ENGLISH
6
level
Peo p le
L earn from
their
mista k es
BY
Eulalia
REyes
W
hen we are teenagers most of us don’t really like to listen
or follow our parents’ rules. Parents want to keep us away
from bad things. They want us to believe in our potential
to succeed. Parents want to be proud of their children. Mothers and
fathers want to guide their children and give them values. However,
children often do not listen and make bad decisions. We just want to
have fun and do crazy things. We want to live freely. At that age we
don’t want to know anything about rules or punishment, because we
don’t do what our parents want. We just want to live in that moment
in time. We feel like we are dreaming and we try to reach those
dreams.
Then the consequences come later, when we open our eyes and
we see the reality. We see ourselves in a worse place. And we say
that I shouldn’t be here. I never imagined myself here I should be in a
better place, but this is my fault because I couldn’t listen to my parents. They always tried to keep me away from bad things. I didn’t
pay attention to them. But it is never too late to begin again if we
want to change ourselves. We can do it. We shouldn’t quit on our
dreams. We can be anyone. Why not be someone in this life?
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IN OUR OWN WORDS