Learning for me started to become a scary movie I did not want to watch. I did not want to see myself get killed by failure and doubt that I would never make it out alive. Malcolm X in “Saved” talks about how he had to teach himself how to be educated in prison and how he succeeded at teaching himself to read and write. this took a lot of ambition hard work and commitment to want to succeed. Perri Klass, in her essay “Ambition,“ talks about these same qualities, how ambition is working hard and following your dreams. However, people have to be realistic about some of their dreams and know how much they can handle. These two essays stood out to me because I have always had enough ambition to take it upon myself to learn and to teach myself…
As Janie returns to the town the townspeople criticize her attire and her previous love life and speculate what had happened to her lover. The town seems to be resentful about her return and try to pinpoint the reason of her return. This gives me the first look at how the townspeople seem to be zealous of her past and truly are critical of the choices she makes. This piece of symbolism shows aspects of Janie’s life that have had positive effects and negative affects on her life and her life choices.…
A famous basketball player once stated, "In order to become better, you must push yourself to do the things you could not do yesterday." This quote supports many different aspects of life. Once one thing is mastered, you must keep going in order to grow and improve. In order to grow in intelligence, talent, and in life in general, you must go out of your comfort zone. For example, Kindergarten is the first big step a student takes to learning. In this grade, I began learning the alphabet and small numbers. Just six years later, I started putting letters and numbers together in basic algebra. If I had stopped learning after completing the alphabet, I would not have made in very far. Instead, I went beyond the what now seems like…
While reading the “Tips for Successful Students” article, I found it was important to keep an open mind and be honest when evaluating myself and the characteristics that will make me a better student. I tend to be a little hard on myself, and I understand that there is no one perfect way to learn, study, or to be a successful as a student and in life. There are guidelines, as provided in the reading, however, each person much consider what works best for them. I do find that I was in agreement with the information that I read, and there were things listed that I will utilize to increase my potential for success in this, and future classes.…
To conclude, we all want to reach our goals of being a doctor, teacher, entrepreneur, or even being a good parent. Getting to a certain potential of doing a specific action, or getting a certain position can be challenging for most. However, this pain are hardships that you experience that are part of the process to becoming better and leveling up. With the “Allegory of the Cave” by Plato and “Learning to Read” by Frederick…
2. Which of the following identifies the patterns used for each data series in a chart?…
When I solve a math problem now, I am questioning everything, always remembering to ask as many questions as possible instead of sitting in a lecture with a blank expression plastered on my face. Rising above my clinical depression and past failures, I have chosen to openly accept all perspectives and integrate them into my learning process. However, this is not to say that I am afraid of failures, for now greet failures with open arms. I sought comfort in knowing that I had risen above my past failures that were haunting me. The fluid progression of this new angle towards learning impelled me to have an open mind in the endless challenge that is…
Courts often prove to be corrupt through the abundance of wrongful or unfair convictions found within them. Many people around the world have been wrongfully convicted, and sentenced to death despite their innocence because of issues like “eyewitness misidentification,” “junk science,” “false confessions,” “government misconduct,” “snitches,” and “bad lawyering” (Causes of Wrongful Convictions). As an attempt to assuage this unleveled playing field, several corporations have been established with the intent to exonerate those who are wrongfully convicted. Corporations, like the Innocence Project, which is a corporation in the United States, take on cases of those who seem to be wrongfully convicted, and appeal them to the court in hopes of…
I continue to make goals for myself and continue to achieve my goals. I will carry forward striving for the best. I use to just give up but I realize that doesn’t make me any better. Some of the things I think about when I just want to give up is,“You have the patience, the strength and the passion to meet your ambitions your goals and your dreams. All you need to do now, is try.”also “What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” I had to really think about what it really meant but now I…
I’ve never been good at very many things. In fact, I quit or failed almost everything I’ve been involved in pertaining to school or extracurricular activities. I wanted to accomplish something that my parents would be proud of but I didn’t have much motivation. It wasn’t until my freshman year that I decided to work harder to achieve something to be proud of; I was just waiting around for the success to come to me. I quickly learned that I wasn’t going to get anywhere that way.…
Everyone in life will have their own personal obstacles they will have to face in life. Some people will mentally shut down and give up when faced with a challenge. Others will take their challenges and use them to better themselves. The obstacles that I have faced in my life have never hit me harder than they have these past few months. This being my senior year, I always expected it to be the most laid back and relaxing year of my high school career. When in fact I set myself up for one of the biggest challenges of my life so far, by signing up for multiple online college classes, helping out with activities all over the school, and playing football for the first time since freshman year. Although, under all this immense pressure, this is where my true colors came out. I didn’t stop working to my full potential,…
My aim is to get Distinctions in all units. In order for me to do this, I have to meet deadlines and use my time effectively. However, I was disappointed in myself last year because I felt like I had let myself down because I didn’t knuckle down with the work. I didn’t get good grades in some of my units which was a wake-up call to work hard in other assignments this year. However, what I don’t want to do this year is look back at what happened because it will be a distraction. Also, it will make me not do well as I should do.…
I knew I am not a smart guy. Opportunity to be there for those who are prepared. Just like our lecture, while he makes a great presentation seem effortless, I know that he has well prepared for it. So, I should learn from it and always prepare well for the class every time, like read carefully the study guide. This experience also told me, my listening comprehension ability is low compared to my classmates, I need concentrate in the class, otherwise I will easily to feel lost. My weaknesses are I'm not as articulate as I would like to be, and I shy for ask question. But the good news is I admit my weakness and I am willing to correct and ameliorate it. I am willing to learn and learn fast. And now, my Excel skills are improved a lot. I can easy to catch up the lecture steps, I know how to lookup the formulae for data manipulation, conditional formatting, prepare charts or predict the trends in Excel, etc. I have worked very hard for some weekly tasks. For example in week 3, we need to do a exercise for Income Statement and Balance Sheet in Excel, I am not good at formatting spreadsheet data and spreadsheet Design so I search and…
Give Yourself Permission to Fail. You may fall flat in some areas, that's okay. Remember how many shots Michael Jordan missed and how many passes Tom Brady threw incomplete or even had intercepted. Successful people fail, but then they rise back up. When you put your focus on one area of your life, other areas may be neglected, you have to give yourself permission to be less than perfect in those areas.…
What do you think are the three most important skills that you need in enterprise?…