<p>Friends: Here is an essay I have written for CB#2 online practice test… would appreciate comments to improve them further. also, please give a numercial score 1-6 it for me…</p>
<p>Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.</p>
<p>For a variety of reasons, people often make choices that have negative results. Later, they regret these choices, finding out too late that bad choices can be costly. On the other hand, decisions that seem completely reasonable when they are made may also be the cause of later disappointment and suffering. What looks like a wonderful idea at one time can later seem like the worst decision that could have been made. Good choices, too, can be costly.</p>
<p>Assignment:
Are bad choices and good choices equally likely to have negative consequences? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.</p>
<p>My Essay:
Ones life is an adventure in which he or she encounters many obstacles. Overcoming these obstacles relies on decision making a core component of ones character. Sometimes the results are positive and other time they are negative. However before we delve into good or bad choices, we need to reach a common ground in concluding who decides if a choice is good or bad? Is it the decision maker or some outside influence. What might seem like a good choice for one person might be a detrimental choice for another. Therefore the opposing views would eventually cancel out and will make both good and bad choices equally likely to have negative consequences. Hence only the results of a choice will determine if a choice was good or bad. </p>
<p>For example, when Frederick Douglass, a southern slave decided to escape his confinements and escape to New England, he knew he was making a very risky decision. At the time, many tried to dissuade him reasoning that chances of getting caught and executed were far more likely than a successful escape. Clearly many thought at the time that Douglass decision was foolish, but Douglas retained the confidence. At the end, Douglass did manage to escape and made a significant difference in US that related to views against African Americans. After hearing the success story many people obviously changed their minds and transformed their opinion by labeling Douglass decision a good choice, regardless of its high risk and low rate of success. So in essence, before Douglass executed his plan, his choice was majority bad very likely to fail miserably . However, after his success, his choice was labeled good. </p>
<p>Another similar occurence took place in the 2002basketball Olympics. Majority of the people were placing bets on the on the US team due to their fancy moves and superior skills. At the time, the choice had an extremely high rate of success. However the results proved otherwise, US was an embarrassment and as before, the choice was labeled bad.</p>
<p>No one can accurately predict the future. In some instances, seemingly good choices like betting on the US basketball team can prove to be disasterous. Other times, seemingly bad choices, like Frederick Douglasss escape plan, can have fruitful results. The constant overlapping of good and bad choices are so high that both types have an equal chances to fail. Hence their definition of good and bad can only be decided by the outcomes.</p>