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Should We Learn From Our Mistakes Or Not?

By: Arjun Agrawal

Intro                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

     My family and I were going to India. We were so focused on getting on time to the airport, we forgot to bring our tickets. The flight was leaving in 1 hour. There was no way we could get home and back in time! We missed the flight to India. But we are all humans. They all make such mistakes! I believe we should learn from our mistakes. We should learn from our mistakes because problems reappear often, problems compound over time, and facing difficult situations build confidence to face an entirely different challenge.                                                                                                               

Body                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Problems reappear                                                                                                  
       First of all, the situation that led to the event in question will likely arise again as history tends to repeats itself. I have experienced this situation before. When I took a math test I got a few answers incorrect. I didn't care to understand what I did wrong. At the end of the year, there was a star test. Some of the same exact questions from my previous test, were on this test. I earned a 85 percentile.  Maybe if I had payed attention to the questions I got wrong in the math test, I could have received a 95 percent tile.            

Problems Compound                                                                                                  
      Next, situations in life are often similar and tend to build upon each other. I've been in situations like this before. My little brother and I always had problems. We argue a lot. My dad told me that I should show some "leadership" skills. Leadership skills can help make an agreement. I didn't even bother to listen. A few weeks later, I participated in an after-school group program called "Odyssey of the mind." There we had to make a skit all by ourselves, without parent's help. For the skit I had many good ideas. But I kept pushing everyone around. Thus, they resisted me and never listened to my ideas. This led to the downfall of of my stature/standing in the team. We did win first round. But we didn't win the second.  I think we could have won the finals if I could have convinced the team to listen to my ideas. My ideas were very creative, this had an advantage over the other teams.

Confidence to face new problems                                                                                    
      Lastly these difficult situations present challenges that we must face to build confidence to face entirely different challenges. I had encountered some challenges before to gain confidence. For example, when I had to take a complicated science exam, I didn't know many of the answers. I took my teacher's feedback. On the next test I did much better. Later on, when I joined the soccer team, I had no idea how to play it. So I went to my parents to get some answers. I eventually learned how to play soccer. Now I am a epic at it. Now, whenever I need help, I learned that I should just take feedback from my coach.                                                                                                                                                                                                    

Conclusion                                                                                                                                                                 

     As you can see, we should learn from our mistake because history repeats itself, situations in life are similar, and we must face difficult situations to build confidence to face entirely different challenges. I believe path to future success is by reflecting on your past. I am going to rigorously make sure I learn from every mistake I ever make.                                                                                                                
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