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9/11/2014

Reflect on a time when you received advice, but only paid attention to the parts you liked. How did things work out? Should you have listened to the whole message? When can you trust someone with your best interest?

Think carefully about these questions.

Respond in no more than five sentences and no less than three. You must also reply to a classmate's post. You cannot post identical comments on different classmates' posts. You will not get credit for shallow comments such as "I agree" or "I disagree." Make sure your posts address the reply that you are responding to.

Be sure to--

Be clear about your position
Provide specific support for your argument
Use rhetorical devices and other grammar elements
Write EPIC Content (Engaging, Powerful, Informative, Creative)

CAUTION!! Do NOT embarrass me, yourself, your class, the English department, the school or your parents with tasteless, meaningless comments. This is for a grade.

Due: September 12, 2014 11:59 p.m. CST

Jecoree Jones

9/11/2014 04:38:54 am

The one time i only listened to the advice i wanted to hear it ended very badly because i was wrong as well as the other person. I regret it because i lost a very good friend and one of my true friends and i still regret it.

Demetrius link

9/12/2014 04:00:47 am

Sorry to hear that. You learned a valuable lesion. 👌

Taylor Dilworth 4th

9/11/2014 04:46:53 am

My Mama Used To Say Be Careful Who You Tell Your Business To Because Everybody Is Not Your Friend . I Always Took That For Granted Until Last Year . I Really Thought The Females I Called My "Sisters" Had My Best Interest .HA ! I Thought Wrong. When Things Got Tough And My Back Was Against The Wall And I Needed Them The Most They Wasnt There, Instead They Was Spreading All The Secrets I Told Them. So I Learned That High School Is Full Of Scandilous People , And I Cant Trust Anyone But My Mama With My Beat Interest.

T'Anna Smith

9/12/2014 02:39:20 pm

I Totally Agree With Taylor In This Time Of Day You Can't Trust Your Friends. My Mother Is Also A Person That I Trust.

Melissa hicks

9/11/2014 04:50:14 am

My brother gives me advice all the time but the time I didn't listen to him he was giving me advice about school he was telling me that school is the most important thing in your life of u mess up you won't have nothing to look forward to in life my freshmen year I messed up and he just looked at me and was like really I told u stay focused I felt really bad

Avier Ashby

9/11/2014 09:32:07 am

The only time I dont take great advice is when I'm told to do something. Example, this pass summer I had a friend that I always hanged out with.Then I started hearing that she's a bad person and she's not good to be around. Later I started hearing roomers about her and some thing that I had to address to her about her far as her actions and additude. However, when I address the issue to her she sooner began to treat me like I was nobody n I started to realizes that everyone can't be helped nor everyone isn't your friend.

Nefretiri Ross

9/11/2014 10:05:21 am

People can't handle the truth when a person act's out of character it means that it was true and maybe she wasn't on the same level as you were

avier Ashby

9/11/2014 09:34:59 am

Taylor I get were your coming from because, females start mess and they are fake it however its takes 2 mature persons to come face to face and exclaim what they did wrong and were their wrong at.

Nefretiri Ross

9/11/2014 10:40:28 am

My mother was giving me advice once about watching who your friends are but knowing teenagers you dont listen until something happends. Two girls that was real close to me lied to me about he say,she say stuff at first when other people was coming up to me saying that they were spreading rumors I didnt believe it until I saw some kik messages. Now knowing me I can't hang with females cause I'll be cool with them today and then fight them the next day so I approached her and she already acting guilty so me I dont talk I punched her and got into trouble and went back to Juve and all I can hear what my mama told me .

kayla hayes

9/11/2014 12:58:10 pm

honestly i have always listened to advice great or not , but only taking parts out i could relate to. There isnt nothing weing with listening but also taking it upon yourself to not gather all the info recited. it may be a baf thing maybe sometimes a good thing. you shouldnt put your best interest into people because they are bound to let you down.

Te'A

9/11/2014 01:07:04 pm

One of my friends told me not to talk to a certain person, but because I see the good in people over the bad I chose to talk to them anyways. Things didn't work out as planned, and the person they told me not to talk to ended up doing something so evil and vindictive. It's not that I should have listened to the message I just needed to learn how to see the negative in people instead of just seeing the good. You can never trust anyone with your best interest. As long as anything is possible then so is trusting the wrong people. I never give 100% of my trust to someone because of that possibility that anything can happen.

Domonique Bass

9/11/2014 01:09:04 pm

Being a person who never likes to listen to something someone says unless I like it is very difficult because most of the time nothing works out how it should. If I would have listened to the whole thing the outcome could have been much better but I just tend to zone people out. The only way I could trust someone with my best interest is to know for a fact that I can believe what they are saying and its true.

Christopher Culberson

9/11/2014 01:35:21 pm

When your the one in need of advice its not your place to pick and choose what to listen to until all the info is given. Some advice might sound bad but you never know if thats what you needed to hear from someone weather you like it or not.

