“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.” -Charles William Elliot
I find this quote to be fully true and I learned this important lesson about writing, reading, and literature when I was a freshman in high school, in one of the most feared classes there, Mr. Monsour 's biology class. Not many people are fond of reading and writing, especially as an assignment to be graded by the “destroyer of dreams and grades.” The typical reading and writing assignment seems like it would not have a large impact on a student, but to me it caused a change in heart to reading and literature as well as helped me learn and relearn something about myself. …show more content…
The purpose of the text was solely to inform about the true story about humanity 's first contact with the Ebola/Marburg virus and its various strains that appeared. Testing and secure research was done in Reston, Virginia where monkeys had begun to be infected with a deadly unknown virus, which was later to be discovered as an Ebola strain exclusive to monkeys. A secret investigation was put into place to prevent the spread to humans and how to cure the disease which was also discovered to be harmless to humans, but you can never be to certain about major issues like that. With several near death encounters and experiences with many unknowns about what is happening the book is in my opinion a great read which can provide several lessons other than just some knowledge about one of the most lethal, deadliest, and scariest encounters of disease in the United States, which also in my case leads to a major decision in my life as …show more content…
The book taught me you can never be too careful with anything, but risk is good to an extent, but extreme risk can be easily mistaken for stupidity. Observations are essential in life and writing them down is the key to discover and spread knowledge. I learned that not writing or not expressing yourself is doing yourself and everybody else a disservice. If it wasn’t for writing and expression we all would just be indistinguishable blades of grass in the middle of a field. Our experiences and observations written down help advance everyone. Meanwhile however, private writing is good for the mind and it is relaxing to just free write aimlessly. On the other hand still, taking time to reflect and write things down for later is something that could benefit not only yourself, but others. While I personally don’t keep a journal I do try as much as possible to not stay isolated because isolation leads to a darkness, a darkness that is avoiding literature and thus knowledge as these two are some of the most powerful things in the world, both of which teach us as people about the world in numerous
I find this quote to be fully true and I learned this important lesson about writing, reading, and literature when I was a freshman in high school, in one of the most feared classes there, Mr. Monsour 's biology class. Not many people are fond of reading and writing, especially as an assignment to be graded by the “destroyer of dreams and grades.” The typical reading and writing assignment seems like it would not have a large impact on a student, but to me it caused a change in heart to reading and literature as well as helped me learn and relearn something about myself. …show more content…
The purpose of the text was solely to inform about the true story about humanity 's first contact with the Ebola/Marburg virus and its various strains that appeared. Testing and secure research was done in Reston, Virginia where monkeys had begun to be infected with a deadly unknown virus, which was later to be discovered as an Ebola strain exclusive to monkeys. A secret investigation was put into place to prevent the spread to humans and how to cure the disease which was also discovered to be harmless to humans, but you can never be to certain about major issues like that. With several near death encounters and experiences with many unknowns about what is happening the book is in my opinion a great read which can provide several lessons other than just some knowledge about one of the most lethal, deadliest, and scariest encounters of disease in the United States, which also in my case leads to a major decision in my life as …show more content…
The book taught me you can never be too careful with anything, but risk is good to an extent, but extreme risk can be easily mistaken for stupidity. Observations are essential in life and writing them down is the key to discover and spread knowledge. I learned that not writing or not expressing yourself is doing yourself and everybody else a disservice. If it wasn’t for writing and expression we all would just be indistinguishable blades of grass in the middle of a field. Our experiences and observations written down help advance everyone. Meanwhile however, private writing is good for the mind and it is relaxing to just free write aimlessly. On the other hand still, taking time to reflect and write things down for later is something that could benefit not only yourself, but others. While I personally don’t keep a journal I do try as much as possible to not stay isolated because isolation leads to a darkness, a darkness that is avoiding literature and thus knowledge as these two are some of the most powerful things in the world, both of which teach us as people about the world in numerous