Mistakes we're judged by
Sometimes we're caught in the middle of something and it winds up looking worse than what actually happened. I'm thinking about several events in my life where I was able to actually explain what happened, getting pulled over for speeding and explaining the circumstances; having a late assignment and again letting the teacher know that you tried to turn it in on time but couldn't and several others. On the other hand, there are some instances where I had no excuse. I think back to a fight in 5th grade. I was riding bikes with my best friend and out of nowhere I just pushed a guy off his bike. It was an evenly matched fight - 2 on 2, or as they saw it one on one. I don't know what made my push that guy, probably machismo but I did it and they saw it and I have no excuses. And I'm to this day judged by that mistake. I never make claims to be a perfect person, but I did somewhere expect that with education would come wisdom, this "common sense" thing that h...