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　　“Experience is the best teacher” is an old cliché,but I agree with it. The most important, and sometimesthe hardest, lessons we learn in life come from ourparticipation in situations. You can’ learneverything from a book.

　　Of course, learning from books in a formal educational setting is also valuable. It’s inschools that we learn the information we need to function in our society. We learn how to speakand write and understand mathematical equations. This is all information that we need to livein our communities and earn a living.

　　Nevertheless, I think that the most important lessons can’t be taught; they have to beexperienced. No one can teach us how to get along with others or how to have self-respect. Aswe grow from children into teenagers, no one can teach us how to deal with peer pressure. As weleave adolescence behind and enter adult life, no one can teach us how to fall in love and getmarried.

　　This shouldn’t stop us from looking for guidelines along the way. Teachers and parents arevaluable sources of advice when we’re young. As we enter into new stages in our lives, theadvice we receive from them is very helpful because they have already bad similar exp...

　　The twentieth century has brought with it manyadvances. With those advances, human lives havechanged dramatically. In some ways life is worse, butmostly it is better. Changes in food preparationmethods, for example, have improved our lives greatly.

　　The convenience of preparing food today is amazing.Even stoves have gotten too slow for us. Microwave cooking is much easier. We can press a fewbuttons and a meal is completely cooked in just a short time. People used to spend hourspreparing an oven-cooked meal, and now they can use that time for other, better things. Plus,there are all kinds of portable, prepackaged foods we can buy. Heat them in the office microwave,and lunch at work is quick and easy.

　　Food preparation today allows for more variety. With refrigerators and freezers, we canpreserve a lot of different foods in our homes. Since technology makes cooking so much faster,people are willing to make several dishes for even a small meal. Parents are more likely to letchildren be picky, now that they can easily heat them up some prepackaged macaroni and cheese onthe side. Needless to say, adults living in the same house may have very different eating habitsas well. If they don’t want to cook a lot of different dishes, it’s common now to eat out atrestaurants several times a w...

　　Throughout my life, I have been lucky enough to have avery good relationship with my parents. They have supported me, given me necessary criticism, and taught me a great deal about how to live my life. Parents can be very important teachers in our lives; however, they are not always the best teachers.

　　Parents may be too close to their children emotionally. Sometimes they can only see their children though the eyes of a protector. For example, they may limit a child's freedom in the name of safety. A teacher might see a trip to a big city as a valuable new experience. However,it might seem too dangerous to a parent.

　　Another problem is that parents may expect their children's interests to be similar to their own.They can't seem to separate from their children in their mind. If they love science, they may try to force their child to love science too. But what if their child's true love is art, or writing, or car repair?

　　Parents are usually eager to pass on their value to their children. But should children always believe what their parents do? Maybe different generations need different ways of thinking. When children are young, they believe that their parents are always right. But when they get older,they realize there are other views. Sometimes parents, especially ...

　　People attend colleges or universities for a lot ofdifferent reasons. I believe that the three mostcommon reasons are to prepare for a career, to havenew experiences, and to increase their knowledge ofthemselves and the world around them.

　　Career preparation is becoming more and more important to young people. For many, this is theprimary reason to go to college, They know that the job market is competitive. At college,they can learn new skill for careers with a lot of opportunities. This means careers, such asinformation technology, that are expected to need a large workforce in the coming years.

　　Also, students go to colleges and universities to have new experiences. This often means havingthe opportunity to meet people different from those in their hometowns. For most students,going to college is the first time they’ve been away from home by themselves. In additions, thisis the first time they’ve had to make decisions on their own. Making these decisions increasestheir knowledge of themselves.

　　Besides looking for self-knowledge, people also attend a university or college to expand theirknowledge in subjects they find interesting. For many, this will be ...