“Foolish woman,” Nathan said. “There is no going back. Bend like grass, that you do not break,” (ch. 4, p. 28). Do you think this is wise advice? Describe a time in your life something major changed for you (e.g. moving, family changes, new school, etc.). Did you react as Nathan advises or did you spend a lot of time yearning for the past?
Hayden Ferris
10/12/2023 02:08:26 pm
I guess when I changed schools for the first time ever it was from my old school to dominion I struggled in math a lot because it was not that hard at my old school and all the homework I got it was a big change because at my old school we really did not get homework and when we did there was really no consequence for not doing it so I guess that was just diffrent to me.
Abraham Walters
10/12/2023 03:47:32 pm
No I do not completely agree with Nathan's advice because the advice he offered only applies to certain situations. And for the time in my life
Peter Caldwell
10/17/2023 02:28:51 pm
I don't think it is a very wise statement because just like Abe said, it can depend on the situation. For example, if you are being peer pressured into doing something bad you don't want to give in, you want to stand strong. When I moved to this school it was a very big change. I reacted like Nathan said and it worked out. I was lenient and flexible and it worked out for me.
Fernando villanueva
10/18/2023 12:12:48 pm
I do agree with his advice. Once you do something there really is no going back what you have done is done you cant change the past. A major change was coming to this school. Like hayden said my old school didn't really give much homework this school gives a ton of homework which i have adapted to. It was really hard to get used to but i got the hang of it.
William LF
10/18/2023 04:56:02 pm
I cant tell if this is bad advice or if it is meant for someone more mature than me. In all of the major changes in my life it didn't matter how flexible I was or how quickly I was able to adapt, because I had no say in what happened, I was powerless. I'm not sure if I didn't have control because I was a kid or if that is just the way things go (regardless of age). I like to imagine that adults have control over what happens, but as I get older I see that more of the adults in my life get hit with problems that make them just as powerless as I was. I hope that everything I have seen is just a long collection of unfortunate events, that happen vary rarely. Because that would mean that it is good advice, and I just happened by some small coincidence to see a lot of outliers.
Nathaniel Haan
10/18/2023 05:00:55 pm
I would say this advice is good to a certain extent. It depends on what is going on in your life. You can not let anything affect you and bring you down and in that case "bending like grass" would be a good idea to follow. When something fully changes and affects your life though like the death of a loved one or moving away from your life and friends it is okay to let that affect you and to be sad; eventually you have to move on but it okay to let it affect you for a time. At time that was big for me was when I changed schools to dominion, at first I was really sad about it because I was leaving a sports team I had been apart of for 3 years and friends that I had had since preschool. Eventually though I found all the good and new things in my new environment that made switching better and it gave me a new perspective. I did let changing affect me for a time but eventually I was able to switch perspectives and feel better about it.
Elijah Trostel
10/18/2023 07:24:43 pm
I agree with Abe and Peter, this is not always wise advice. You cannot always accept the things that life or other people throw at you. It takes no willpower, courage, or intelligence to roll over and let life wash over you, but it takes all three of these things to use what life has given you and manipulate it for good. On the other hand, you cannot always fight life, and sometimes you must be smart enough to spot a valuable lesson or factor in an event, and use it for yourself or for others. When I first joined the soccer team, I was really bad, I hadn't played in a while, I was younger, smaller, and the most inexperienced of just about everyone on the team. Inevitably, I sat bench for over half the season. I was made fun of because of how little playing time I got. I could brush these off with a laugh or two, but deep inside, it hurt, like a slap across the face. Then one day, I thought to myself: I don't want to be made of anymore, I don't want to be the worst, I don't want to be the guy who just gets put in to run. So I had to accept that I was bad, but then I had to accept that I could be better than any of them if I worked hard enough, so I did. and by the time the season was three quarters over, I was finally put in as a starter (someone who starts out on the field, reserved for good players) and I started or played for almost all the game in almost every game since them. I still get made fun of because I didn't get as much playing time, but I can now smile, knowing that what they are saying is no longer true, and they are just saying it to be mean. Comments are closed.
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