“By becoming interested in the cause, we are less likely to dislike the effect.” Dale Carnegie uses these words in his book, How to Win Friends and Influence People. Humans don’t come with a manual, but if they did, this quote would be included in the chapter about making connections. Social interactions have always been difficult for me to navigate, being a naturally shy person, but daily interactions were nothing compared to the challenge I was about to face during my junior year of high school concerning a girl named Katie. On the first day of my junior year, I wasn’t nervous at all. Starting a new year at school had become more of a mandatory routine than a milestone, so I wasn’t terribly excited to be a Junior, however; I was excited For the next few days, that is where she was when I arrived in homeroom, residing in the exact same spot and coloring every type of dinosaur known to man. One day, some of the other Panther Pals and I decided to decorate the door to our classroom. This was an activity I normally partook in, and it was a fun way for buddies to get to know each other. From what I had witnessed in the past few classes, Katie was an artist, so I assumed she would enjoy participating. After homeroom announcements, I walked over to where Katie was sitting and asked, “Would you like to come over here and help us decorate the door?” Katie Looked up at me as if I had just asked her to burn the dinosaur coloring book she highly cherished, and then she simply replied, “No.” As I cut out ghosts and bats for our Halloween themed door, I pondered Katie’s questionable behavior. She never seemed to want to talk to me, play games with me, do anything with me. Thoughts began swarming in my head. “I’m a likeable person right? Why can’t I get through to this girl? Does she hate By placing myself in Katie’s head, I found creative ways to help her enjoy math assignments while completing them and learning. Though I wasn’t well versed in the video games she was interested in, that didn’t stop me from helping her make a pie chart of the popularity of each character from a game called “Five Nights at Freddy’s” that she plays. I started focusing more on Katie’s interests and tried to think like she did, and soon, being with Katie didn’t feel like a struggle; it was fun. That’s when I knew we weren’t put together by
In view of this “illness,” junior year also takes a toll on individuals. There is the ACT and the pressure to obtain a certain score to receive a scholarship or to be admitted into a dream school. As a matter of fact, the college application process is exhausting in itself. The stress seniors build up before they click
...ademic hardships. Even though I lost so much during junior year, I was unaware of the fact that secretly I was actually gaining a great deal of life experiences and real-life lessons for the future. Quite honestly I feel lucky. I feel lucky that I matured early in life; with this new maturity I feel I can accomplish anything. I feel I can make a positive difference in this world. I feel like this experience will be the primary step in my success, in terms of my career, and in the launch of my Children in Need campaigns in third world countries. I feel like the young superman who just learned how to fly, slightly aware of his magnificent impact towards the world. In short, I feel junior year provided foundation for the more mature and adult chapters of my life, and without the numerous obstacles of junior year, I would never gained the key to a successful future.
The book “How to Win Friends and Influence People” by Dale Carnegie teaches people important lessons on how to deal with people not only in a professional area but with normal social situations as well. The book starts off with describing different situations on how to deal with people. For example humans should treat people with more appreciation and not just compliment them. People like to feel appreciated and sometimes it can lead a person to want to be more successful when they realize that some notices their hard work. Another example is when someone is trying to convince another person into doing something one always should realize what the other person wants first and talk to
The complexities of growing up can be overwhelming, but one must overcome the realities of the wild and poignant roller coaster of youth in order to live a sensible and productive life. The Perks of Being a Wallflower begins as the protagonist Charlie, starting his first year of high school, deals with the suicide of his single close friend named Michael and the lingering feeling of guilt over the death of his aunt. Prone to depression, introverted, and on the fringe of trouble in many aspects of life, Charlie is a wallflower who, with the help of his English teacher and two friends Sam and Patrick, comes to terms with life and learns to interact.
