...Travis Mills says in his book that really gets me in the heart. After reading this quote, it makes me want to work harder and do the best job that I can to be the best person that I can be and to allow me to become successful and happy in my life. After writing my I-Search and exploring my American Dream, I now understand what I takes to be in the military and the time and effort that goes into it. The moment I started the I-Search, I realized that this project will better help me understand what I want to achieve in life and how I want to do it. I also learned a lot about the skills I will need to gain. Hard work, dedication and never giving up, are some of the main lessons that I learned....
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...In the novel The Princess Bride there are many lessons that are to be learned as there are in many other fairy tales. The authors, such as William Goldman, put these lessons in the book so the readers can learn them and become better people. William Goldman’s novel The Princess Bride shows multiple life lessons that Nifty Lance covers in his writing about in 11 Content Lessons I Learned From The Princess Bride. There are five lessons from his eleven that I have found most applicable in life. A very powerful life lesson that appeared in Nifty Lance’s writing was just the fact about being yourself. In the whole book Fezzik tries to be himself at all times, especially after Vizzini is killed. Fezzik loves to rhyme and have fun while Vizzini...
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...Everybody makes mistakes or bad choices in their life, in which they they tend to learn a lesson from. In the poem Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner, the Mariner learned to love everything God has created. From a bad decision I have made in my life, I have learned to never touch somebody else’s belongings without their permission. Everybody makes poor decisions and learns from them, that is the way life goes. Me and the Mariner both made poor decisions that led us to feeling very guilty, but we both learned important life lessons from these mistakes. In the poem Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner, the Mariner went through many tragic and scary events due to him shooting an Albatross. He felt no shame in shooting this innocent bird and eventually lost his whole crew because of it. He was accompanied by a few ghosts and supernatural creatures, who killed his crew and taught him an important life lesson. He learned that he must love and respect everything thing God created, and that he must preach this lesson to others. He prayed real hard and blessed nature for teaching him this lesson and was eventually sent...
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...In the book Looking for Alaska by John Green, Miles a high school student, leaves his parents to attend boarding school. Miles is obsessed with famous people’s last words and before he left his parents, he said, “i’m leaving to seek a great perhaps” (Green 18). Miles meets many new people throughout the book, some are disreputable and others are stately. Within the book, Miles pushes through many challenging periods. While he is pushing himself and while teachers are on his back he learns many lessons. Suffering and choices are two things that can push you to your limits, as Miles learns. I learned a very important lesson about how friendships are essential to life. One lesson that Mile’s learned was how suffering can be like an endless tornado:)....
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...Liberty-Benton has provided me with many academic opportunities and experiences that have influenced my life in a positive way. Going into high school, I didn’t take school very seriously and I played games a lot more than I did schoolwork. I quickly learned my lesson by receiving my first and only B of my high school career. Because of this mistake, I missed out on my opportunity to be a valedictorian, but I learned a valuable lesson in the process. I learned that you need to work hard if you want to be successful and sometimes you have to do your work even if you don’t want to. Many people believe that Liberty-Benton is the best school you can go to in the area for academics, and with good reason. The teachers work hard to make sure that...
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...Everyone experiences adversity at some point in their lives. Some people do not believe that adversity is needed in life, and they can travel through life without any conflict. That simply is not true. Everyone will experience it. Golda Meir once said that, "You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity." Adversity is the best sparring partner because it strengthens character, helps develop humility, and teaches life lessons that cannot be learned in any other way. Through trials of adversity, character can be learned. Many parents enroll their children into karate lessons that include the event of sparring. They do this so their children can learn how to work hard, be tough, never give up and keep fighting. Those are all essential characteristics that a child needs to learn. In the quote from Golda Meir, he says that adversity is the best sparring partner. Just like sparring can teach children and adults many things, adversity will teach the most. It is inevitable and is the best way to learn. Often there is no escape from adversity and...
