What Does Change Mean To You Essay

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Situations in life often elicit for change, whether it is growing through life or making the decision to conform or shy away from “societies norms.” As anything in life these both call for change, whether it is a change in attitude or mood, things such as these are major influential factors. In the words of Albert Camus, “In order to exist, man must rebel, but rebellion must respect the limits that it discovers in itself - limits where minds meet, and in meeting, to exist”, his words illustrate a very profound meaning, but it is simply stating is, a person if we ‘live’ searching for meaning or the meaning of life, we will never live. We live in a society where we have the ability to choose and to make decisions, …show more content…
John Dewey once said, “Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself” … this kind of reminded me of my family and my backbone and knowing no matter how badly I wanted to give up there was always something that kept me going, Leo Buscaglia once said, “Change is the end result of all true learning” this reminded me of God, I say this because I remember before I gave my life to Christ I was a completely different person than I was, the changes I implemented were awesome but it was because of one religious factor that led to that and the change implemented was worth all that it essentially rooted, and Faith was this quote by Albert Einstein, “Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned.” And I thought this was important because it provided me with some purpose that my overall goal was to lead beyond the classroom and knowledge won’t linger if it is applied properly. These three quotes not only explain others outlooks of education, but it also, relate to certain belief in certain areas of my personal life that correlate to my belief of

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