Friday, November 9, 2007
The Wonder Years: An Example of a Personal Experience Speech
The Wonder Years serves as a great example of a Personal Experience Speech. The time and place are established, chronological details are shared and each episode ends with some sort of lesson. What do you think was the lesson of one of the episodes of The Wonder Years? Can you relate to that lesson? In other words, have you had a similar experience or learned that lesson?
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a time that i had like this was at my uncles funeral. i realy liked him and i thought about saying something for him. in the end i didn't for two reasons.one was that i didn't know what to say. and two was that there was nothing to be said for al his friends and famioly had said what there could have been said.
-steven-
One of the lessons were to confront your fear.In this class I had to give a speech and I was kind of fearful of that. I did confront my fear and I also got a good grade.
Well one lesson was to like um not goof around and be mean when someone important in the family dies. Other people may not find what your doing respectful. I havent had an experience like.
Well, I think both episodes showed mulitiple mini lessons. In the first episode, Kevin and his brother were fighting a lot and didn't understand how much the funeral meant to not only their relatives, but their family. The boys didn't think that is was such a big deal, but it was very important to their family. I can relate to this because my grandparents and dad are extreme church-goers. Going to church is something that really means a lot to them even though it might not seem like anything to my brother and I.
the leson in the second one is that you should not over react about things because there usually not as bad as you think there going to be. this reminds me of when i had to get a filling a few years ago i was so freaked out but when it happened it dident hurt and wasent very long
1.I think that the lesson of one of the episodes of wonder years is we should face are fears in stead of avoiding them.
2. I can relate to the lesson because so many times I have missed out on great experiences just because I was afraid of what would happen if I did something wrong.
I think one of the lessons in wonder years was thatyou have to face your fears or a t least come clean about them. I have had experience with this, we were at my cabin and my friend was trying to teach me how to do a back flip off the water trampoline. I kept making up excuses becaus eI was scared, and the last day I ran out of excuses. i didn't want to look like a coward, so i did it. It was so fun! I did it over and over again! I was mad though, because I ould have done it the whole week but I missed out.
One was how funerals may seperate some people, but bring many more together.
I have never been to a funeral so I do not know how it feels.
One of the lessons was to face your fear and not be a big wussy. I did that when i gave my speech and got a good grade
one lesson was that i can relate to is that its ok to admit that your not always brave. people will still like you. I can relate to that because ont time i was really scared of getting shots but i didn't admit it.
~Camille~
In the second Wonder Years, i think the lesson of the video was that you should never doubt someone who is a professional, even when you expect great pain, and plan to escape it. I myself have expierenced this type of fear at the doctors. And there is a great similarity in between.
1. I think the lesson for the second episode we watched was not to lie. Kevin lied to his mom and the dental assistant. He felt guilty about it and was caught in action.
2. I can relate because i lied to someone and it messed things up. The person found out and it was not fun or good.
I think that the lesson in the funeral wonder years is that everyone gets affected in some way by the passing of a relative. yes, I can relate to this because when my uncle died and when my grandpa died everyone was sad but they showed it in a different way. I also learned that people deal with greif in different ways.
1. I think the lesson for the first episode of The Wonder Years was that we need to spend time with our families. Not just our intamite families, but our outer family like cousins, aunts and uncles, and grandparents.
2. I can relate, but in an opposite kind of way. Like my grandparents just live 2 blocks down the street from us so we see them alot. But during the winter they stay in Florida so we see them only once in the wintertime and thats at Christmas time.
3. Yes I had a similar experience when my cousin died. The last time I had seen her was 2 months before her death.
just resontly my uncle got brain cancer. i said too my mom that i didnt know he was because he doesent have kids so he only hung around the parents. but it made me think of the loss i would have in my family if he were to die.
One of the lessons was that you have to take responsibility for your choices and families. When the dog was sick, everyone took responsibility which showed they cared.
I think that the lesson from the episode with the dog, was to take responsibility. I can relate to this lesson, because since I take both Piano, and Trumpet lessons outside of school, I need to be responsible and practice my instuments, while still finishing my schoolwork as well.
One of the lessons was about not knowing what you've got until it's gone (the dog episode). I can't really relate to this because I have never lost anyone who was really big in my life (or anything like that)
The first noe that we saw was something that I could relate to. When Buster ran away, the family missed him even though they didn't spend much time with him. When my guinea pig died, I missed even though I didn't spend much time with him. The lesson in this is that you should apperciate the things you have and not wait to appreciate them until those things are gone.
One of the lessons was that if you have something that's your familys, you all need to take responsability for it. I have a dog to and i know what it feels like to always be walking her and feeding her!