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...Life Lessons The lesson we learn from our parents always come in handy. For when something tragic happen and have to take over the family business or anything that will help your family those lesson will help in tough times. All you have is what you learned from your parents; for example, hard work, dedication, and perseverance. The story “The wisdom of the last Farmer” by David Mas Masumoto goes over hard work and dedication after his father got a stroke, Masumoto had to stand up and take care of the farm. He looks at the farm with new eyes which he and generation of family have labored for decades. It was really hard for Masumoto to do it by him self but he got by with what he learned from his father with a few objects and hard work and keeping a positive attitude to always stay up. Masumoto had no choice but to put into practice what his father had teach him Determination, Hard work, and perseverance are the three things he has to use now that his dad had the stroke. Which it will help him to deal with the farm and his family struggle. Determination is one of the many things Masumoto learn from his father. After the accident with his father Masumoto has a lot of working to do. He main focus is to make those perfect peaches better than his child hood. Masumoto wants to succeed and make perfect peaches. “My main story is about trying to grow the perfect peach. I want peaches that are even better than the ones from my child hood.”(37). He is so determine to make the perfect...
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...the night with my best friend, Natalie. My memories are made up of, riding around in the big green John Deere tractors with my dad, with the feeling that I was on top of the world, and being chased by a rather large brown cow when family time was spentwhile trying to get the herd back into the field. While most of the other boys and girls other kids my age were busy playing tag in their quarter- of- an- acre backyard, I was busy creating a world of make believe with my sisters, in the sprawling countryside we called home. playing games that my sisters and I invented, in my twenty acre make believe world. Growing up on a farm has been one of the biggest blessings in my life. I havetaught me learned things that could never have been taught picked up on the sidewalk of any neighborhood. The concept of hard work has been instilled into brain. From sewing seeds in the greenhouse, to putting the plants in the ground, to helping my dad sell our produce at our local farmers’ market every summer to harvesting, I know what goes in to the produce we buy at the grocery store;, and even more—what it takes to be successful in the business of agriculture. As we opened our farm to the public for our first-ever Corn...
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...The Lesson Since the start of slavery there has been a large problem with poverty, equality, and social class with Caucasians and African Americans. African Americans have been through a rough past, for the most part they are generally looked down upon, and are said to be of lower class. They are the same people as you and I, but not in everyone’s eyes. In “The Lesson”, by Toni Cade Bambara, Miss Moore takes on the roll as the children’s teacher, or in other words their instructor. The one thing Miss Moore wanted out of all of it, was to teach the kids a lesson. She wanted the children to know that they need to be goal oriented and work hard in everything that they do, and that education will lead you to success no matter who you are, or where you come from. She wanted them to know that the race they were wasn’t going to change who they would be in the future, or lower their chances of success, because you can do anything when you work hard and set your mind to something....
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...Living mainly alone as a teenager can be an emotional rollercoaster. I never thought I would face this challenge. However, circumstances always change and learning how to adapt to these changes will help in life. My specific situation has taught me what it means to live in the “real world”. One of the lessons that impacted me is that, sometimes sacrifices are required to have the life deserved. I was immature and naive, but learned how to mature and be responsible. This was a result of my dad having to move to another state for a job. I was given the choice to move to Georgia with my parents, or stay in Alabama and finish school. Choosing to stay by myself meant I would have to get myself up for school, as well as making sure I maintain...
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...good life lessons. There’s a boy named Cole Matthews. The boy learns a lot of life lessons on his way to becoming a better person. Some of these life lessons are, animals can teach us more about ourselves than any human, anybody can love, forgive, and heal, and actions speak louder than words. Animals can teach people more about themselves than any human. In the book, the author states, “animals can teach people more about themselves than any human,” because, in the book, at the intro page I got the evidence Cole thought that he could beat up the spirit bear easily, but then he was wrong because whenever he went near the bear the bear scared him. Then later on in the novel Cole fought the spirit bear then got really scared. Later on, then Cole learned from the bear not always fighting and stuff so then the bear thought Cole a lesson of not always fighting....
