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Practice Makes Perfect

5/30/2015

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"...one should get used to it...practice makes perfect" (Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith 161).
Trying to cope with his loneliness, Vincent Van Gogh wandered around the country. While doing so, he went deeper and deeper into religion. He soon stopped to live at his Uncle's house, where he was hit by inspiration. Motivated and inspired, he decided to devote himself to theological studies. But in order to do that, he had to get accepted into a university. So he studied and studied. From day to night he relentlessly studied until his uncle forced him to go to bed. But, his studying did not help him very much and he struggled to understand certain information. They did not come to him as easily as he wished. Vincent kept telling himself that if he kept practicing he would get better, but he was still doubtful.

I've been told that "practice makes perfect" my entire life, and it's true! The more you practice something, the more you get better at it. But I don't think that anything can be perfect, but you can get closer to that "perfection" if you practice. For example, I've been drawing for as long as I remember. I was really, really bad at first, but I kept practicing and made a lot of improvement over the years! But, my drawings are never perfect, they will always have some sort of flaw..they're satisfactory. But hey, that gives me something to strive for! Improvement!!
Now if I could only improve my math grade...

Question of the week: Does practice make perfect?


My Reading Progress so Far:
I'm super sick and this post is all over the place. I've...been procrastinating..a lot...that's all I have to say. But I haven't been late on posting something yet..which is a good thing, right?
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Luann H. - Period 2
5/30/2015 03:47:47 pm

Hey again! It's funny because I was just thinking about this topic this morning! Great minds think alike ;) Ummm yeah...people say practice makes perfect but I prefer to use the word "progress" instead of "perfect". I know that's kind of nitpicky but that's how I like to think about it. But yes, I do agree with you! I must admit though, I struggle on this matter. I'm sure no one likes to "practice"...I mean, wouldn't it be great if we were born with awesome skills or we just woke up one day and we're geniuses or something?? Sometimes I just take the lazy way out and wish that I can be good at something without actually working hard towards it. I often forget that "the best" started out from the bottom too. When you think about it, practice is everything. Even though it may seem like a chore and you're not improving... it's better than just sitting there and wishing. Does this makes sense? Anyway, you may never reach that point of "perfection" but with practice, there will always be progress...and I think that's good enough for me :)

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Teresa link
6/1/2015 03:38:28 pm

To answer your question, practice makes the BIGGEST difference! Just a little practice for anything every day will help you inprove so much. With every moment you practice, you learn more and more about yourself. You learn what you love and what suits you, and you also learn whats right from wrong. When I had first begun playing the piano, I could not do it for my life. (Even now I can't do it as well as I want to but that's besides the point.) I know that I needed to practice but I just wouldn't. As soon as I actually sat down to practice, everything would fall together and music finally made sense. This took me almost 4 years to do and all it took was a little practice. Practice makes all the difference!

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    Vyvy

    ah yes van gogh i love the way he just [clenches fist] lets that van go
    also im sorry my posts are awkward weeps

    **thanks Teresa for helping me with the music player

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