For what it’s really worth.
Henry Thoreau, an American author, poet, and philosopher wrote, “Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.” Fishing requires patience and many do not realize how much patience it really takes. Many of people go on a fishing trip not knowing what fish they want and what fish they are going to get. Some go for the fun of fishing itself while others have a certain goal they want to reach.
Whether or not it is fish that they are going to get, it is the whole experience of a fishing trip that makes it worthwhile. However, many do not realize this. A fishing trip is expected that one comes back with fishes that have been caught. Likewise, this relates to an important problem in this generation, Education is preached as the most important aspect of life. It is known that without a good education one can go possibly no where. It is most apparent to most teengers today that cheating is the good path to take. Although it is the education that is being made important, the idea of getting that A+ is a major point in a teenger’s highschool career. As time passes, school becomes more difficult, that includes the Common core. Common core is now a standard in academics that gives an outline to what students should be able to know after each course. However, common core makes learning much more difficult therefore giving the outlines for students to start cheating. What teachers and the district don’t realize today is that imposing a more complex and strict way to learn is not the way to go. It confuses a student by showing them that grades are what they should go for, not the education itself. It is easy to think that a student with an A in a class is typically a smart, studious student. However, that is not always the case. Cheating becomes a big path for a student who is trying to get through school thinking that the A+ is more important than the education itself, it really ruins oneself by depriving themselves of the true education they are striving for.
Fishing indeed is an experience that can either be easily forgotten or always remembered. In the prior example of
