An Honest Mistake

kept hold. The man cried out, as he held his hand, blood dripping down his skin from the boy’s bite. The dagger lay at my feet, forgotten on the cave floor as the man tended to his hand. Terrified the entire time, I took the dagger, hoping to stop this man from killing us both. His sudden laugh makes me jerk up, and I send him a death-glare. How can he laugh right now? I want to jump up, run, shout, confess, and cry. I want to feel my heart beat again without the weight of fear always on my back. “They spelled hamburgers with two m’s,” he says, blowing some of his hair out of his face. “Funny, you would think they would know how to spell it since it’s the name of this place.” I nod. It’s probably an honest mistake, just like me. That’s how it had been my entire life, one honest mistake waiting to be picked out like two m’s in hamburgers. As though someone else, I watched, powerless to stop him from killing the boy. It wasn’t until the blood was running down my hands that I noticed the dagger in the man’s back. “What are you choosing?” I ask. My voice betrays how freaked out I really am. Bryce looks up from his menu, reaches over and catches my hand in his. I look at my hand in his and feel my heart start to thaw the chill inside. He’s handsome, by terran standards. My eyes are drawn not to his dark, warm eyes, or the strong curves of his hands, but to the wet, dark mud stuck under my manicured nails. I let go of his hand, and bite off each nail, the white crescents; the last…

Often times, mistakes are a combination of numerous occurrence that combine to make the perfect storm. I believe that Lewis Blackman’s Story is one such occurrence. However, it was not just the actual mistakes that made this case noteworthy. Mistakes are a human manifestation. As Alexander Pope wrote in “an Essay on Criticism”, to err is human, to forgive is divine. In Lewis’s story, I think an apology, in the great sense, would have gone a long way. Medical errors are now the third leading…

Human error is prevalent throughout all of life. Even when presented with the easiest of instructions, humans tend to mess it up. Though many of these mistakes come from failure or misunderstandings, there are other instances in which over-analysis comes into play. In Victor Hugo’s novel, Les Miserables, we are introduced to one such character. This man’s name was Jean Valjean. Although a former convict, Valjean was presented with an opportunity to change his life for the better. Very few…

every practice and understood the age differences. Its was pretty much individual made practices. His communication was perfect, maybe coaches think they communicate but it not always the best communication, this communication was perfect for me. He was straight and honest. If I did a bad decision on the ice, he could tell and he knew me that well so he understood that I knew when I did the mistake and when I didn’t know I did a mistake so he didn’t tell every time I did a mistake. He was very…

highly talented individuals know that in order to sustain their talent, they must practice consistently even when it seems they know it all. some people make the mistake of thinking that they do not require practice. no one is born with mastery of any skill or ability. Their mastery was gained through constant practice. there would be moments when it would be difficult to practice. when you get into such situations try to remind yourself of the benefits you stand to gain if you keep practicing.…

I was put on my first shift on a very busy Friday night and briefly got trained before the waiter had to run to the front. I was left in the back not knowing what to do, so I just washed the dishes, however, I was also supposed to be doing prep work that I had no idea about. I got yelled at and I felt awful for not being able to show what I could do my first day; the amount of times I made mistakes that night traumatized me. After this, I called the next day and was told to come back in. I did…

Emotions, they are what seem to connect us to our past. They helps us to learn from our mistakes and to love what we can change for the better. Without our emotions, life would be meaningless and our past forgotten. In The Stranger, by Albert Camus, we see into the life of a man who doesn’t seem to have any emotion. Because of this, Meursault, the main character, is not able to connect to anything in his life and does not seem to care much about it. If only Meursault was able to tap into…

Marissa Robles ENGL 3000 February 2, 2017 Richard II Assignment Evidence Richard’s Mistakes In speaking of the Duke of Gloucester’s death, Mowbray says, “I slew him not; but to my own disgrace / Neglected my sworn duty in that case”. (1.1.136-37). Richard banishes Bolingbroke: Therefore, we banish you our territories: You, cousin Hereford, upon pain of life, Till twice five summers have enrich'd our fields. (1.3.436-38). John of Gaunt speaks about Richard while on his death bed:…

Latice Castro In the article “Japanese Ghosts Don’t Have Feet” by Liza Dalby, an anthropologist’s experienced several mistakes while staying with her host family. The cultural values that where linked to her mistakes were collectivism vs. individualism, power distance, and nurturing vs. achievement. In this paper I will discuss the different ways she could have avoided her mistakes applying communication competence skills such as involvement, empathy, and cognitive complexity. Collectivism…

This is the story of X, who took the responsibility of her mistake and found a way out. She was a very lazy girl, and therefore, she never did her work on time. On one fine day, all the students of her class were asked to do a research and then write a report on it. They were given a weeks’ time to do that. X thought that 1 week was more than enough and took the assignment for granted. Though she never did her work on time, but she never failed to submit her assignments on the given time, and…