I think the lesson of one of the episodes we watchd was to not take things for granted. The family took their dog for granted and didn't realize how much they missed him until he ran away. I can kind of relate to this because sometimes I take the grades I get for granted, and assume I will do well on a test or something. When I don't I realize that I have to work harder and it won't always come naturally.
The lesson of the one with his dog was that you have to take responsiblity for your things. Don't let it run away from you. I can realate to the lesson this summer. I decided that I wanted to take responsiblity for my dog and I would feed him everymoring. I had to take him out in the morning and feed him and give him water. One day he ran away. I was so sad and scared that something happened to him. We found him within an hour but it was still scary.
I think that the lessons about this movie was that sometimes we have to do what we don't want to. It's important that we do this because sometimes things get worse if we don't confront them.
In the first one when the dog ran away,even though he was acting badly the family was very happy to have him back. It goes to show that we take things for granted and that we dont appreciate what we already have.
My dog acctually ran away about 2 years ago into this huge forest and didnt come back for about 24 hours. I then relized i was so lucky to have him!
One lesson I learned was that dogs need lots of caring and loving towards them
I think the movie teached me about how to be more respectful about family members. From my personal experience the lesson I learned was that, I should respect my family and care about them more, just like in the first video. once when I got a dog (actually my sister's dog) ran away from our house, so our whole family tryed to find her. My sister was almost crying. But next day she came back to home and my family were really glad.
I think that the lesson in the wonder years is like no matter what happens, your family will always be there for you. I sort of can relate to that lesson because when I'm sad, my family always has a way of making me feel better.
I think the lesson with buster was to show that you should always take responsibility for your things no matter what the circumstances are. Also I no what it feels like to loose something that is very important although I had not realized it at the time.
I belive the lession was, fear is an okay thing, and we mostly just fear, fear istelf. I do think that I have been put in those posioions, and I know I lived through it all the same. So, I guess the statement above is true, We only fear Fear Itself.
I think that the lesson of the museum episode, was that there are going to be hard times in your life, but it's not the end of the world. You will get though them. I haven't had a similar experience to that, but I have had an experience where I learned that lesson.
I think that the lesson of the second episode was that you shouldn't just try to look cooler or act crazy just to make someone else jealous, because usually you'll just end up making them madder. I don't think I can relate to his lesson.. Maybe I have, but I just didn't realize it.
Did all the classes watch different episodes? this is confusing!
I didn't watch the video. I don't know if I can relate to that lesson. Yes, sometimes I have to face my fears.
One of the lessons was when Buster ran away and I think that means that you shouldn't take things for granted because they might not always be there. I can't really think of an example for that.
I learned that you can't pretend to like someone else to make another persn jelous it just makes both the people mad at you!
A lesson in The Wonder Years was to confront your fear. I can relate to this lesson several times.
I think the lesson in the second episode was to face your fears and to not run away from them. I can relate to this because when I was doing my personal experience speech I had fear but I deciced to stand up to it and fight it instead of running away from it.
I think that the lesson in one of the epidodes was to face your fears and to not run away from them.
I can relate because when we were doing our personal experience speach, I presented my speach, which was one of my fears instead of running away from it.
One of the lessons was to have patience and that something good can come out of something bad. I have had a similar thing happen to me, when I was little I never wanted to hang out with this one girl but now shes like my best friend.
I think that the lesson in the episode about Buster the dog was to take enjoy things to the fullest because you don't know how long they will last. I can really relate to this episode because I used to hate to have to play with my rabbit and clean his cage. I realized after he died that I really missed him and I wished that I had taken better care of him.
I thought that the Wonder Years episode about the wedding had a great lesson about how when you can't make peace with others bad things will happen and that having family time is very important to keeping families together. I can not say that I can relate to these lessons with my own experiences but I still think they are good lessons.
one of the lessons in the wonder years was "sometmes you have to grow apart to grow closser." and i dont think that i have had a lesson like this in my life.
One lesson that I learned from the Wonder Years episode was that sometimes parents unintentionally embarrass their kids and that the kids chould be gentle when telling them to stop doing somethinng embarrasing. If a child is really mean or direct to their parent when telling them to stop doing an embarrassing action, the adult is easily hurt.
I can relate to this problem because when my mom embarrasses me, I become very angry with her, and sometimes my anger comes out at her when telling her to stop embarrassing me. I know that I should be more kind nd gentle with her from past experiences.
One of the lessons in the Wonder Years was to confront your fear. I confronted my fear when i gave my speech.
In one of the episodes we watched, one of the lessons was that things, and people change, and you have to accept that change. I have yet to learn that lesson.
One of the lessons was to accept your fear. Kevin does not want to be seen at his school with his mom because he thinks it will be too embarassing. I have had a similar situation. I was getting off of a field trip bus from a weekend trip. It was my birthday when I got home. My parents were waiting for me, holding up a big, purple, obnoxious "Happy Brithday!" sign for me to see. Although this was just a little bit embarassing, I still thought it was nice of my parents to think specially about me on my birthday. It made me think that they really missed me.
