COMMON APP ESSAY TOPIC OF CHOICE: "EXPERIENCE IS THE BEST TEACHER" Daniel Guerrero My whole life I’ve been told practice makes perfect. Whether it’s in the tennis court or in math class‚ the more you practice something‚ the better you become at it. In the last few years I’ve found out that practicing and doing is not the same thing. Harry Callahan once said‚ _"experience is the best teacher"_ and without a doubt it is. You can sit five hours taking a business class or 10 hours in a tennis practice
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belief that “experience is the best teacher”. All aspects of life can be taught‚ but to fully understand a situation I feel you need to experience it. Examples where experience is the best teacher are: shooting a gun‚ sky diving‚ playing a musical instrument‚ driving a car‚ and becoming a parent. While someone can explain how to shoot‚ release a parachute‚ park‚ learning the right breathing technique for playing the oboe‚ or change a diaper‚ you need to learn from first hand experience to understand
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it goes‚ but success in life goes to the practical man of affairs rather than tot he lofty theorist." Such ideas are certainly given the color of truth by the undoubted fact that the successful politician goes further on shrewdness than on political theory‚ and the rich businessman further on practical ability than on the degree in economics. If success in life is to be measured in terms of money‚ power and position‚ it is the practical man who succeeds most often. Experience has taught him when to
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Past clings to us. The actions of our forefathers‚ their experience in life pave our way at present. The books of great authors may not teach us as much as we learn from experience. Lessons of experience may be hard‚ sometimes one may get a severe blow to experience a reality. Whatever the case‚ experience is great master. Preaching‚ sermonizing may prove of no use‚ but personal experience and that too a bitter one forbids a person from repeating a folly. A man who breaks all the rules of health
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It was weird how just suddenly my seniors had told us to head back to our room. It was only seven in the evening and we had not eaten our supper yet. Without declining their instruction‚ my friend and I walked back to our room with a lot of questions in our heads. Known as troublemakers at the camp‚ we had the feeling that something uncanny was about to happen. As I opened the door‚ I was startled to find darkness occupying our room as candles were lit on every corner of the room. A cold breeze
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For other uses‚ see Experience (disambiguation). Experience as a general concept comprises knowledge of or skill in or observation of some thing or some event gained through involvement in or exposure to that thing or event.[1] The history of the word experience aligns it closely with the concept of experiment. The concept of experience generally refers to know-how or procedural knowledge‚ rather than propositional knowledge: on-the-job training rather than book-learning. Philosophers dub knowledge
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Experience is the best teacher "Experience is the best teacher." Although this theory is well known by a large percentage of the world‚ there is quite a division over the truth of the statement. Perhaps‚ this is due in part to the way in which our society places heavy emphasis on formal education. Experience in itself‚ is the oldest teacher on the planet. You can travel to the most underdeveloped societies‚ lacking any form of school or academic institution‚ and you will find that old schoolteacher
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The Best Teacher There are many types of folks in this world and many types of teacher too. Therefore‚ there are many qualities that good teachers have and makes them to be the best teacher. Then Have you ever had the best teacher? You might have had the one who is able to change his teaching methods‚ who is happy with his/her life‚ and who can persist. This is the teacher who makes school lives of the student easier and make them to love school. The first category of the best teachers
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Education 300 Professor Huffman My Best Teacher My best teacher that I have had thus far in my academic teacher would have to be Elias Semaan. Professor Semaan taught the upper level Finance courses here at JMU and his intelligence as well as his passion captured my attention and made me want to absorb the knowledge that he was preaching. I had Professor Semaan my sophomore and junior year and he was great. He taught a difficult course‚ FIN 360 Analytical Methods in Finance but he made difficult
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The Best Teacher Every day we live and we learn. We learn from everyday interactions such as what we hear‚ see‚ experiences and eve making mistakes. I feel as though the best teacher is a mistake. When you admit that you made a mistake and learn how to correct it‚ it is the best way to learn. This is the best teacher because you will learn from your mistake‚ you will learn how to avoid the situation the next time‚ and you will learn how to appreciate your success more. Behind every mistake is a
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