Valuable Lessons Learnt Essay Examples

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A Report on A Lesson Before Dying, the Eighth Novel by Ernest J. Gaines (567 words, 1 pages)

But let us say he was not. What justice would there be to take this life? Justice, gentlemen? Why I would just as soon put a hog in the electric chair as this. All eyes were pointed to a poor black innocent boy who was accused killing three people. In ... Read More

The Lesson Learned by Scout in the Novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (515 words, 1 pages)

What does Scout learn at the end of the novel? Throughout the novel, The Kill A Mockingbird, the narrator, Scout, who is only three years old at the beginning, grows up to understand the evils of the society in the 1930s. Her mind is full of fun and excitement, but ... Read More

The Main Methods of Evaluation of a Teacher’s and Lessons (721 words, 1 pages)

What kind of teacher am I? What are my beliefs about teaching and learning? How should I communicate goals to my learners? What learning methods and techniques should I employ? How can I deal with discipline problems in my classroom? In discussing such intricate questions, teachers often point out that ... Read More

A Personal Recount About Learning a Valuable Lesson from Another Person (464 words, 1 pages)

It was about a year and half ago when I was taking my first car to the car wash. The car was very decrepit and antiquated, as I remember when went through the car wash. I guess I was just sitting on the bench in the front of the building ... Read More

An Argument in Favor of Learning Lessons from Great Classic Works (249 words, 1 pages)

Every generation of man, since the beginning of time, has had to learn over and over again the same basic lessons. Why do we not take advantage of the fact that many of them wrote down their mistakes in their writing? If you are in a similar situation why not ... Read More

The Lessons and Morals Acquired by Scout in the Novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (770 words, 1 pages)

"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... until you climb into their skin and walk around in it". (p. 30) This lesson is one that Scout has learned throughout this book. It is one of many lessons that should be learned and ... Read More

A Case Study of the Newell Company, Its Diversification through Acquisition, Ramifications Caused by It, and Lessons Learned (4594 words, 9 pages)

Introduction In 1998, Newell Company set out to expand its revenue base through strategic acquisition of two major companies. Newell's CEO at that time was John McDonough, who was in charge of positioning the publicly traded company to an improved revenue base through differential product mix. The idea to broaden ... Read More

The Symbolic Nature of Setting, Characters, and Literary Devices in the Moral Lessons in Lord of the Flies, a Novel by William Golding (2289 words, 3 pages)

A fable, by strict definition, is a short tale conveying a clear moral lesson in which the characters are animals acting like human beings. A fable is intended to provide moral instruction and its characters and scenes are drawn to suit this purpose. William Golding has referred to his novel, ... Read More

The Good Experience and Lesson I Got in Basic Military Training (1579 words, 2 pages)

A School of a Different Color It was a cold January morning, as the jet liner I was riding landed in Louisville, Kentucky. Immediately upon exiting the plane, I saw a nice young soldier holding a sign that said "Private Robert J Jones," so normally I went up to him ... Read More

A Lesson From the Life of Salvador Dali (588 words, 1 pages)

A Lesson of Life Salavador Dali was a very talented artist from Spain. He was born in 1904 and died of heart failure in 1989. A lot of his work was influenced by his dreams and he depicted them on canvas. Dali's work was also influenced by surrealism, a style ... Read More

A Research on The Lesson, a Short Story by Toni Cade Bambara (2129 words, 15 pages)

A social activist, writer, teacher, and graduate from Queens College, Toni Cade, who later changed legally to Toni Cade Bambara, is one of the representatives of the Afro- American writers and black socially political black activist in American history. She has made many contributions to the inner city especially in ... Read More

The Lessons From the Life of Rick Pitino (1858 words, 8 pages)

The book that I read is about a great coach, and an unbelievable motivator, Rick Pitino. Pitino is most remembered for his incredible years as head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats. In 1996 he led them to a national championship and in 1997 he led them to the final round. ... Read More

A Lesson Should Be Learned Before It’s Too Late (664 words, 1 pages)

A Lesson Before It Was Too Late Five servants walked into their master's studying room with energy and confidence, but came out with disappointment and confusion. They were fired by Mrs. Burston, their master. Mrs. Burston fired them not because of shortage of money, nor because she was dissatisfied with ... Read More

Lessons of Life in E.M. Forster’s The Other Side of the Hedge (936 words, 2 pages)

Beginning of the 20th century, when industrialism was climbing to its climax, most of the Western Europeans were happy and proud of their achievements brought by machines. However, machines were also the cause of forcing a lot of people who kept traditional techniques out of work because those people couldn't ... Read More