I think one of the lessons was that people deal with sadness in different ways. I can realate to this lesson because i had an aunt that died a few years ago. There were many people that were sad.
I think the lesson is that even though some things are tough in life, you can get through them and dont give up.Yes. I have had experiences that have taught me that lesson.
One of his lessons was to confront fear and I had a similar experience when I was in Beauty and the Beast. I had to confront my fears and go on stage in front of hundreds of people.
one lesson that i faced was to stand up and face your fear. i did that and got a good score on my speech.
In the first video we watched I think the lesson was that you can't just assume things. Kevin was just assuming that he was still on the team because his dad saved the coaches life. The truth was that he earned his spot. I can relate because sometimes we assume that someone is or isn't nice based on the way they look when really that's not the truth.
I think the lessons ogf the two episodes were tocherish your parents, and spend time with them. I have had an example of this, where I had the choice of going to my friends house or spending time with a friend. I chose to spend time with my dad, because I don't seehim that often. I then got together with my friend the week after.
One of the lessons in the Wonder Years episodes was to confront your fear. When we gave our personal experience speech I had to confront my fear.
one lesson that can be learned is that spending time with your family isn't a bad thing. I can relate to this. Some of my best memories happened when I was with my family.
one of the lessons was you should be together as long as possible because they won't always be there i have experienced something like this when my grandpa died i wish i could have spend more time with him
I think the lesson in the first episode was even though there may be bumps in the road with your parents, they will always love you. The lesson in the second episode was that parents might embarrase you, but it doesn't mean they are doing it on purpose. I can relate to the second lesson because I know my dad embarasses me a lot, and I know he's not trying to.
I think the lesson in the first episode was even though there may be bumps in the road with your parents, they will always love you. The lesson in the second episode was that parents might embarrase you, but it doesn't mean they are doing it on purpose. I can relate to the second lesson because I know my dad embarasses me a lot, and I know he's not trying to.
always appreciate your family, and try to have fun with them. When we rent cabins over the summer with all of my moms extended family, we never have time to do everything with them, and they leave to go back home and it feels like we havent done anything with them at all!
1. that you sometimes have to do things you don't want to do.
2. i can felate to that because every day i do things i don't want to do.
I think the lesson was, fear is an okay thing, and everybody fears something. I do think that I have been put in those positions, and I know I lived through it all the same.
One of the lessons was face your fears instead of avoiding them. Yes, I have related to the lesson.
I think that the lesson in the second wonder years is that people change. I've definitely seen people change.
The lesson of the episode when kevin's mom worked at his school was that you shouldn't be embarrassed about yourself. You shouldn't have to pretend to be something your not to fit in. I remember one time I didn't want my mom to help in my basketball practice because I thought it would be embarrassing, but she did and it worked out fine.
thinking of the wrong things at the wrong time. when kevin and his brother were fighting over money at a funeral. no this has not happen to me.
One of the lessons was confronting your fears. i have missed out on good experiances because i was too afraid
1)the lesson in one of the wonder years is about get the family closer and getting together again.2)my family goes places to hang out together as a family and to get together sometimes.
For the second episode we watched the lesson was although something may seem bad you should gibe it a chance and not be embaressed by it at first.
Well my mom used to work at my elementry school from when I was in 2-5th grade. I can relate to Kevin A LOT!!!!! When I was younger I didn't really care that my mom worked in the lunch room and on the playgroung as a monortor. By 3rd grade I got annoyed, and then in 5th grade I was REALLY annoyed because my mom was getting crabby with my peers. So just like Kevin, I think I felt equaly embrassed to have my mom work at school.
The lessons in the show where Kevin mom starts to work at his school is that everyone (even older people) can have huge changes that impact their life. Also you shouldn't be embarssed of your family because they love you more than anything.
From my mom working at school was a big change for all my family because my mom didn't work befor then. In the fall of 5th grade my mom quit. She started a New (way more professional) buissness. It was really hard to not have my mom around, and it was really hard for her too. Really big changes happend once my mom started working (just like in the Wonder Years episod).
My first comment didn't work because there was an error?
Ok so on the basketball one I think the moral was not too accept change. The main character (don't know his name...?) kept on beliving that his bestfriend (another name...) was the same kid who couldn't play basketball. But, he had change,and he really could.
I think the lesson was that you should not underestimate people on what they look like and act like.
NOPE i cant i knew that from the start of the world!!
noo..i always overestimated people then end up knowing there exact level..
one ofbut i did the lessons were to confront your fear. In class i was a little afraid to do my speach but i did it in the end.
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