Walt DIsney once famously said, “ All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” The dreams we have in our lives are often the driving force that define us as the people we are today, motivating us to be even better, just to try and have the chance to succeed in that goal. Dreams have the power to inspire us and push us towards achieving our goals. When we have a clear vision of our desired outcome, it becomes easier to focus on the destination rather than the journey. Our dreams provide us with a sense of purpose and direction, allowing us to stay focused and motivated even when we are often plagued with difficulty and challenges that push us back all the time. However, our failures can sometimes result in us becoming …show more content…
This source also argues that by focusing on nothing but our goals and ambitions, we lose sight of our morals, which lead to choices with devastating consequences. The titular protagonist, Macbeth, is a general for King Duncan, the king of Scotland some time during the 11th century. In the beginning of the story, Macbeth is described by other characters as a war hero, someone worthy of respect. One day Macbeth is crossing a moor when he is given a prophecy that he will become the thane of Scotland, then the king. When the first part becomes true, Macbeth takes the prophecy as a fact, and begins his violent and bloodthirsty quest to make the prophecy true. Macbeth is an ambitious character, who establishes at points in the story that he truly does want to become the king, and ensure his children have a future as royalty. Despite this, he is a man conflicted between ambition and conscience, showing that he does have a sense of morality. However, Macbeth chooses to abandon his principles because he feels justified in achieving his goals. This leads him to commit terrible atrocities in the name of ambition. Moral compasses serve us as a way to keep us from not just harming others, but ourselves as well. By focussing on the journey we take to achieve our goals, and doing it in a way that is honorable and fair, our destination is much …show more content…
It was one of the last days of school, and the final for math. I knew that this final was going to be the one that finally skyrocketed my grade from a nice B to a fantastic A. It had counted on this, and with it, my grade for the course could be saved. I was pumped and ready to get going, I answered the first part, then the second, everything was going well. Until I hit the last part of the question. The test was a retake, and contained one side that allowed calculators, and the other that forbade it. So I chose to move on to the side that needed a calculator. I asked the teacher, and he allowed me to borrow it. I managed to solve that entire side, but then, the thought hit me. “Why don’t I just use the calculator, on the side that doesn’t allow it, and quickly solve it? I mean so what if it’s wrong, I’m benefiting here.” My mind was in conflict, but eventually I gave in and I used it. But then, the teacher noticed, and said, “thanks for breaking my trust”, and took the calculator and the test without hesitation. I sat there with every word he said cutting into me like a knife. “How could I do that?”, I thought, “How could I break someone's trust, and on the last day?” The rest of the period went on for about 30 minutes, but it felt like days sitting there doing nothing, sitting with the depressing
u02d2 Repairing a Learning Experience – Sheila R. Darden An unpleasant learning experience was taking an algebra class online and needing to have a tutor. I did not like math when I was in high school; however, I needed a math class to obtain my bachelor degree and could do a face-to-face class. It was difficult for me to grasp the concepts used to solve the equations and the tutor tried simplify the processes so I could complete the equations.
In William Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth, Macbeth truthfully expresses that life is ultimately repetitive and meaningless towards the actions that lead to death. Claiming that life is short and easily extinguished from his reaction towards Lady Macbeth’s apparent suicide. Shakespeare applies rhetorical elements to emphasize Macbeth’s responsiveness to the concept of life and death. Initially, Shakespeare commences with repetition of the word “tomorrow” thrice to accentuate the hopeless future Macbeth perceives.
Mr. Castor shuffled to the side, since he knew he didn’t know the subject well enough to understand it. As I reached for the chalk on the underside of the chalkboard, I said, “ Factoring is finding what to multiply to get an expression”, which immediately registered in her understanding. After the explanation, Lewis called out a problem. Lewis was the other genius in my class, and faced no difficulty in school, much like me.
Once was a boy, Gary. He recently came back from math class, where he won a contest over several Algebra questions, which no kids in his class, including him, had been taught yet. In his class, the students are now starting to be taught how to multiply and divide the first ten numbers, which is a huge step in the math world, for beginners. Gary was excelling in multiplying and doing well in dividing. Before they began the contest, Gary realized only fifteen other kids thought they were able to handle Algebra.
I didn’t even know we could use calculators in Math class! In a short span of three years in
I obtained many lessons and tips from my dad and my grade in math went up. “Guess what!” I shouted to my dad as I came home from school one
MacBeth is the same as Macduff because they were similar near the beginning because they were allies of King Duncan. These two characters have numerous similarities. Ultimately are very different regarding the choices they make Macbeth is an ambitious Thane who lets his greed and thirst for power drown out his sensibility. MacBeth is different from MacDuff because, while Macbeth is driven towards madness and into committing atrocities as to fulfill his ambitions to the throne. Macduff lacks such a flaw and endures an uncorrupted and loyal behavior throughout the play.
Teacher will say, “We are going to identify the unknown number in an addition or subtraction equation.” Teacher will write a balance equation on the white board, “7 + 6 = 10 + c” and draws small circle on each side. To find the unknown number we have to follow these steps: Step #1: Add or subtract and write the answer of each side in the circle below, Step #2: Find the missing number and write it in the square, Step #3: Make sure both sides of your equation match one another.” Teacher will say, “Let us do this problem together. First, add 7 + 6 =13, write 13 in the circle below.
There it was staring at me, so many numbers, equations, graphs, lines, my brain couldn't handle it and I haven't even attempted the first question yet. “ Time's up! Pencils down and bring your tests forward. ” My teacher said.
Then I observed those numbers carefully and thought for a while. My hands were no longer trembling, I already knew how to do it. Sorted those numbers according to the law and calculated them one by one. I do not need to be panic like a rabbit. I just need to figure out those complicated numbers like my mother taught me how to use the abacus when I was a kid.
Looking back at the assessment, this question dealt with multiplication of a whole number times a fraction. The question asked students to determine the answer to 5/6 of an hour and provided a clock as a visual. Most students in the low group chose answer choice A, which stated that the answer was 56 minutes because five minutes plus six minutes is 56 minutes. This shows that the students in this group lacked understanding of the concept.
Little did I know that this year, all that would change. Our class discovered soon enough that our previous teacher never pushed us to put in the effort. She always gave us recurrent opportunities for A’s or extra credit. But Ms. Helkowski was a high school math teacher. We were told that we would have to cover two year's worth of math, in a single year.
Fingers trembling, the student punches the buttons of the calculator. It would be easy for the student to say “I don’t know,” and hope that I, the teacher, move on to someone else. Slowly the student reads the calculator output. I listen, then smile. The relief flooding through the student is evident, along with something new—confidence.
“How can this be? I thought I was good at math? I should have studied more!” These were the thoughts racing through my head as I scrambled, through the questions on my first BC Calculus test. I left the class knowing that I had not done my best.