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Jay                                  It is important to keep learning throughout life.

Like the saying goes “You learn from your mistakes”. It is important to keep learning throughout life. If you stop learning, how do you progress and evolve in life. Anne Sullivan, scientists and Jamal Wallace from the book “Finding Forrester” by Mike Rich are all examples of people that continue to learn.

Anne Sullivan was the teacher of Helen Keller. When Anne was five she had to learn a style of sign language because she lost most of her sight from trachoma. She had to learn how to communicate so she could get an education and escape poverty. Anne had the chance to attend Perkins school for the blind, where she continued to learn. When she had graduated she was given the job to help Helen Keller, a girl who was blind, deaf and mute. Anne had to learn how Helen thought in order to get through and teach her. Through the hardships Anna had she was still able to continue to learn and use the knowledge.

Scientists have been learning since they were born, and still are when they work. The scientists study certain things, to learn more and to help people. They learn what the cure is for certain diseases or find a way to reproduce body parts. Scientists have to be constantly learning to advance. If they didn’t continue to learn we would hit a dead end, and nothing new would happen. For scientists, their job depends on the advancing in knowledge. Learning is what drives them, because it fills their thirst for knowledge.

Jamal Wallace from "Finding Forrester" continues to learn when he seeks the help from a man in his apartment. The man, Forrester, helps Jamal with his writing. With the help from Forrester, Jamal continues to learn. Using the help that Jamal receives, he is offered many scholarships into prestigious schools. He later learns that Forrester died, but left him with an opportunity to show what he has learned by finishing the book he left.

Continuing to learn in life is important, because it is important for growth and discovery. Even though we don’t know always it, we are always learning. Learning may seem like a simple thing, but it is one of the most important aspects in life.