Roy T. Bennett: A Comprehensive Learning Experience

As Roy T Bennett said, “some things cannot be taught: they must be experienced. You never learn the most valuable lessons in life until you go through your own journey.” Life is about learning and experiencing good and bad situations. You can’t live life without having the knowledge of knowing what you have learned. I can tell of three times I’ve had profound learning experiences. One profound experience happened in fifth grade. Thursday or Friday afternoon, it was science class. The other students and I are taking a test; I noticed the kid sitting next to me was looking over my shoulder and taking my answers. I quietly leaned over and whispered for him to stop, and I covered my answers. He didn’t like that, so in retaliation he knocked my papers on the ground and yelled to the teacher that I was taking his answers. I got a big fat zero on my paper and note sent home. I learned then that I’ll never sit next to anyone during a test, never had any problems after that. Another learning experience happened in my senior year of high school. As you go through school you make friends …show more content…
I started mid-October working for the VA hospital coffee shop or Starbucks. Since I started working there I’ve met and seen doctors and veterans that know me just by voice. I thought I was struggling to pay bills and not being financially able to buy things that I want. Homeless vets or veterans that are stuck at the hospital due to health issues have things so much worse. Not only because they are injured but because they can’t all afford health care or afford a room in the hospital for round the clock care. I can smell coffee and perfume of widows getting a drink and leaving the hospital in tears because of their husbands passing. My days may be bad but they don’t fall apart around me like some peoples do. I’ve learned to make people laugh and to see the joy in life and that life is bad but it can get