Personal Quote Journal

Camden Dezse

Mrs. Belden

Honors English 1

1 November 2015

“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.”

― Fred Rogers

Personal Quote Journal

I chose this quotation because it really speaks about how I truly am and how I've changed since my elementary school days.  I live by it, I base my actions on it, and I use it to make decisions.  In elementary school, I would always try to be independent.  If I didn't get a certain subject, I would just go with the flow and not ask for help.  I ended up with bad grades because I didn't get the content.  Now, if I don’t get something, my hands shoots straight up and I ask a question.  I go to the Math Lab, I go to teachers before school, and I ask my parents for help.  I am always looking for helpers, they are all around me and in plain sight, if only I knew that in elementary school.  I now believe that you can’t get through life and the hardships of high school alone, but that it is okay to accept help and it is a normal thing.  If I were to live every second of my life by this quote, my life would be a disaster.  I would be completely dependent on myself and I wouldn't learn to function without any help.  Instead of trying to problem solve and use my brain, I would automatically ask for help and not learn anything or gain experience.  I wouldn't be able to take a test because if I had just a tiny problem, I wouldn't use context clues to figure it out, I would just ask for help and have everything done for me.