Debby+exp

==An unknown author once said, **"** With one success a thousand failures lie forgotten, but with one refusal to try, a thousand successes may prematurely die." It means that if we succeed, all the failures that were used in the process of succeeding will be worthwhile. However, if we do not try, the many were-to-be successes will dissapear and never happen. We might be so close to success, but if we give up, we will never know.==

==This quote reminds me of the motto of a very famous and successful inventor, Thomas Edison. His motto was that every failure he had was a step closer to success. Edison, as an inventor, went through many failures in his life. In order to invent the lightbulb successfully, he had to try and fail over a thousand times. However, in the end he finally succeeded and became extremely successful. Although he is now dead, the world still remembers him clearly and even named the city, Edison, after him!==

==I can also relate to the quote to my own life. Last year, for my math homework, my class had to do many difficult math problems and equations. It was very tiring, frustrating, and upsetting. However, I kept on trying to fiqure out the math problems and eventually succeeded. The next day when I went to my math class, I learned that the other students had given up because the math had been very difficult and they had already failed many times. I was the only person who had finished the math homework, and because of my accomplishment, the teacher gave me a pack of Twizzlers. Although my success experience was much smaller that Edison's, my personal pride felt great.==

==This quote, I feel, is a strong and meaningful message that can help myself and others in the world keep on trying. It can help people not give up and keep hopes of successes. We never know when we will succeed and the next failure could be a step closer to success.==

Practice #2:
==Life is often full of pleasant surprises. For example, in third grade, on Bring Your Child to Work Day, I asked my father to take me to his work. I really wanted to work with him in his restaurant. However, I didn't think he would say yes. He had said no each past year in fear of me accidently burning myself in a room full of fire-hot stoves. To my surprise, my father said yes. He had decided that I was old enough to be careful and not burn myself.==

==That morning, first, he took me to Quick-Check to buy his daily coffee and he bought me Skittles. Then, we went to Restaurant Depot to buy food supplies for his restaurant. I enjoyed that part a lot because we got to go into a giant refrigerator where food was stored. It was very cold though, so we had to wear special jackets that were supplied. After that trip, we finally went to my father's restaurant. The workers were all really nice and I got to sample different types of foods. I sampled sweet bubble teas, buttery rice, spicy chicken,miso soup, and noodles. At the end of the day, my belly was all full to the brim. My father took me home where i shared my day with my mom, who laughed and decided that I'd get to go to work with my dad next year too.==