<p>Hello, I'm hoping to be an international soon and I'll be taking the SATs in May. I need some advice on my writing, could I get some help in forms of marking and advice, it'll be very much appreciated! :) </p>
<p>It is necessary to make mistakes, even when doing so has negative consequences for other people? </p>
<p>Making mistakes is part and parcel of our everyday lives. It is certainly impossible to go a day without making a mistake, be it a small or large one. Some would even say mistakes are necessary to lead a successful life, and I agree with such a statement very much so.</p>
<pre><code> The light bulb, one of the most important inventions in recent history, was invented by Thomas Alva Edison. This invention, so commonplace now in any household was not created in one try. In fact, it is believed that Thomas Edison tried over one-thousand other recipes to make a light bulb, all of which ultimately resulted in failure. During his period of experimentation, Edison did significant damage to the luggage compartment of a train car, by causing a fire that originated from one of the substances he was working with. This was largely a negative result of his experiments and caused many people grief. When asked about his failures in a later interview, Edison said every mistake he made meant he was one step closer to success.
Drawing from my slew of mistakes, in which some has caused grief to others, I can certainly say that I have benefited from each and every one. One example of this was when I was trying to water cool my computer for the first time. I had spent money, quite a bit of it actually, on the pipes, fitting and water blocks, and had just finished installing them into my computer. In my haste to get the computer up and running quickly, I had not seated one of the pipes properly and coolant started to spray all over my motherboard and graphics card. This in turn caused a power outage in my house for a good two hours as I ran around trying to fix the issue. In the end, my computer was completely soaked and dripping with fluids. Ultimately, a lot of money was thrown down the drain, and the time my family members wasted, while I rectified the problem, caused them to be behind on their work. I took away a huge lesson from this event, to do tasks once and do it right.
Mistakes are necessary for progression in our lives, without them we would not learn anything. If mistakes were never made, we would not be where we are today.
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