Reflective Essay: How My Life Lessons Learned

When writing an essay for a class, one does not think about his or her past experience with writing. Whether that experience was good or bad, the lessons learned from those experiences are now in his or her brain, therefore this person automatically knows what to do or not to do in most cases. Something else one does not notice anymore about these reading and writing lessons, is that they can be translated into life lessons. Many of my reading and writing experiences have somehow taught me a life lesson at the same time.
At the beginning of elementary school, students at the school I attended were required to read short stories for homework to a parent or guardian, then have the booklet signed by the individual who listened. These short story …show more content…
Reading a section of the Odyssey was my biggest reading challenge yet. This complex poem, written so many years ago, had such a deep level of emotion and detail, it was overwhelming. As we read through this poem, Odysseus did everything he could to find his way back to the ones he loved. Although in the beginning of the reading the message was difficult to understand, in the end it was clear; never give up on the ones you love. That was the lesson reading gave me my freshman …show more content…
I am anxious, optimistic, but most of all I am fearless. I am anxious to put the experience I have with reading and writing to use. I am optimistic because of the knowledge that has been instilled in me through my teachers since I began school at the age of five. But I am fearless because of the lessons I have learned. With those, I have gained six extremely important life lessons. As I grow older, I may forget every single reading and writing lesson ever taught to me. But one thing is for certain, that I will never be able to forget the life lessons that came from within those simple school