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“If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change
it, change your attitude.” - Maya
Angelou
*What does this quote mean to you? Do you think what she is
saying is as she makes it seem?
*Describe a time in your life when this quote was
applicable, were you able to change the situation or did you have to change in
order to make the situation easier? Explain using SPECIFIC examples
“If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.” this was once said by a poet. a poet named maya angelou. i think what maya angelou is trying say is that you may not like alot of things so change but if you cant change it then change your attitude towards it.if you dont like something then maybe instead of you not liking it youshould try it. you may not like alot of people or things but but chang your attitude towards the person or thing. who knows maybe the person likes you and want to be freinds how are you guys ever going to be freinds if you dont change your attitude towards the person. if the person doesnt like you then thats a whole diferent story. yes i do think that what she saying is what she makes it seem. i think this because what she is saying is true if you dont like something then change it but if you cant then change your attitude. you can change things and have it your way of life but if you cant change it then change your attitude. you are soon going to realize that once you cant have your own way anymore your not going to like it. instead bre mature enough to accept the fact that you cant have your own way and change your attitude. changing your attitude can possibly improve your mood and when you change your attitude you realize that i wasnt mature enough to accept the fact you cant always have it your way.sometimes you just got to move on. like maya angelou she had a pretty rough life when she was younger and then she grew up wrote poems and she even wrote a poem for bill clinton. it doesnt matter who hates you and if you get your own way but if your attitude is wrong towards something then change it.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you George. I can completely understand what your trying to say. Me and you agree on this almost in a similar aspect. It seems like that if you don't like something change it but if you can't change it change your attitude is a inspiring quote for me and you.
Delete“If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude," is a great quote by Maya Angelou. I think this quote means that if you don't like something you need to change it. It doesn't matter if you don't like something just make sure you can change the fact that you don't like it. If you cant change it then change you attitude means, that if you don't get what you wanted don't have a big problem with it. Change your attitude so you can look like you appreciate what was given to you or what might have been a possibility. When ever I don't like something or a decision that was made I always have an attitude after the decision. I would say that if I didn't get an attitude right after the decision that was made that I didn't like I might have been able to do it at another time then never being able to do it now. Since I didn't like the fact that this decision was made but I have to change my attitude now so nothing escalates. I have seen through past experience when I asked my mom or dad for something and they say no I get an attitude. This then makes them both get angry at me. I have learned form this because then when I get an attitude I usually talk back and the decision gets even worse and I wont be able to go at all. Therefore, “If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.” This will get you to be better in life because even if your life decision get messed up you cant just get an attitude and be angry forever. This is what I think Maya Angelou was trying to say in this quote.
ReplyDelete“If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.” - Maya Angelou. This quote is extremely inspirational to me. This quote to me means that if you don’t have to power in you to change something you can learn to accept it. Though I don’t think she means to give up on something so easily. I think she actually means that you should change your approach towards the issue. If your on the offensive then try being more subtle or if you’re being to subtle then you have to be more aggressive to get what you want sometimes. This quote has proven itself to be correct in my very own life. In my life this quote was applicable when I learned about how rude some people I know can really be. I soon found out friendship is not all it’s cracked up to be. I did both change my self and change the issue. I had to change myself to accept that not everyone that you think is nice is in fact very mean at times. I also had to change the way those people where acting so I started to talk to them about how annoyingly rude they where to other people. By doing this I changed what they did and how I reacted to it. I thus had proved that Maya Angelo’s quote was very well informing and that people should try and live by this quote. It can help in many different situations where there is a problem. Like if you don’t like the was someone or something is acting like I had not you have to follow this quote. By doing that you can easily change the problem to a solution. That’s how I honestly feel about this quote.
ReplyDeletei agree with you that she does not mean to just give up on something that easily, and you have to just learn to except somethings.
Delete“If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.” - Maya Angelou
ReplyDeleteWhat this quote means to me is if something bad occurred and you can’t change it, change the way you look at it because you can always fix something no matter how bad it is. There can always be a solution to what the problem is. This quote can mean a lot of things it doesn’t just have to be about a something bad. It can mean about sports, classes, clothes, things that you care about. I think she is saying what it means. It’s very straight forward, if you dint like you have the power to change it but if you can’t, however change the way you look at it. Maya is saying exactly what she means. There’s no different to it. There can be a point in someone’s life when this quote applied to them. And they did on of them. It could’ve been how you fail a test. You can’t change the grade because you chose to have that grade. You never study, so how do you expect yourself to pass if you don’t study. So you can’t change the grade, but you can always change the way you at it. Now since you saw how that grade was you can change you attitude towards it so you can pass. This is one way Maya’s quote applies. Another way this quote can mean to a life situation is, if you train all year for the basketball team or football team or even the soccer tea, and you don’t make the team. You can get mad, but have another outlook on it because it’s just motivation to do better next time. This is what Maya Angelou’s quote means to me.
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DeleteThe quote from Maya Angelou "If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.” The quote can mean a few things depending on how it's interpreted by someone. There are things in our lives that we can and cannot change dependent on what it is. The only way for something to change is if you make it happen.
