<p>Can someone please give my essay a grade and feed back?</p>
<p>The topic of the essay is “Is preparing for the future more important than enjoying the present?”.</p>
<p>here’s my essay:</p>
<p>Many people say that preparing for the future does not allow one to really enjoy life since it is such a hassle and can squander so much time to deal with present matters. However, preparing for the future is important because it allows one to not face the negative consequences of certain events and instead achieve the positive goals that they want to achieve. Events during the Iraq War and World War 2 show that getting ready for certain events to come allows one to not observe such adverse effects.
In mid 2008, U.S intelligence received information that an ex-al Qaeda member was willing to give information at a certain fort regarding the location of Osama Bin Laden. Knowing how this was a big step, the U.S intelligence decided to meet at a certain U.S base in the next month. Once the ex Al- Qaeda member arrived at the base, the U.S intelligence individuals decided to not let their mole go through standard security procedures in order to not scare their mole away and to avoid such a hassle. As a result, their mole was able to casually walk in the base undaunted by U.S personal. But by doing this, the U.S actually allowed for an attack to happen. Once the mole got into the base and met up with the U.S intelligence individuals, the mole set off a bomb resulting in the deaths of U.S soldiers and intelligence individuals along with many injuries. Eventually the CIA heard about this event and decided to launch an investigation of why and how this attack proceeded as it did. Through this investigation, they found that this attack would have strongly been avoided if the standard security procedures had taken place. Had the U.S intelligence individuals at the base decided to follow through with the standard security procedures, many lives would have been saved even if the U.S intelligence did not get their information. This event thus shows that preparing for the future can help one to avoid such negative damaging events, even if the future was only 5 to 45 minutes away in that particular bombing case.
The same idea can also apply to Adolf Hitler’s tactics to fight the Russians during World War 2. Near the end of1942 during winter, Adolf Hitler wanted to desperately bring down the Russians as quickly as possible; so he decided to send his troops up to Russia. However, in his serious desire to bring down the Russians, Adolf Hitler failed to see how a Russian winter can turn the tide of war as shown in many previous Russian wars. Once Hitler’s troops got to Russia, they encountered many adverse conditions such as the unbearable cold. The cold resulted in many soldiers dying from hypothermia. To make things worse for Hitler’s army, the Russians knew how to successfully prepare for the winter and as a result were able to successfully engage the weakened German army. Had Hitler actually thoroughly prepared for his campaign and thought about how the seasons could affect the outcome of his army, Hitler could have saved many lives. This event thus shows that preparing for the future allows one to achieve goals successfully without negative consequences.
Through events of the Iraq War and World War 2, one can see that preparing for the future helps one to achieve their goals successfully even if the preparation may be a hassle. Without thoroughly preparing for the future and instead enjoying the present, one may not achieve their goals and consequently may face damaging and harmful consequences of their actions.</p>
<p>Thank YOu</p>