How One Should Make A General Confession Explanation

I can relate to the above quote. During my first years of high school, I did not take my academics as seriously as I should have. I did not set goals so that I would not disappoint myself. I have learned my little decisions I made impacted my grade point average and class ranking. Also I realized I needed to make some academic changes.

Many students go through their academic career struggling to balance school and personal life while maintaining focus in the classroom. In the passage, “In the Praise of the ‘F’ Word,” Mary Sherry argues that the only way for unfocused students to become motivated in their academics is for teachers to threaten them with a failing grade. We should disagree with the author because many students struggle with obligations outside of school, personal problems, and family responsibilities. Therefore, many students would not improve their studies once they receive a failing grade, but instead, become overwhelmed with failing and attempting to balance numerous other responsibilities.

On the surface level, one could assume that when a person makes a mistake, they have failed. Most would come to the conclusion that if one does not do something correctly then they will have failed at what they were trying to do, and this shows that the first part of this quote is, essentially, accurate. However, when paired with the second part of the quote, the first part becomes clearer. A person that makes a mistake is not necessarily a failure unless they learned nothing from the mistake. Everyone makes mistakes, but that does not make everyone a failure. Being a failure constitutes so much more than making simple mistakes. Unless someone repeatedly makes the same error and does nothing to improve, they should not be considered a failure. This can be exemplified by a rather simple comparison: if one forgets to turn in one assignment for a class, they will not necessarily fail, however, if they constantly do not turn in their assignments, they will most likely end up failing the class. Repetitious errors demonstrate a lack of ability to improve one’s self which probably shows a lack of caring. This would constitute a failure because the person is doing the same thing over and over again without trying anything new that would warrant a different result. Unless a person does not attempt to correct their mistake in any manner, they should not be considered a failure, but if they have gained nothing from the experience, then they are a failure because the opportunity to learn something new was presented to them and they did nothing with it. One mistake does not define a person, but rather the ability to learn or not to learn from mistakes is what defines a

The quote teaches a valuable lesson too. The lesson it teaches later in life or sooner is that if you just wait, soon it will later happen, you must be patient and later something unremarkable and so valuable you would do outstanding, and once you do that it will or should remain a memory or it should.

“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”

My earliest advice I wish to bestow on other students is never to let a low score discourage you. I recall, I sometimes felt disappointed as well as devasted after receiving a low grade. As a result, my performance in each of my classes began to decline; however, my outlook on his started to shift when I realized instead of being discouraged about each

In my own life, a motto that has stuck with me is, you only fail if you do not try.

I chose to write about this quote because it means a lot to me. The quote describes a personal event that happened during my life. When I graduated from high school in 2013, I was not working hard in university application. My main point was to graduate with high grade point average,

This quote means that even when you try agin it still may fail, but through failing you become better. A time I have failed, but have failed better was when I was trying to read a book,but I would have to start over because I would not read it for a few days, and forget what would happen in the first half of the book. Now I read when I have down time, but sometimes I

Reading this quote reminds me that you learn from your mistakes. Instead of thinking about all of the bad things that happened, this quote let's me know to think about the good things that can happen because I have already made the mistake once and I know not to do it again. The last reason I really like this quote is because it is an overall great quote to live

“We didn’t mean to hurt anyone, honest. We just wanted to make the hood better, safer. Honest. I’m sorry.” (Gallo 111). This theme is think before you act, in the short story Confession. You genuinely need to think before you do anything in dangerous situations. In the short story, the theme shows up when they decided to burn drugs in members of the gang's lockers. Also, when Lacey needed to keep the Protectors secret so no one finds out it's them. Then again, when they concluded to trash and vandalize a different gang's cars for the taste of their own medicine. There are many other themes like seeking revenge could have dangerous outcomes. But my theme is stronger because it shows up three times in the short story

Out of all the advice I have ever been given, I think that the most valuable I have ever received is try your hardest and never give up. After all you have done, at the end of the day, if you have not applied your very best, what is the point of showing up? If the task set before you is a sports game or a school assignment, don’t give up before it’s even started. Even if you don’t succeed, you will know that you put forth your best effort, but next time you will do even better. To me, this piece of advice sticks out because, as of now, I am trying my absolute best at this application, as well my hardest in school. At a softball game, or a history exam, my best effort with be applied. I have let this be a flashlight in my life; it has helped

A quote from Henry Ford state’s that “failure is simply the opportunity to begin again this time more intelligently”. My sister showed me this quote back in 2013 when I was about to start my sophomore year at my school. Freshman year was not the best for me grades wise so my mother made the decision to move me from my old school to my new school here in the United states, she thought that this change would be good for me and make me more serious. Everyone she talked to about this did not agree because most people have a bad perception on the American educational system back in Ghana. My mother ignored them and was steadfast about her decision to change my schools.

After reading and analyzing Williams’ essay, I personally can understand the difficulties associated with various discourses between high school, and college. In high school, we were essentially conditioned that grades were the only thing that mattered in life and that if we do not succeed in high school, there was no possible way that we could make it through one semester of college. With this in mind, I went through those four years with a perfectionist mind, causing excessive stress over simple mistakes. However, upon coming to college, the entire demeanor changed. Here the professors emphasized how we are essentially responsible for our grades, but at the same time it is important to take some down time. College is about experiences alongside

Augustine begins his autobiography with a prayer and meditation. This is fitting because the main theme of The Confessions is to praise and thank God. He begins by saying that God has, “made us and drawn us to yourself, and our heart is unquiet until it rests in you.” This is a very good point because it is a reflection of Augustine’s struggle to find piece with himself. Throughout the rest of the book Augustine is constantly changing his beliefs and looking for the truth, his heart is restless. And it is not until he finds the Catholic faith and has his conversion that he finds piece. Augustine like all philosophers is a lover of truth.