belief that “experience is the best teacher”. All aspects of life can be taught‚ but to fully understand a situation I feel you need to experience it. Examples where experience is the best teacher are: shooting a gun‚ sky diving‚ playing a musical instrument‚ driving a car‚ and becoming a parent. While someone can explain how to shoot‚ release a parachute‚ park‚ learning the right breathing technique for playing the oboe‚ or change a diaper‚ you need to learn from first hand experience to understand
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COMMON APP ESSAY TOPIC OF CHOICE: "EXPERIENCE IS THE BEST TEACHER" Daniel Guerrero My whole life I’ve been told practice makes perfect. Whether it’s in the tennis court or in math class‚ the more you practice something‚ the better you become at it. In the last few years I’ve found out that practicing and doing is not the same thing. Harry Callahan once said‚ _"experience is the best teacher"_ and without a doubt it is. You can sit five hours taking a business class or 10 hours in a tennis practice
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Everyone have experiences in their life. These experiences could be the incidents which was happened in someone else life or in our life. Some people learn lessons from their experiences and some experiences change the peoples life automatically. Who am I? is my best personal experience I have ever had in my life . During all of my primary school times‚ I seemed as if I were hiding behind a mask. When I was at home I was a totally different person. At school I was trying to be a person who could
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shrewdness than on political theory‚ and the rich businessman further on practical ability than on the degree in economics. If success in life is to be measured in terms of money‚ power and position‚ it is the practical man who succeeds most often. Experience has taught him when to buy and when to sell‚ whom to trust and whom to suspect‚ whom to make friends with and whom to ignore. The title also suggests that we tend to take more notice of the lessons of life than the lessons of our teachers in
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It was weird how just suddenly my seniors had told us to head back to our room. It was only seven in the evening and we had not eaten our supper yet. Without declining their instruction‚ my friend and I walked back to our room with a lot of questions in our heads. Known as troublemakers at the camp‚ we had the feeling that something uncanny was about to happen. As I opened the door‚ I was startled to find darkness occupying our room as candles were lit on every corner of the room. A cold breeze
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Past clings to us. The actions of our forefathers‚ their experience in life pave our way at present. The books of great authors may not teach us as much as we learn from experience. Lessons of experience may be hard‚ sometimes one may get a severe blow to experience a reality. Whatever the case‚ experience is great master. Preaching‚ sermonizing may prove of no use‚ but personal experience and that too a bitter one forbids a person from repeating a folly. A man who breaks all the rules of health
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Miller 08/10/13 “My best” It was the 25th of October at 7:00 pm. I was standing on the football field on my senior night my last ever home football game. 6 weeks earlier in a game vs. Stagg high school while I was playing defense I turned the wrong way and dislocated my left knee cap. My knee cap was actually on the side of my knee. I was immediately rushed to the hospital via ambulance‚ because they did not know how severe my injury was. While I was in the hospital room they put my knee cap back
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wish to return‚ my heart wishes to believe‚ and look‚ its shouting out that “this is no mistake.” We all go through a period in life that’s either reflected in a positive light or a negative one. The experience usually leads us to learn something from it. I thank God for making me experience the tragedy bestowed upon me. For if I wasn’t to experience such a thing as losing my father I don’t know If I’d be the strong individual person I am today‚ not to sound corny or anything. My father was the
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Running Head: MY EXPERIENCE 1 My Personal Experience Joan Boyd PSY 202 Hillary Locke December 14‚ 2012 MY EXPERIENCE 2 I. Where am I from? A. I was born in
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teacher said when I first attended class. So‚ how can foreigners understand you? How can you master your own English? Have you given it much thought? The key is partly in your SPEAKING SKILL‚ right? Today‚ I’m gonna share with you guys some of my experience as suggestions of a language learner. First of all‚ I would like you to try a very relaxing way. That’s LEARNING ENGLISH THROUGH SONGS. It’s not just about the feelings and comfort! Actually‚ it’s an effective way to listen and open you mouth
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