Persuasive Essay: The Experience Of Having A Child

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Prompt 1 (If you want the experience of having complete responsibility for another human being, and to learn how to love and bond in the deepest way, then you should have children. I would not have missed the experience for the world. (pg. 92) Do you plan on having children some day? If yes, what do you look forward to? What worries you? Will you parent them like you were parented? What will you do the same? Differently? If you are not planning on having children, why not?) I definitely plan on having children someday. I look forward to being able to bring a child up in this world, to teach them that they can do anything they set their mind to. I look forward to seeing them grow up to be young adults like I am now, and watching how they develop …show more content…

I am looking forward to hearing them call me mom and completely love me no matter what. I want to be able to show them that they are cared for and loved beyond their imagination and expectations. I hope that they know how much I will love them and how I wish for them to live life in the best way possible. I am worried about the cost of parenting and getting so caught up in work and belong busy that my children might be sacrificed or vice versa. I worry about having to leave my child when I can’t be with them. I know I’ll worry about my child having a rare disease or getting hurt at any time. I worry that they could be taken from me in any way at any time, because if I loose them I will lose part of my heart. I know that I will do some of the same things that my parents do, but I also hope to do even more. I plan on showing my children respect like my parents do, and pushing them to do their very best, while being for them if they fail. I want them, …show more content…

However, I think that now our school is very skill based. Most harder classes were determined by tests that had to be taken and passed, and with the academy system now, we are always preparing for the future. While this is beneficial, sometimes I think we do get caught up in learning the skills and “mechanics” of schooling instead of personal development. Now, we also are very artistically and athletically driven. I believe that within music, art, extracurriculars and sports, we learn more about ourselves than in the classroom. Since our school encourages these, we can get personal development through them. This helps to balance out the skill driven schoolwork and classes. I think that in my education there has been a good balance, because not only am I learning the skills that I will need to succeed in life. I am also developing as a person in the ways I learn and think. I think this is important, having personal development, because no matter what you know, you still need to know how to learn in a way that works for you and be able to adapt and know all that life throws at

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