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...specializes in hard cases. As Moses relationship and love grew for God, he yielded himself to God trusting him God’s direction for leading the children of Israel out of bondage into freedom. God was with Moses every step of the way. God sustained the children of Israel by feeding, clothing, and protecting them as they wandered around in the wilderness for forty years. Moses had a very big responsibility dealing with the children of Israel he maintained his trust and faith in God while intervening and pleading with God not to destroy those hard head folks. God entrusted Moses with the ten commandments the law for them to obey. Moses lead them to the Promise Land but because of one act disobedience God would not allow him enter into the Promise Land but allowed him to view it from a distance. I admire Moses life, the relationship, love, and trust he had for God as a leader. As a leader it is hard because we go through, put up with all types of people, and if not careful can fall short of what God has endeavored for us to do. I have been tested and tried on every side, yet I love, trust, obey God, and keep my focus on my assignment. Getting over my past and failures was hard for me but I learned as Moses God truly does specialize in hard cases. It is a blessing and an honor to be called and chosen by God. In all that I do, I know that it is not by my strength but in God that I can do all things so that He only will get all the glory. There is a valuable lesson to be learned...
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...Sometimes going through adversity could be for the better. You learn from overcoming adversity. And when you learn from adversity, it could make you a better person. That is what happened to Edward Tulane in the book The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. Edward is a rabbit doll that is made completely out of china. He belongs to a little girl who belongs to a rich family. So Edward is given the finest in life, and that is exactly what he thinks he deserves. Edward is very conceited and self centered. And he had a bad habit of taking things for granite. He also never truly loved anyone but himself. But one day, when he is separated from his owner, he realizes just how much he took for granite. In The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane,...
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...around, we found some other things that we decided to go look at. In the isle, there were many different lip glosses and make up that we wanted, but we thought it would be easier to just take it instead of paying for it. A child can learn that stealing can have serious consequences. One lesson a person learns is responsibility. Many people learn this the hard way when it comes to stealing things. The time I shoplifted, I thought nothing about my actions because I figured I wouldn’t get in trouble. I learned responsibility when I got caught and had to explain to my mom why I stole a two-dollar lip-gloss instead of paying for it. There are also many ways to prevent shoplifting, and I failed to think about the consequences of my actions. I was told about the social and legal problems caused from theft, as well as how stealing affects the entire family. For example, it can have lasting effects, such as a juvenile crime record that could follow me until I am 18, incarceration in a juvenile detention center or placing the responsibility to pay back the store for the item stolen. It’s embarrassing; I lost trust from my mom all because I chose to steal instead of pay for it. Another lesson learned is honesty. When I was younger, I was always told never to take things that don’t belong to me. When I walked out of the store and felt someone put their hand on my shoulder and told me to come with her, I realized then I was in trouble. Once I got into the back room of the store, I knew...
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...Life Lessons PSY 202 Prof. Julie Hacker February 06, 2011 Life Lessons I. Introduction II. The Beginning A. Hard start at life B. Moving III. Instability and Friendship IV. Moving into Adulthood A. Dating B. Marriage V. Death of Son A. Hospitals B. Moving around C. Loss of Job VI. Military Life A. Moving B. Birth of Daughter C. Supporting my Husband’s Dreams D. Education E. Stress Caused by Life Changes VII. Conclusion A. Life is short B. Stop at nothing Life Lessons My life has been a series hard times with glimpses of a silver lining. It started out with the rough edges that come along with growing up in a dysfunctional household. I quickly moved from one dysfunction to an adulthood filled with greater issues. I married my childhood sweetheart, and then our lives crumbled following the death of my son. I picked myself back up again, and found my strength and purpose from the example my son laid forth. I am a mother again, and I am facing a new set of challenges that military life brings. Life is like the ever-changing seasons with its ups and downs, but there is always a summer. Beginning with my hard start at life, to where I am now, I have learned many lessons. I grew up in an extremely dysfunctional household, but with the support of my siblings I made it through. In my early years, my father suffered from drug addiction and alcoholism. After attending rehabilitation, my...
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