...y unique in comparison to the school years in Lower School. Originally, I expected an incredibly difficult school year that may end up overpowering me; however, I found that I was able to manage and work around the difficulties. I had become accustomed to all of the assignments and the teachers. I had began to truly enjoy the quizzes and tests we have. I am also remarkably joyful at the fact that I have made wonderful, enjoyable, and interesting friends in my class. I had also learned that I have such amazing, intelligent, and confident teachers who are certainly capable of teaching. All of this had also reminded me to be excessively thankful and grateful for all of the marvelous things I have. With all of these things to keep in mind, I can sincerely say that my first trimester in Seventh Grade definitely was an extraordinarily extravagant and incredible experience.
Dale Carnegie's book How to Win Friends and Influence People gives several proven methods and examples on how to succeed in the business world. The book's chapters are comprised of how to handle people, how to be a successful leader, and how to win people to your way of thinking. The preface provides several ideas and suggestions that will help the reader get the most out of the book. The author suggests that the reader keep an open mind, and also suggest some other reading materials that will also help.
Senior year. The year known for its “lasts” of everything and the start of one 's adulthood. It’s also a busy part of life- college applications, college acceptance, graduation, and even get to know what the terminal disease “senioritis” feels like. Senior year is the last year that I will get the chance to cheer on the football team every Friday night, running track every Thursday, as well as seeing my favorite teachers on a day to day basis. This year is my year, the year that is going to change everything that I have ever known. Senior year is the year that will impact myself, my friends, my family, as well as everyone that surrounds me. It will be the year of change.
As young girl with big dreams I imagined my senior year of high school to be one of the best years of my life. I imagined going to homecoming with all of my friends, being the captain of the varsity soccer and cheerleading teams, going to Friday night football games, going to Prom with my perfect date, and going on a senior trip with all of my best friends. I never imagined my senior year to be the way that it is. I am the new kid.
Being a senior to me means more that just one thing. It means my last ten football games, senior project and, graduating. It seems like yesterday that I was in eighth grade watching my brother play football on the same field I am now. Back then being a senior in high school seemed so far away that I never took the time to think about it or anything. Now that it’s here I wonder where the time went.
These two shoebox pictures of Katie and me are just two snapshots in a shared photo album, filled with every cake, thought, joke, and sweater we've shared. In the midst of looking through the collection, Katie yells at me, "Hey, that's my shirt!"
“The more you get out of this book, the more you’ll get out of life.” This is the claim that Dale Carnegie makes in reference to his book, How to Win Friends and Influence People. Carnegie proposes that there are four main ideas that one should use when dealing with people: 1) Know how to handle people, 2) Make people like you, 3) Win people to their way of thinking, and 4) Be a leader. These skills are essential not only in being a good manager, but also in dealing with people in day to day life.
Imagine it is one’s first day in high school. Standing in front befalls the entrance way to your new future, thinking of what lies ahead from the perspective of a middle school grad. One would perhaps have mixed emotions as to what to expect. Observing the new students around the corridors, it transpires as if they are dragging their feet to progress inside, for the reason that they are fresh from the blissful summer days; they are in exchange, yet again, to the reality of school homework, projects, reports and tests. Some have queries and doubts in their minds; what does one expect of themselves getting into a high school life such as this? “What remains in store for me, I wonder…” “This school year is going to be subsequently much tougher
As freshman, we came home from school with the mentality that we were no longer children, but rather had entered into a new stage of life. Everything seemed different and new; we weren’t the big kids on campus anymore. We no longer were the persons being looked up to, but rather were the persons looking up to an entire school of older students. We remember joining our firsts clubs, going to dances, and having Orientation days.
Having spent twelve years of my school life in just one small red brick building, the years tend to fade into each other. But the year I remember most clearly and significantly is my senior year of high school, where I finally began to appreciate what this institution offered to any student who stopped to look. Before, school had been a chore, many times I simply did not feel motivated toward a subject enough to do the homework well, and seeing the same familiar faces around ever since I was 5 years old grew very tiring soon enough. But I began to see things from a different angle once I became a senior.
The school year has started with me with a very frustrating experience. Junior High school was not exactly that way I imagined. First lesson was my explicit and direct exposure to what a junior high school is. From the first lesson I already understood that I have