subjects I’ve taken up in the first semester are not new to me. I took Algebra‚ Biology‚ and even Filipino‚ but my English class is of an entirely different context. College English for me is unfamiliar. For example‚ I was never required to write essays on a weekly basis and be graded for it. I always took the kind of English class that we always just used to talk about novels. Nevertheless‚ throughout the first semester‚ I’ve learned a lot from my English class specifically‚ the noteworthiness of a scratch
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I found an interesting article about motivation called Praise and Trout: What I Learned Fly-Fishing with Charlie by Rodd Wagner. In this article Rodd discusses the motivation it takes to persist in a task until success‚ even when the outcome is frequently failure. It compares human motivation to learning to fly-fish. He discusses the dedication‚ patience‚ and persistence that is required in the task to reach the eventual fruitful (or fishful) outcome. The article discourses on how success is its
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Lesson Learned As life goes on we all have a change in friends. Over time people change and the people we used to be friends with may not be the same people we want in our lifes anymore. I’m sure we all can relate to having that one friend who we thought was friend that taught us a vauleable lesson or two. For me it was Corey Dancer‚ not only a boyfriend at the time but someone who I considered a best friend. The lessons Ive learned from the friendship with Corey was; to accept people for who
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of genetically modified freshwater zebrafish. Scientists insert a fluorescent protein gene to the embryo before the fish hatches. -trademarked transgenic zebrafish (Danio rerio) expressing a red fluorescent protein from a sea anemone under the transcriptional control of the promoter from the myosin light peptide 2 gene of zebrafish1. Produced
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Lee shows many virtues being learned by Scout Finch and Jem Finch. They most commonly seem to be learning lessons from family figures or grownups that surround them. Throughout the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ Scout and Jem learn several important lessons as they grow up including courage‚ respect‚ and tolerance. Throughout the novel‚ one extremely important lesson learned by Jem and Scout is respect. Calpurnia is one the figures that had showed them what real courage is. For example
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The lessons we take from failure can be fundamental to later success. Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you‚ and what did you learn from the experience? A time that I experienced failure was when I first learned how to ski. When I first learned to ski I fell down every second and crashed into trees. I was cold‚ tired and sore but my dad would let me quit. Every time I fell down he would pull me up‚ help me fix the mistake that I had made and have me keep
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Failure‚ while a challenge and a pain in the moment‚ leads to greater potential and later success when experience is gained from the failure. When nothing is learned from failure‚ it is a wasted opportunity. Ever since I was a kid‚ I played golf. I loved going out for a round after school with my dad and brother. We were not very good‚ but my freshman year (my brother’s senior year) we both tried out for the golf team at school. Neither of us had ever played competitively‚ so it was a whole new game
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The first lesson Santiago learned was to find his Personal Legend. Santiago learned this particular lesson from Melchizedek‚ the king of Salem. Melchizedek wants Santiago to find out what his desires in life are and how he can accomplish that certain desire. After Santiago found what a Personal Legend was and how it was important in helping Santiago live a prosperous life‚ he ventured out on a voyage to Egypt. When we are younger‚ we knew somewhat of an idea what we wanted to be whenever we grow
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All I really need to know I Learned in Kindergarten I can remember my mother telling me for a few weeks before the first day how wonderful school was going to be and how I would meet loads of new friends. She also told me that the other kids are going to be scared just like I was. Turning five years old‚ and knowing that it was time for me to begin school already‚ was really very scary. The thought of waking up early and going to school and not being with my mom all morning made me feel sick to
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“Nineteen things I’ve learned before I turned nineteen. 1. Always carry $5 and a lighter with you (even if you don’t smoke). 2. Ask every person you meet how their day is going. Genuinely ask with the soul intention of learning how their day is. Ask the coffee shop employee. Ask the person next to you in line at Walmart. Ask your distant friend. Ask everyone. 3. Take many photos of yourself. Take photos of yourself when you’re happy. Take photos of yourself when you’re sad. Take photos of yourself
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