Learning from Practice:
When an athlete has a bad game, he or she, doesn't simply try to pretend it never happened. They analyze tapes. They hire specific coaches for each task:
putting, driving, short game, mental game etc.
Those who keep making the same mistakes but keep expecting to do well, are the definition of INSANITY!!
Those who look closely at their errors, figure out what skill they need to learn, find the person or the resources and the time to practice that skill, improve.
That is the definition of success. We learn by trying new things.
We learn by putting in effort.
What are you waiting for?
Tonight, look over all of your previous pieces of writing. What do you need to learn? How will you learn it? The exam is two months away.
You have eight weeks. You will have three hours to earn 40% of your mark. If you go into the exam with 64% or less and you fail the exam, you fail the course.
I repeat: YOU FAIL THE COURSE.
You will have to repeat the entire course, which may be the appropriate response. If you have been doing very little in English classes for four years, you will never improve your skills. You won't know what you are reading, what your doctor is telling you, how to help your child with homework, how to create a solution to problems not yet imagined.
THE WORLD IS IN YOUR HANDS. PICK IT UP. MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
