Reflection in Living, Loving, And Learning by Leo Buscaglia Essay

Living, Loving, and Learning Buscaglia ReflectionWhile reading social lion Buscaglias concur, Living, Loving & Learning, I wasable to reflect back on any(prenominal) of the experiences I have had in my life that havehelped to make me the person I am today, and I was able to look into the futureat what I would like to become. I was able to trance how well I know myself andwhat I have to offer otherwises. I was able to see the things I dont like somemyself and determine some of the ways I can make myself better. This is some ofwhat reflecting on my life and looking forward while reading Buscaglia has taughtme.A. You Cannot give to anybody what you do not have.I went to Juab broad(prenominal) School in the sm in all town of Nephi, Utah. Likemany other small town high schools, football bearinges and P.E. teachers doubledas Algebra teachers and recognition teachers. This allowed our school to make fulluse of the limited teachers and resources that it had. There was a lot oftal ented people that taught at Juab and some of them made nifty teachers andcoaches, but some of them didnt. Sometimes it ended up that the footballcoach/algebra teacher cared a little more about tomorrows football biz than hedid about ensuring his algebra students knew how to balance equations, andsometimes the P.E./Science teacher cared a little more about the teaching thetennis unit than she did about teaching the four life processes.Those teachers were also the ones that had to relearn the algebra andscience lessons a few days before they taught them to us, because on paper theywere qualified to do the job, but as far as knowing the material and having an raise in what they were trying to give to us, aught was there. Have youever tried to get someone disturbed about a subject that you knew nothing about?Have you ever had a math teacher that direct you across the hall to get help fromsomeone else because he didnt witness what he was trying to teach you? Itcan be pretty probl ematical sometimes to get excited about something if your teacherdoesnt get excited about it. These teachers tried to give us something thatthey didnt have.When I was in affectionateness school I had another teacher that tried to giveus what she didnt have. She was the health teacher, but because of someaddictions to drugs, she really wasnt precise healthy. It was sad, because shetaught us from the book t... ...t a fantastic one. (Buscaglia 83) I chose this abduce from the writings of Buscaglia because itties up all of his ideas into one little bundle. If you were to give someone a have and hence watched them neglect it, abuse it, or destroy it, your feelingswould be hurt and you would be pretty upset. But if you were able to see themshow it off to their friends, love it, and take care of it, you would feel likethat person appreciated the gift and it would be almost like a gift to you.Upon reading this quote is where I took the opportunity to look intothe future. The gift that God gave me is a rattling(prenominal) one. Sometimes I have ahard time seeing my life as be wonderful because I make so many mistakes.But life is wonderful because life is about do mistakes. It is what we dowith them that is important. I know that God always sees me as being wonderful.God loves me. He gave me life. God wants me, and every other person, tobecome the very best that we can be, and then to become even better. He wantsus to nurture life, to love life, and to live it. Lets do our best. Works CitedBuscaglia, Leo. Living, Loving, Learning. Ballantine Books (1985).