The Moral Lesson of The Canterbury Tale of the Pardoner by Chaucer (860 words, 2 pages)

The Canterbury Tale of the Pardoner The story of the Pardoner is one of moral lessons, that teaches us to not to be blinded by our own human imperfections and to not take this life for granted. I believe through the Pardoners tale, Chaucer was trying to a make a ... Read More

The Commercial Air Time during the Super Bowl is a Valuable Commodity (381 words, 1 pages)

On January 30, millions of televisions will be tuned in to the American Broadcast Company's live coverage of the Super Bowl. The three hour-plus event draws as many as 130 million viewers at one time. According to NFL Research, sixty eight percent of Super Bowl viewers say they pay attention ... Read More

The Life Lessons in Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (451 words, 2 pages)

Caged Bird - Defending the Work I watched a movie the other night called, "The Color of Friendship". It was about a white teenage girl from Africa, visiting America on a Foreign Exchange Program. She was placed in a Black home and was very frightened at first because she was ... Read More

An Analysis of Life Lesson (595 words, 2 pages)

A Life Lesson Throughout life, there are certain points that you look back on and say what was I thinking?! or could I have really been that stupid? I assure you that I have a multitude of such memories, but the one that stands out in my mind was an ... Read More

An Analysis of Golf Lesson (640 words, 1 pages)

A Golf Lesson A golf lesson, I guess it started when I was about twelve years old. My friend took me to this place called a golf course. I didnt know why or what we were here for, but I was interested in finding out. We entered a building called ... Read More

A Life Lesson in Telling Lies (515 words, 1 pages)

Today, I am going to tell you about my uncles lie when he was a student in college. He told me one day that he wanted to tell me the best whopper that he had ever told in his life. He used to live in the city of Jaddah in ... Read More

A Lesson Well Learnt (1004 words, 2 pages)

She sat on a little pedestal by the frosty window and stared out at the city lights.There wasnt much about her that stood out apart from the bright red strands of hair that peaked out of her black velvet beret. She sat in there for hours with a teapot and ... Read More

Lesson Plan (400 words, 1 pages)

Lesson 36Some animals are able to survive the cold weather such as polar bears and penguins can live in the Artic. They can swim or dive into the water and find food such as fish, or seals. They are also known as excellent swimmers. They will swim in the sea ... Read More

Prejudice in A Lesson Before Dying and To Kill A Mockingbird (1444 words, 5 pages)

A Lesson Before Dying was written in first person point of view and Grant Wiggins is the narrator. It was published in 1994 and the setting was in the 1940s. To Kill A Mockingbird was told in the first person point of view also. The narrator was an older version ... Read More

A Review of The Piano Lesson by Wilson (964 words, 3 pages)

African Americans during the Great Migration faced both success and failures in the North. In The Piano Lesson, it is clearly illustrated that African Americans faced more negative effects rather than successes in the north. During the 1930s, African Americas had their freedom but they were oppressed in many ways ... Read More

Moral Lessons in Rumpelstiltskin (578 words, 2 pages)

The Queens Dilemma Ever since we have been exposed to fairy tales as children, do we ever think about the true meaning of the story? This, of course, is a rhetorical question because there is no true meaning of a story every fairy tales moral is based on interpretations. For ... Read More

The Lesson I learned from the National Lego Robots Competition (463 words, 2 pages)

Some people learn their lesson the easy way, I learned mine the hard way.One morning on a cool summer day, I was awoken by the smell of freshly made pancakes. The aroma lifted me from my bed and down the stairs. Good morning my mom said Good morning mother, today ... Read More

A Lesson Regarding Animal Abuse (2782 words, 9 pages)

Walking down the street, you look into a car and see the cutest puppy. You point the dog out and tell your mom ooh mom that is the cutest dog Ive ever seen, but what you didnt know is that the owner of that puppy was committing a crime. Many ... Read More

Voice Lessons: The Wind Beneath My Wings (1029 words, 3 pages)

Since the time that I started talking, I also started singing. As I go to the age of where I could hear music and sing along, I started performing little shows for my family every week. I absolutely loved it. I loved the accomplishing feeling I got once I finished ... Read More

A Lesson Learned by Being in Debt (1523 words, 5 pages)

Overwhelmed with excitement, my mind immediately started racing, full of thoughts on how suddenly I can pay off all these bills that had me in debt. I smiled from ear to ear, thinking of what it would be like to be debt free. A brand new start is all I ... Read More

Lessons Learned from Malcolm X (1127 words, 3 pages)

The purpose of education is to open doors to a persons carrier of choice, because it gives a person the opportunity to gain skills and knowledge needed to make it in the career each person has chosen. I was able to see this not too long ago the potential education ... Read More