Aspen Smith

9/11/2014 03:59:08 pm

If someone is telling you something good , why not listen to them , that doesn't mean you have to take their advice if you know its something you don't wanna hear then don't pay attention to it .

kayla hayes

9/11/2014 04:16:17 pm

i agree , basically said what i said you can listen all day long but not receive or take in fully what the person is saying

Taylor Dilworth 4th

9/12/2014 11:31:59 am

But Aspen We All Know That Are Parents Or People Tell Us Stuff That We Dont Wanna Here Be We Need To Listen Regardless. Example, You Have A Boyfriend I Tell You He Is No Good And You Need To Break Up With Him . You Dont Want To Hear That Then He Starts Talking To Me Asking Me For Number And Flirting And Things. Thats Something No One Wants To Here But It Should Be Listened To Because You Gone Be Heartbroken If He Cheats On You .

Taylor Dilworth

9/12/2014 11:33:57 am

Thats Exactly True But Us As Young Adults Dont Seem To Get That . The Things The Tell Us Are Told From Experience Not To Steal Our Fun

Aspen Smith

9/11/2014 04:00:48 pm

I agree with avier , you can't always believe what someone is telling you , and everyone's not your friend .

Chris Rowlett

9/11/2014 04:50:17 pm

You can trust someone with your best interest when they actually listen to what you have to say to them and actually follows what you are saying

Tremont Allen

9/12/2014 02:55:24 am

Thats true,and if they already with a situation like yours

Joshua Johnson

9/12/2014 03:42:58 pm

I agree with Chris, the person that has my best interest in me is a person I trust

Robert Wallace link

9/12/2014 02:14:40 am

My daddy use to tell me ,if you knew better, you will do better.At the time I knew he was right but i never really listened. Because just cause you know better dont mean you will do better. Its how you picture it in your mind

Jaquavia

9/12/2014 07:33:24 am

Thats Good Robert my Granny always told me the same thing 👌

Cinthya Vergara

9/12/2014 02:37:05 am

Everyone's parents, especially there mother, are the one to give you advice. According to my mother, she's been through just about everything I'm going through as a teenager. And because of that, she know from experience what's right and what's wrong. What's to do, and not to do. And even with that, I always do everything my way. With my dad allowing me to do as I please, I took my mom's advice for granted. And now I know it's true that you learn from your mistakes. I surely did learn from those mistakes, and now as an almost adult, I take every person's, with good intentions, advice.

Tremont Allen

9/12/2014 02:52:43 am

I was once given advice about being too nice.I understood some of the things said but i couldnt listen to all of it because i feel like thats just who I am.I shouldve listened and done it but instead I ignored it and go through similar situations all the time

Hector Castillo

9/12/2014 04:05:16 am

I actually feel the same way about this. I'm a very nice person, and usually get run over because I let people. So listen to people say I'm to nice and thats just me. Nobody has the right to change youself in anyway.

Trenton miller

9/12/2014 03:56:38 am

Ever since I was ten my mother always told me to strive for something. Always try and do something productive with your life so you don't have to work so hard when your older. I never really took the advice until the previous year.It got me focused and looking for more opportunities to better myself. .

Hector Castillo P.5

9/12/2014 03:59:05 am

In middle school I assumed that being "emo" was a thing to get attention. I started to cut myself and my friends told me that I'm too good of a person to do that kind of things, as I told them I had nothing to live for. Soon my parents found out about the cuts I had told them that i did't feel loved, so they decided to help me. As I thought about why i did it, I'd notice I wanted to fell love which my friends were trying to give me but I didn't care to listen.

Hector Castillo

9/12/2014 04:00:54 am

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Demetrius link

9/12/2014 03:59:33 am

10th grade year I was told by my counselor to take algebra 2 then get it over with. I was too caught up in the moment and decided to turn down the offer and wait. When the time came I had really wished that I took her given advice. I did learn from this.

Vanessa Salazar

9/12/2014 05:10:54 am

I never really thought much into my moms advice when she would say, "Becarful who you come close to." i nkticed my freshman year one of my closest friend became my enemy and my enemies became one of my best friends. Always take the advice adults give you

Kenneth atkins

9/12/2014 06:22:08 am

Most adults are right because they live through and been through thing we are experiencing right now.

Kenneth Atkins

9/12/2014 06:15:41 am

My mother always I gotta do better. I really don't listen to what she says until I do something wrong an I think back to what she say. Then she say I told you , you got to do better.

Rauscher Manning

9/12/2014 06:17:50 am

I believe in when listening. listen to all details because the person your talking to may say something very important and you might have missed it. But most importantly listen to things that you could relate too. Most people may have there on opinion but you may agree or may not. Things work out much better when you listen

Meerihk'l Brisby

9/12/2014 01:46:15 pm

I agree with Rauscher, listen to everything someone has to say because you might actually miss the best part.

Christian Forehand

9/12/2014 07:16:39 am

My mother always told me not to trust everybody i so called my friends. Because one day i told these kids want i had on me. I thought they were my friends, but after what happened ,i didn't trust people that much. Now i know what kind of people are when you tell others what you have.

