Mike Federspiel
5 November 2013
English 12-3B
“Some things you just can’t learn…” Essay
Some things you just can’t learn without failing first.
An example would be learning to ride a bike. No matter how many times my
parents ran alongside of me, no matter how many times my parents held the bike
upright, no matter how many times my parents would yell “PEDAL FASTER,” I just
couldn’t grasp the concept. If you want to learn how to do something, you are
going to have to put in the time. It took many hours and a few scraped knees
before I was finally able to keep my balance. I failed a lot, but got right
back on, learning what I did right and what I did wrong. What I know about
learning to ride a bike, is that I had to fail before I could succeed.
