Apollo 13 Tolerance

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“In the practice of tolerance, one’s enemy is the best teachers. --Dalai lama. What he is saying is that tolerance is a major key to success and acceptance. Tolerance of people who are different than you is important because you can learn something new, and it builds character. If you are hanging out with peole diffrent than you, than you will probably pick something up from them.You could learn a new language if they speak a diffrent one.Even if you don’t use it alot you can at least say you know it. On the plus side,if you are in a foreign country there is a chance that they could speak the language you learnt. Tolerance and acceptance is a critical way to accomplish big goals.On the Apollo 13 mission an african american women named Katherine

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