E xplore Yourself ‘The unexamined life is not worth living’ Socrates Thinking about what you might like to do with your life is a big head ache. The thing to remember is — it’s your life — and everything has to start from where you are now‚ but the thing you want to know is about your future. Before you can visualise a future self‚ you need to look at yourself today — what interests you‚ what you are good at‚ what really matters to you — in order to evaluate possible future roles and
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One lesson I learned from The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch is that challenges are there for a reason‚ and I have to push through them. He said‚ “the brick walls are there for a reason. They’re not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something.” (Pausch 59) By this he means that challenges will be present throughout life‚ but they test the individual’s determination. He said “they’re there to stop the other people.” (Pausch 80) The “other people”
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Do you consider yourself to be a good driver? If you were to ask two of your closest friends what do you think they would say if asked? Chances are you may be a bad driver and not even know it. Anyone can be a bad driver but just in case if you’re not sure if you are or not here are fifteen steps to follow. The steps about to follow can be used by anyone at any age. I recommend that you have a valid driver’s license prior to taking to the roads but it is not a necessity when one wants to learn how
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Valuable Life Lessons Most people say you learn a lot in school and‚ some say you learn more in real life lessons. I would say you learn more out of school because school teaches the basics but out of school you learn how to live and be yourself. In the book‚ ”To Kill A Mockingbird‚” Scout also learns and makes memories off of real life lessons. Scout’s school was disappointing but she didn’t learn most of her lessons ‚there
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How can one truly know who they are? It takes years of experience to understand yourself; your likes‚ your dislikes‚ your abilities‚ and your passions. Sometimes society will agree with these things‚ and sometimes it won’t. Self-identity is the result of trial and error in terms of resistance to the cultural norms of one’s society‚ and the lessons learned through such resistance‚ as demonstrated in Munro’s An Ounce of Cure and Boyle’s Greasy Lake. An Ounce of Cure tells the story of a teenage girl
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My Life Changing Experience I was born in Mexico City on May 10th‚ 1994. I lived in Mexico City for eleven years‚ until one day my parents made a great decision that evolved my life in an enormous way‚ moving to McAllen. Incipiently‚ it was really distressing for me to leave my family and friends behind‚ and I anticipated it was going to be horrible to live in the valley‚ nevertheless I must admit it was not as bad‚ it was hard for me to live in such small burg‚ specially since I grew
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Invaluable Life Experience At the present time‚ children are more knowledgeable than before because of many factors‚ such as higher technology‚ a lot of good books‚ and so on. In addition‚ students have more chances to gain life experience than people had in the past. For example‚ some parents nowadays like to support their children to go to study abroad‚ such as in the United States of America‚ the United Kingdom‚ and New Zealand because they have a view that their children will get knowledge
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given for this essay by professor Craven is “Your experiences with writing 101”. Briefly‚ it was a radical change from high school writing which included letter to the editor or an email‚ to university level writing that consists of writing five paragraph long essays. Initially‚ most of the students seemed clueless about the subject’s guidelines and tasks. However‚ with the help of the professors‚ most of us managed to do well and gain immense knowledge about the subject. Writing a five paragraph essay
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Describe the best achievement that you had achieved in your life. People have a tremendous capacity for outstanding achievement. There are also many extraordinary capacities that allow them to become high achievers. When looking back over my life so far‚ it is really difficult to pinpoint the one achievement of which I am most proud. The one of the best achievement that I had achieved in my life and till proud of it is when I complete and graduate in my diploma in computer science that make my
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To Kill a Mockingbird Life Lessons In the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ both Scout and Jem learn many important life lessons as they journey from childhood into young adolescence. Both Jem And Scout first learn about empathy from Atticus. Then Later on in the novel they both learn about Mockingbirds and how it is a sin to kill them. Also they start to understand and learn about what the real courage is. Lastly Atticus shows Scout integrity from defending the black man in the case
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