Mistakes Were Made

Grades 11-12 | Narrative
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Prompt

Although even U.S. presidents have used the blame-deflecting phrase “mistakes were made,” experts say that taking responsibility for your mistakes is the only way to start learning from them. Tell a story about someone accepting responsibility for a mistake and about the lesson learned from the error.

 

 

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