes is an important part of life. We learn from our mistakes. Mistakes are the best lessons of our life. They are something that happens unintentionally and without the knowledge of a human being. The only way mistakes can be avoided is to never do anything.
In 9th and 10th grade my studying habits were very poor and it showed tremendously on test and quizzes. 11th and 12th grade I took the initiative to learn how to study and not procrastinate. This was a challenge for me because test and quizzes took up the most percentage over classwork and homework which means one test or one quiz could drop your grade