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03.07 Practice AP Language Essay The author of the essay “The Medusa and the Snail,” Lewis Thomas, claims that humans are made to make mistakes. Thomas pleas that mistakes are the foundation in ... which we are made, meaning these mistakes are the very basis for human progress. Every time we make a mistake we learn something new that helps us succeed in future endeavors. According to Thomas’s ideas, everyone needs a healthy balance of both good and bad choices in their life. We all learn a great deal from our bad choices and mistakes. This process of learning is called trial and error. Therefore mistakes help us discover more about ourselves, such as how we deal with hard situations and failure. Failure can be extremely hard to work through, but the more mistakes we make, the better we are at getting through the hard times. Failure teaches that success isn’t as easy to come by as we mp once thought. Success, real success only comes after a long period of time and hard work. We experience the positive effects of our failures every day. For example, say you were learning to cook lasagna and accidentally burned it. Through the act of burning that lasagna, [Show More]

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