Learning from Mistakes

One of the things that we were told, in this, our writing class was to study and learn from the corrections that our teacher makes on our papers.  Not only does that apply to writing but it also applies to life.  It's important to be aware of the mistakes we make, and it is important to study and learn from them.  What I mean by studying our mistakes is that we look at why we did what we did.  What were the circumstances that lead to our mistake?  Could we have avoided it in the first place? If so, how can we avoid making the same mistake in the future? By looking at and studying the corrections that our teachers make, we can see what we did wrong. Studying how to correct our mistakes will help us to do better on our assignments.  It's not only the assignment that is important, but the upward climb of learning and improving ourselves.

As my children used to say, "My teacher said" to learn from the corrections that she makes on our papers.