Jaclyn brown 5th

9/12/2014 02:03:16 pm

this was a good little pagragh, because you really cant trust everyone. Over all I think this was really good

Emmanuel Robinson

9/12/2014 02:40:58 pm

I really can agree with you, because that's when you realize who you real friends are.

Victoria Miller

9/12/2014 08:02:44 am

I listen to everything I've been told but inly use the parts that i need at certain moments. You can't trust everyone that says they have your back or is going to be there for you.

Tylen hughes

9/12/2014 11:35:04 am

This happens to me too often for example my dad always tells me study study study I hear him but I never listen so some Times I struggle in school maybe if I did listen to him and always study then I would never struggle you should only listen the people you trust without a doubt

Ariana Hughes-Crockett

9/12/2014 11:41:43 am

My Grandma use to tell me all the time this saying "don't worry about it every thing happens for a reason so just put it in God Hands". That advice really work and everything happens for a reason because maybe God tryin to teach an individual a lesson or show them they going down the wrong path.

Ariana Hughes-Crockett

9/12/2014 11:43:08 am

Robert really made a good point my grandma use to tell me that to!

jacorian lee

9/12/2014 01:00:45 pm

I took the advice from a friend to try something new, but as I tried it I never really listened the Consequences. Then it came to a point when I felt it wasn't me at the end of the day I learned to be myself cause somethings aren't worth doing.

Symphoni Davis

9/12/2014 01:03:18 pm

Meerihk'l Brisby

9/12/2014 01:42:39 pm

Once my mom told me that everybody isn't my friend. Being the type of person I am, I didn't really pay her any mind. Until one day my name got put in something it shouldn't have been in. I immediately knew who started the nonsense. It only made sense. In the end we kind of fell off, but it doesn't matter people come & go. And I know who's gonna be by my side no matter what.

DeMarcus Byrd. 2nd period

9/12/2014 01:46:05 pm

I have always done this and it sometimes came with good results and sometimes not so good results. Now thatvi think back on it I probably should have listened to everything.

Halee' Boyd 2nd

9/12/2014 01:53:07 pm

The one time i listen to advice was when my bestfriend gave me advice on my relationship with my girl. I did not listen to her advice but at the end she was right. So lesson learned.

Jaclyn Brown

9/12/2014 02:00:58 pm

As a child the decisions that was made for me was good. Like my grandparents say " everybody has value in life whats yours." Its never hard to make a good decision when you know what your values are.

Emanuel Robinson

9/12/2014 02:36:41 pm

A time I took advice from someone I tried to listen to them but I only listen to what I wanted to hear. I have learn from that in many ways, but I also believe that you should go off your on decision because some people advice is what they want you to do or believe in and some people advice may be wrong or the wrong advice to be giving, so I learn to go off my on advice and learn from my mistake.

T'Anna Smith

9/12/2014 02:48:02 pm

I usually listen to the advice people give me but only the parts that refer to me. I messed up and realized that just because someone give you advice and it doesn't have anything to do with you, you should still listen.

Maryann Amoloja 5th

9/12/2014 02:48:19 pm

The first time someone tried to give me some advice and i only chose to listen to a part of it was when i first got my allowance in the 8th grade. My mother told me to save it up,but instead of listening to her i managed to only hear spent your money.That upsetting situation caused me to end up spending me to end up spending my money in only a single day. That was also the day i ask my mom if she ever wanted to give me adcice to say it twice so i wouldn't make the same mistake twice again.

symphoni davis

9/12/2014 03:05:46 pm

I regretted the day a friend attempted to give me advice and I only used the part that I felt was right and in the long run I hurt myself I learned that sometimes your way isn't always the best way

symphoni davis

9/12/2014 03:08:50 pm

Tremont allen I understand cause some people in this society can take your kindness for weakness

Keylan Grayson 4th

9/12/2014 03:42:35 pm

I remember a time when i took advice, but i decided to handle it my way. Getting advice from someone can be good, but i think sometimes going with your instincts can be fine too.

Mya Davis 4th

9/12/2014 03:45:47 pm

My cousin once told me that you learn who your real friends are when youenter high school but I didn't pay attention to the meaning behind it.I feel as though I should have asked questions about what he meant becaus I found out the hard way. You can't trust really trust someone with your best interest until you really know what their true colors are.

Mya Davis

9/12/2014 03:50:54 pm

Melissa Hicks I understand where you are coming from. You just have to know what advice to listen to and use.

Mys Davis

9/12/2014 03:51:46 pm

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Joshua Johnson

9/12/2014 04:02:20 pm

I regret the day my mom gave me advice about shoes and I didn't listen to her. I always got smaller shoes because the ones in my size wasn't the ones I wanted. So now because I didn't listen to my mom and got the shoes in my size, my feet hurts all the time now. I wish I would've listen,

Sierra Newman

9/12/2014 04:24:46 pm

The time I was giving advice was when I went to see my doctor for a check up because of my back. I was told not to slouch and to sit up straight because that's what causing my lower back pain. But I didn't listen and later I found out I had a slight curve to my spine.

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