Taking Criticism

In the book “Me Talk Pretty One Day” by David Sedaris, the author talks about his situation of attending school again at a new place and learning a new language, but also have to deal with a teacher who harshly criticize his French. David gives examples that any person reading this book will relate to.

I can relate to the author for the same reason that I once had a teacher that constantly criticized me. For example, when the teacher tells him, “Were you always this palicmkrexis?” “Even a fluscrzsa tiawelmun knows that a typewriter is feminine.” When reading this, I remembered when my teacher once put me down for not being able to read well. With her criticism, I was determined to get better and show her I was capable to accomplish anything. Just the way David proves his teacher by learning the language and understanding the disapprovals the teacher will tell him.

I belief the message of this book is to not let people bring you down. There will always be people who would intimidate you but you have to be able to take the negatively and turn it positive, to help you on the long run.