The best advice ever given

I was taught about how to handle life’s challenges from watching my mom deal with hers. She never showed fear or pain, but instead kept her spirits high and focused on the positives in her life. Her optimism has rubbed off on me, and I realized there is no point worrying about situations you have no control of. During the hardest of times, my mother was able to teach me there is always a reason to laugh. She also showed me why it is important to value life and how fulfilling our lives can truly be if we lived each day as if it

When I was younger, I had a friend that would not usually do the right thing over the wrong thing. For example, if this person were to find a ring on the floor, she would not turn it into lost and found, she would keep it. There was one time where she got in trouble for having something that was not hers. When I realised what happened I made sure to never in my life do something like that. I then distant myself from that person, and went on with my own life. This taught me that I should always be honest and never take something that does not belong to me. I also learned how to choose my friends wisely, which I make sure to do when I meet new people. Events like this in my life is what helps me grow into the person I am

Even at the beginning, the author define the term of advice, he said anticipated what to expect from his text: “Being told I would be expected to talk here, I inquired what sort of talk I ought to make. They said it should be something suitable to youth-something didactic, instructive, or something in the nature of good advice. Very well. I have a few things in my mind which I have often longed to say for the instruction of the young; for it is in one’s tender early years that such things will best take root and be most enduring and most valuable.”

One main reason I chose to annotate this page is that it gives us a lot of important aspects of Cassie’s character. Not only the dialogue shows this, but Cassie’s own thoughts as well. As she is speaking with Brogden, Cassie states that she “did my best to answer Brogden’s questions without popping him with my free hand”. This shows that even though Cassie is speaking with Brogden hoping to join their camp for the safety of her family and herself, she is resistant and untrusting. Brogden asks them why they’re here (at the camp), and Cassie responds, “you mean at this camp, or are you being existential?”. Brogden is confused, and Cassie continues, saying “if you’d asked me that before all this”...”happened, I’d have said something like, ‘We’re here to serve our fellow man or contribute to society.’ If I wanted to be a”...”I’d say, ‘Because if we weren’t here, we’d be somewhere else.’ But since all this”...”has happened, I’m going to say it’s because we’re just dumb lucky”. This shows that she has a mildly sarcastic and snarky side to her personality. Another very important detail we learn from this statement is that even though it’s the ‘apocalypse’, Cassie seems very unafraid and unintimidated by people and situations that most people would panic in. She possesses the ability to poke fun at even the most stressful of

Cassie has a major amount of bravery because she will stand up to basically anything. Cassie will also help her family as much as possible. Taylor also wrote on Page 52 “Now understanding Stacey’s plan, we worked wordlessly…” That statement told everyone that she trust her family and she will follow her family to a certain extent. Another time Cassie showed she was loyal was during

"There are many definitions of wisdom but one of the best understanding I have received is that wisdom is knowledge gained through suffering." - Elaine Heath

Great advice can change a life forever. In the speech “Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams” by Randy Pausch, his good advice can change someone's life for the better and can have a positive impact on life. Pausch talks about his life and the struggles he faced throughout his life. He talks about the hardships of life as well as the remarkable moments worth remembering and the inspirational moments. Great advice can change a life forever.

Her final courageous act was when Cassie gave Lillian Jean a lesson. Cassie becomes “friends” with Lillian Jean and Cassie holds her books and walks Lillian Jean to school. Then she learns all her secrets and brings Lillian Jean to the woods and knocks her books down. Lillian Jean tells her to pick them up and Cassie says,” Make me.” (Taylor, 180). She was trying to show Lillian Jean that she will do anything to get her way. She was also showing that if she is not treated respectfully then she will get her way to show you. The point that is being made is that Cassie should be treated

People who are nice, loving, and kind can change those who are bitter and mean for the better. For example, Clarisse in Fahrenheit 451 made Montag realize that he is going through the motions in life and that he isn't happy. Negative people can also hold you back or provoke you to do what they say and what they think is right. Captain Beatty hurts and convinces everyone around him to do the thing that’s wrong and best for him. Negative people only know how to be negative and their good at. We have to appreciate the good in life and in people. “ Appreciate the good people. They are hard to come by.” “Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher. Life is already filled with those who ant to bring you down.” People don't only show who they are with their words but with their actions. Their infectious positive energy changes everything and someone them for the greater good. People can sometimes not realize who or what they have and they take it for granted. “People say, “Find the good people and leave the bad ones”. But it should be, “ Find the the good in people and ignore the bad in

She learned most importantly where she, and African American people, belonged in the world at that time. On page 84 it states, “‘Y-you was helping us,’I said, backing to the front of the counter again.’Well, you just get your little black self over there and wait some more,’he said in a low, tight voice.” That quote showed how she was getting the lowest treatment out of everyone because she was African American. If I was being treated like that, I would act the way she acted too. On page 85 “But I betcha you don’t know what you are!” said Cassie yelling to

This shows that she is willing to stick up for her family no matter who it is up to and that she is willing to give herself up. After discovering that everything is not going to be fair she realizes that she might have to go through more than others. The last and hardest challenge that she faced was helping T.J. after all that he did to her family. Cassie showed that she could be the bigger person and do what was right. Even though T.J put their family through so much trouble, she helped him to get home.

Cassie always saw courage in everyone. She was a young courageous girl herself. Throughout the whole book Cassie Logan stayed Brave, Strong, Courageous and Loyal to everyone.

I was also able to give her advice many other couldn’t, as I’ve had similar problems. Friendships are vital to emerging adults and throughout adulthood. Friends lend advice that some family cannot and without them we’d be without valuable advice and ear to listen.

How can you not read that example I just gave above and act like the advice given would not help you in any way. That situation occurs numerous times in, I’m sure, all of our lives. Another example would be when gives us his major advice on the “art” of lying. He says if you’re going to lie make sure you have it mastered because a well told lie will last forever. I think he is being very realistic about the whole situation. He knows good and well that none of us as youth will never lie so why waste his time giving us irrelevant advice instead he is basically telling us to be safe and if we are going to do it at least let it be well thought out and not wasted. I am not telling you to go start practicing your lying I am just saying his advice will help us out realistically then a cover up advice

“You might think I lost hope at that point. I did. And as a result I perked up and felt much better.” At several points in my life, I have reached a point at which I lost all hope. I lost my energy and determination, but from that negative energy came a light to guide me in the right direction. When we realize we are in a dark place, it motivates us to try to escape it. This dark place can lead to the best creation and some of the greatest levels of accomplishment in life. When I lost the first art contest I entered, I thought I was a failure, unable to create anything worth looking at. However, some of my best work came after that instance. In friendship the same applies. My best friend had been using me all my life,