Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the
assignment below.
I do not feel terrible about my mistakes, though I grieve the pain they have
sometimes caused others. Our lives are “experiments with truth,” and in an
experiment negative results are at least as important as successes. I have no idea how I
would have learned the truth about myself and my calling without the mistakes I have
made.
Adapted from Parker Palmer, “Let Your Life Speak”
Assignment: Is it necessary to make mistakes, even when doing so has
negative consequences for other people? Plan and write an essay in which you develop
your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples
taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.
