If I Won T Be Mastered

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I agree with the statement because if a person doesn't try something beyond what they have already mastered then they won't further their career /education, develop critical characteristics, and new relationships. Children grow up on their journey through school, so if they stop their education at a level they have already mastered then they won't intellectually grow. Some people may say that they are comfortable at the level they are at, or they excel at it. That may be true, however, their is no more room for growth once they stop at the level they've mastered. Therefore if people don't push themselves past the subjects they've already mastered, then they won't further their education or career. For example, children in kindergarten …show more content…

Leveling up from what we have already mastered helps us grow and form critical characteristics, so it is necessary for everyone to do it. Some people may argue that the development of characteristics doesn't come from going beyond what is already mastered, but maybe from sports or school. However, both sports and school do ,indeed, involve moving past what people have mastered. Some of the critical characteristics gained by pushing past mastery include patience, responsibility, and trust. For example, learning a new skill in gymnastics can be life threatening and terrifying, so pushing past mastery and learning a new skill helps develop trust (trusting the coach), patience, and courageousness. New relationships can be formed by pushing through mastery. In this case mastery would be an exclusive group of friends and growth would be making new friends outside of the exclusive group. Some people may say that making friends isn't related to "mastering", however it is because, mastering the friendships is getting as close as possible to someone and knowing everything about them. At some point having only a few friends that know everything about each other can be tiring, so it's time to grow, or make a new friend in order to grow their

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