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Gradually, I lost interest in playing piano and the time that I spent on practicing was less and less, and when I was twelve years old, I gave up. I do have musical talent, good family environment, and opportunity. Nevertheless, my attitude and laziness are the causes of my failure.

This reveals the theme that winning isn’t everything because she went from being I’m the best and I’m better than you, to maybe there are some people that are as good as

“Don’t worry about wanting to change; start worrying when you don’t feel like changing anymore. And in the meantime, enjoy every version of yourself you ever meet, because not everybody who discovers their true identity likes what they find.” This has to be my most favorite quote that I 've seen in a novel before. It was just so profound and speaks to everyone that I couldn 't help but like it. To me, it means that no matter what you’ll change and that you should enjoy these changes in yourself because sooner or later you’ll have to stop, and you may not like the way you end up.

I can't believe we have to keep playing until I graduate. It's a shame we can't just admit that we have failed family living, sold the house, split up the money and get on with our lives” (Anderson 70). In this quote, Melinda talks about how her parents just fought all of the time and they probably would have gotten a divorce by now if Melinda was never born. She also talks about how she thinks that she is a disappointment to them because she's not pretty or smart or athletic. a parent should never make their kid feel like they're a disappointment and people don't have to be pretty, smart, or athletic to be a good child.

Issue: Effortful Control, Behavior Problems, and Peer Relations: What Predicts Academic Adjustment in Kindergartners from Low-Income Families?

It wasn’t until that summer I walked across a bright yellow home. Through the windows, I could see an Asian woman was playing a beautiful song on her black grand piano. The sound of her music was like a stream of water running quietly through the green forest. From that moment, I became inspired to learn how to play the piano. I decided to take piano lessons with her and made it a goal to learn how to play the piano. My piano teacher, Ms. Li, was my role model because she showed me that there are unique and fascinating things people can learn to do in this world. As days turned to months and months turned into years, I continued to strive to become my inspiration. Many times, I felt like the Indians on the reservation and just wanted to give up because I felt it was too hard to make it to the top. Eight years later, I’ve completed my piano training. Today, people would always compliment my style of playing when I would play the piano. Sometimes I would come across a very young boy or girl who wanted to learn how to play the piano after they heard me play. I told them, “If you put your mind to it, you can do anything.” My piano teacher has been and will always be my inspiration and role model. Today, I have become a role model and inspiration for many people who want to learn how to play the piano. Role models and heroes are important in shaping people’s personalities and qualities because they provide people with goals to strive for.

In the book “Cracker” there are many ways that each character survives like Cracker the dog. She was taken from her owner Willie because they had to move and their apartment didn’t allow dogs and that was tough on her. She survived when she was sent to the war and met Rick. If Cracker wasn’t sent to the war and she went to the pound she most likely would have been put down. Cracker at first tried to fight everyone then when she met her dog handler she liked him.

As she’s arguing with him, she starts to realize that his unchanged body actually has some appeal of its own despite the fact that he is an “Ugly.” He points out that she’s been taught and trained since she was a child to hate herself and that her “Ugly” body is actually beautiful in its own right, and she starts to think about how maybe the things she hates about herself are things which will resolve as she gets older and grows into her

Jeannette’s mother made it clear she did not have a considerable amount of faith in her. In one circumstance, Walls took note of how marveled her Mom was at Lori’s brilliance. She wrote, “‘Lori gets straight As,’ she once told me. ‘So do I,’ I said. ‘Yes, but you have to work for them’" (Walls 159). Natural talent obtains admiration, yet hard work is pitiful. Putting effort into something should not be looked down upon. Hard work shows passion, for a person can submit to a challenge rather than withstand the long haul. Jeannette should not have been belittled for having to work harder towards her achievements than her sister. Being a “try hard” is laughed at until it furthers a person to success. Reaching a goal is more of a breeze with natural

“You will never be good enough. You are not trying your hardest. Why can you not do anything right?” These are common phrases from parents who put too much emphasis on sports. The parents from the documentary, Trophy Kids, push their children as if they were professional athletes, yet they’re only high school age or younger. As these parents push their children they are doing more harm than good. These parents may believe that they are using positive reinforcement, in reality, they are just tearing their child down. They tell the child everything they are doing wrong rather than helping them understand what they can do improved. In America today, AAU sport involvement is at an all-time high. Club sports are so large no one knows quite

And then I saw what seemed to be the prodigy side of me--because I had never seen that face before. I looked at my reflection, blinking so I could see more clearly. The girl staring back at me was angry, powerful. This girl and I were the same. I had new thoughts, willful thoughts, or rather thoughts filled with lots of won 'ts.

My life has always been tied to the piano in some shape or form. I can remember the first notes I ever produced. They came from a large Cable upright piano that had sat unused and out of tune for decades. From my early childhood and on my relationship with the piano consisted of nothing more than fleeting encounters. Some days I would sit down and simply play notes I thought sounded nice, but mostly the piano acted as a decoration in my home. It wasn 't until moving to Oklahoma to be with my mother 's family that anything serious developed concerning the piano. I had always been far away from my family, so when I met up with my grandmother we took the time to catch up. She mentioned that my mother used to play the piano quite well. Up until that point I had never given the piano much thought, but I began to think about my mother and all the old piano books she had accumulated from her adolescence. That set in motion my desire to learn how to play and an eventual reappraisal of the way I looked at music and the world around me.

I have been playing the piano for about 3-4 years now, so it has affected my life a lot. First, I was questioning taking a musical instrument because I knew it would take a lot of persistence, time, and effort. On the other hand, I knew I would learn to play music that I loved. My parents and I came to a conclusion, and that was that I was going to take the piano at Minton’s Academy of Music. I started off fine, but we didn’t notice any improvement. So we switched teachers, and how I learned changed dramatically. I went from struggling to read simple notes from sightreading songs almost the moment I saw them. Why does this matter, and why should you believe you will see the same results I did? Well, by participating in a music class I’ve learned the skill of perseverance. If I didn’t get a song, I would practice over and over again for weeks and months; I learned it is definitely worth the immense effort. It has had an influence over other subjects and activities I participate in too, such as math, science, and even swimming! Music has taught me to be patient,

As the ivory keys moved up and down I listened to the sweet sound of my grandma's piano playing. I knew that I wanted to be a piano player and that If I were to do that, then my grandma would have to teach me so that one day I could play just like her. I started playing piano when I was seven and I have been playing ever since. My grandma has taught me for five years and will continue to teach me. Piano is very big and important in my family. My cousins play and my grandma also teaches them and we all have to practice for her and other activities. Piano playing has shaped me into the person I am today because having a good attitude,practice, and hard work has helped me by teaching lessons that will help me know what I want to be when I grow up.