Living, Loving, And Learning: Buscaglia Reflection

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to balance equations, and
sometimes the P.E./Science teacher cared a little more about the teaching the
tennis unit than she did about teaching the four life processes.
Those teachers were also the ones that had to relearn the algebra and
science lessons a few days before they taught them to us, because on paper they
were qualified to do the job, but as far as knowing the material and having an
interest in what they were trying to give to us, nothing was there. Have you
ever tried to get someone excited about a subject that you knew nothing about?
Have you ever had a math teacher that sent you across the hall to get help from
someone else because he didn't understand what he was trying to teach you? It
can be pretty hard sometimes to get excited about something if your teacher
doesn't get excited about it. These teachers tried to give us something that
they didn't have.
When I was in middle school I had another teacher that tried to give
us what she didn't ...

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that we have
for living, to loving and learning. I am going to become the best Valerie that
I can be, because then I can give others the knowledge and the love to become
the best Johns, Kates and Ashleys that they can be.

B. Risk Taking

Buscaglia tells us the importance of being ourselves. For me,
sometimes being myself means taking a risk. All of us have our own little
views of what we think others see as being "normal," and we all have innate
tendencies to try to either fit into the category of normalcy or to totally go
against what the crowd is doing just to be different.
I lived in Salt Lake for one month. At the restaurant where I
worked there was a wide variety of ...

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