Reading Response Examples

In Roger Von Oech’s “To Err Is Wrong”, he argues that being wrong is not necessarily a wrong thing and that having errors may lead to success. He explains that many see “success and failure as opposites”(2), however Oech states that “they are actually both products of the same process”(2). As he focuses in success and failure, he supports the idea that if someone makes errors, it gives them the opportunity to explore more ideas and improve their results. Oech also suggests that people are used to the idea that failing is bad and many prefer not to risk making any mistakes or failing and that they just take the easy way out. He also brings up the idea that succeeding and failing are a part of daily life because everyone tries not to make any

Most people make mistakes, they may accidentally do it. When people do this it is more likely that they didn’t think before they actually did it. In the story, “The Fight,” by Adam Bagdasarian, the protagonist, a popular boy that got in a fight, named Adam learns to think before he acts. Which could hurt not only him, but other people too.

What Did You Expect To Learn When You Picked Up The Book? To What Extent – And How Effectively – Were Your Expectations Met?

I found it extraordinary with every decision or turning point a character faced in their lives. What I have assimilated from this book is you cannot let where you come from determine your path, it is only you who can determine your future. This is also why the author Wes was one of my favorite characters in this narrative. His story is one out of a multitude that shows anyone can have a bright future. But I did not discern any similarities with the characters and myself. We all were born into different situations and grew up around opposite influences. Overall, my impression of the novel is positive I believe it is an outstanding book and anyone else who reads it I would hope agrees. I would definitely recommend this book to people because it may help them appreciate

    Fear can hold humans back for many reasons. The fears of failure and disappointment are only two of the reasons people give up before they have even begun. Not only does C.S. Lewis tell that “we can guard against the illusions of the imagination” but also in the bible it says,

Overall, this book is a really deep thinking book, I haven't fully understand what the author is trying to teach us, but I love this process of stretching my

I will admit these readings were very wordy, and I had to review them several times to make sure I was comprehending the the text correctly.

“I try my best not to let these fears and feelings affect me; and for the most part, I don’t doubt myself because I don’t focus on what others think. I think we just need to accept ourselves for who we are and consider ourselves good enough, right?” I asked with a smile. “Precisely. Without accepting ourselves, those emotions of doubt and fear linger on, making us afraid to do anything in life.

Rather than judge our students, we must simply teach them. It is an educator’s job to show children that adversity and failure are great learning tools we should embrace. The author warns us to beware of how we praise our children and our students. This was very relevant and eye opening for me as a parent and an educator. We must not praise children by making them think they have a special gift.

In the book written by Wes Moore, “The Other Wes Moore: One Name, One Fates" Moore states, “When we're young, it sometimes seems as if the world doesn't exist outside our city, our block, our house, our room. We make decisions based on what we see in that limited world and follow the only models available." (Moore 178) Why is it when we are young we see everything easy and not hard?

In fact, the main reason to fear failure is how we imagine how others will view us when we fail. For example, if an individual keeps doing the same thing over and over, then the results will never change. As Albert Einstein stated, “a person, who never made a mistake, never tried anything new” (Brenner). Failure is not the enemy, but a life-changing experience. It is a human experience, and it prepares the way for us to grow and transform our lives. Mistakes are essential to the development of life, just as change is. Nevertheless, change is said to prepare us for life and without change, life would persistently be the same.

Children are going to continue to make mistakes, but they will learn from them just like adults do. So why would we punish them for it? When positive guiding children we can help them see and understand consequences from the choices they make. By using punishment instead of positive discipline can cause possible side effects, such as blocking open communications, punishment represses behaviour, but doesn’t deal with the behaviour, models a negative use of power, and to have continue effect it must escalate in order to remain it’s effectiveness. Using punishment as discipline will create a negative relationship between educator/parent and child. This could lead the child to have negative thoughts about themselves creating a low self-esteem.

I often have a difficult time beginning an assignment or task, but not necessarily for the fear of failure. For certain things, I consider myself a perfectionist, and for any school-related assignment or task, I feel like it has to be ‘perfect,’ although I know there is no such thing. On the other hand, if I give a task my best efforts, I know and feel confident enough that I will do well. It has taken me some time to develop this way of thinking, but I believe having confidence is really important. When I’m working on an assignment that becomes overbearing, for instance, I tell myself, “You’ve done this before, you can do this again.” Also, when I am writing on a essay, I like to remember myself that, “It’s just words.” Of course, it’s a little more than that, but it helps ease the stress a bit. So, these are two things I often tell students: to be more confident in themselves and for them to remember, “It’s just words.”

Everyone, at some point in their life, has made a mistake. Sometimes we get lucky and only falter a little, making it through the problem relatively intact. Other times, we mess up a lot and have to fix what was damaged over a long period of time. However, the same is true for most, if not all cases—those who make the mistake learn from it. Often times, our failures teach us valuable lessons that we only gained because of the experience we gathered after messing up. I have personally achieved a wealth of knowledge and experience just from all of my own little mishaps, and a few major ones.

     There is not one person alive who has not encountered a less than desirable situation in life. Nobody is flawless and everyone has made at least one mistake that they wish they could take back. However, a problem many encounter is they worsen these mistakes by lingering on them instead of learning from them. They worry that others may see them as less than they really are and that they are inadequate because they are not perfect. Albert Ellis, the creator of RET, says people, “upset themselves about their seriousness upsetness. In fact, they may have biological tendencies that encourage them to make a ‘magical’…jump from ‘I badly failed’ to ‘I am a failure-a bad person!’”.