Difcualt Life Lessons

Sometimes life lessons are learned the hard way. Unfortunately for me, this is how I learned mine. I do not mean to make this sad and depressing, but this is the truth.

In the film A Lesson Before Dying the young African American Jefferson was accused of murdering three innocent men. During the court trial Jefferson’s attorney called him a “hog”. In “If We Must Die” by Claude McKay's poem has a strong message about Racism, Pride, and the struggles of being an african american in the United States. I believe that Jefferson is not a hog, should get treated fairly, and should not have suffered for something he did not do.

Out of all of the stories that the class has read this far there have been two that expressed the importance of moral lessons. So what is a moral lesson? Well a moral, according to Dictionary.com is, “of, relating to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical”. And a lesson according to Dictionary.com is, “Something to be learned or studied.” If you put the two definitions together you get that a moral lesson is a lesson learned from doing something wrong. The first story that teaches a moral lesson is The Coquette by Hannah Webster Foster which contains a various amount of literary devices as well that help communicate the moral lessons taught. Both authors wrote a story

In one to two sentences, what is the single most important thing you learned from this week's reading?

In kindergarten I learned that I should always clean up my own mess. I need to fix my own problems without counting on someone to help me. My teacher told us that are parents aren't here to clean up after us so we had to take charge and stop being childish. It's important to be able to take responsibility for your actions I think

The edge has extremely beneficial messages in the film. These messages can help us as students throughout college. We can carry these lessons to help our relationships with others and our study habits. “Just because you’re lost doesn’t mean your compass is broken” (Evans).I interpret this quote as we may be lost while were doing our study but we need to focus on the bigger picture. A number of people focus on extra activities and work during their course of high school. They get behind on the school work, work that they are paying thousands and thousands of dollars on. I want to mainly focus on my school work, which is what I am trying to achieve during the summer. I never focused on my school work during high school. I realized that it was

It also shows them how to be lifelong learners which enables them to build on their strengths. I will do this by teaching what is relevant and needful for my students. I will teach them to build on their strengths and their talents. In learning about their strengths, they will also learn how to communicate with me and others. These lessons will enable a student to lead a life they will be proud to have and build on.

My biggest takeaway I learned from this class that is described in one way is empathy. Having empathy for an individual regardless of their gender, race, or culture to judge will help an individual grow. Someone who is struggling in their lives who get harassed constantly due their appearance or how they act can really appreciate a person who doesn't judge them for those aspect and accepts them for who they want to be. This is essential growing up as people are figuring who they are or what they want and having empathy for an individual creates a way to understand them better.

Everyone has that moment in life where things come together and lessons can finally be learned. This type of experience is different for everyone and can sometimes result from a bad situation. I had my own experience that taught me a lot about how independence and maturity are gathered. The summer of my Junior year taught me just that. I had big dreams that summer, one was to get a job. I was sick of relying off of my parents for money, it was something that just didn't seem right. That, and everytime I asked for money my dad would make me rub his feet. I applied everywhere. Finally I was hired at the local Dairy Queen just down the street from my house. I was so happy to finally have a job of my own, a way to make some real money. The problem came when I got a second interview. I was so desperate for a job that I had literally applied everywhere. Yes, even at the local Days Inn hotel. Before I knew it the manager called to tell me that I was hired.

Throughout our life we will always meet many people that teach us major life lessons,

Nowadays we all have heard the phrase “Not everything that is learned is contained from books”. Which means that we can have life lessons and life changing books touch our hearts. Creating a possitive impact on us creating a state of happiness. That´s why I’ll talk about this topics in my essay to prove, you can actually have the best of both worlds, lessons you acquire from books and life lessons as well. So let’s start by changing the topic to; information learned from books becomes useful while living.

All through life, we experience various occasions when decision-making become necessary. A number of them present themselves in difficult forms and at crucial points. Most of the verdict we take will eventually figure and describe our track of lives. These are what we refer to as lessons of life. Choices never present themselves in an easy way. In some instance we are always forced to pay a price to achieve something. This implies that we are trading for an outcome we are seeking.

When I think of Thích Nhất Hạnh, words like – stillness, love, compassion, peace and oneness, come to mind. And even though these are some really beautiful and powerful words, they somehow can’t really express the beautiful, pure and loving feelings that I get from reading Thích Nhất Hạnh’s books and watching his beautiful videos.

There are many lessons that you learn over time; sometimes the just for a lifetime, others just for a year or two, and some just for a few days. Everyone has a different style of life, which mean that the life lessons that we learn are all going to be different. Over my short fifteen years, I have learned a lot. The life lessons that you learn could be anything, for example learning to walk, riding a bike, and hunting. I think that the most common life lessons have to do with family, relationships, and friends.

Growing up I have been around death here and there but have never experienced the grief or misery of losing someone so important and close to me as I did at this time in my life. In the year of 2008, when I lived on a farm in the Philippines, I experienced the loss of my dearest grandfather that greatly affected me and changed me forever. That year, I learned one of the most important lessons in my life, to never take a loved one for granted for I never know when their hearts will stop beating and lose the chance to say my last goodbye.