ReplyDeleteMaya Angelou's quote means that there are going to be things in our life that we can and cannot change. Some things we will have to deal with and others where you have to make the change. Sometimes it isn't going to be the easiest thing but can pay off in the future. It could be something or even someone you want change in. I myself think the quote means we will have to deal with things in our life that we have to deal with and others we need to live with.
This is an inspirational quote and can change someone's life perspective. This can make people want to go and change something they don't agree with in their life or learn a way to deal with something. There were things in Maya Angelou's life that she had to deal with and things she went and changed to her liking. The quote is from her life experiences and is excellent motivation to people who are having trouble in their lives.
For example, if you fail at something whether it be an application, test or etc. There will always be something in our life we don't appreciate or want altered. Maybe it was an exam that you failed and you can't stop thinking about it. All that's needed is for you to clear your mind and move on from it. If you want it changed go and ask for a second chance to attempt to raise your score or grade. This quote's definition is dependent on how you use it in your life.
I agree with you Adam especially when you talk about things In our life that we cant change. I also understand when you talk about some changes being hard and paying off in the future which is very personal to me and can relate to. However I kind of disagree with you when you said Maya Angelou went to change stuff to her liking which she did but I also think she had to just except some stuff at the time and had to wait for a change. Any way good answerer and nice job.
DeleteWhen Maya Angelou said "if you don't like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude” it reminded me of a prayer I have hanging in my house. In the prayer it says “God grant me the serenity to except the things I cannot change the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference.” This quote reminded me of this prayer because they are both saying you have to be able to change if the thing you are worried about cant. You are not going to get everything you want, and not everyone is going to change because you want them to and you have to learn to accept it. I think she also means that maybe you have to change before the situation can. Sometimes you have to be the bigger person, and make the first move to change the way things are going. That the things you can change you should get started on it sooner than latter because after a while it’s just going to get out of hand and you will end up not being able to handle it anymore.
ReplyDeleteThis quote can relate to many situation I have been in and have seen. In school there are many types of kids and they all have their own group of friends. When I am walking to my classes I see how some people treat one another so poorly. Many kids get picked on every day and I feel bad, even though there isn’t much I can do I can change my attitude towards that person. I can be kind to others and display good actions instead of bad ones. Being picked on is a very big problem and it takes more than one person to stop it, but there is way one person can help. They could be a friend to them and ask if their okay and they can be kind to everyone else even the bully.
Maya Angelou’s quote “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude,” means a lot to because I someone in my family would often say something that was very similar to what Maya is saying. I interrupted her quote to mean that if you are unpleased with something you have the power to make the best out of a situation. For example if you do not like a person that is in your class you have the power to relocate away from him or her, and if you are unable then you have the power to change your attitude. Something that comes to mind when I hear this quote is the old saying “don’t see a glass as half empty, but see it as half full.” I say this also because you will always have the power to make the best out a situation by just changing the way you “see” it. I do think what she is saying is as she makes it seem. I say this because Maya Angelou had a lot of obstacles to face when it came to racism and there had to be some occasions where she had to change her attitude In order to make the situation better.
ReplyDeleteOne real life experience I had that involved Maya Angelo’s quote “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude,” was when I was in 8th grade and got suspended. I’m not going to get into detail what happened to cause the suspension, however I will tell you how I made the best of it. While I was suspended I was left alone because my family was all working so I deiced to fix up our deck, clean my room, make dinner and finished up wash just so my mom didn’t have to do and I continued this up to my day were I would help of all the chores and to be honest I had fun doing it. Another example was when I snapped my wrist and was out of sports. At first I was really mad, however I later saw it as an opportunity to improve my grades which I did. That is how I used Maya Angelou’s quote “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude,” in my real life.
“If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.” quoted Maya Angelou. I guess she meant that whenever you don’t like something, you can change it. Be sure to like your change and make sure it was for the right cause. Be okay with the consequences of you r changes. Make sure your attitude is okay with the change. Make sure your heart is okay with the decision you changed. And if you cant change something that you don’t like it. Change your attitude and try to see the positive side of whatever it is. Its okay to not like something… it just means your human.. but you should sometimes challenge yourself to cope and deal with it because you might actually end up liking it. Just like being bad at something and having a bad attitude about it, you can change your attitude towards the subject, sport or whatever. And youll become better at it. Take a different look at whatever it may be and let it take a different turn in your life. Like I once had to change myself because I couldn’t change the way my life had already turned out to be. And I noticed I couldn’t do anything about it so I learned to deal and cope with my situation. In order to be successful or get over something you don’t like is to deal with it, cause you cant change everything you come across. For an example people that annoy you or aggravate your soul, you cant change them or the way they are.
ReplyDelete“If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.” Is a quote by Maya Angelou, what I think she means by this is that you need to change what you don't like and if you can't, don't hate it and change your attitude about it because your just wasting your time. This quote is literal, what she is saying is what it seems, it means what it says. A time in my life when this quote applies is when I was younger I hated my baby sitter and I couldn't do anything about it, so it took awhile but I didn't hate her i changed my attitude and I started to like her. After a year or 3 I didn't need a baby sitter and I never seen her again. This quote also means that don't be so negative about something, not every thing has to be so negative but it can be positive. That's what the quote "If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude," means to me and how it relates to my life.
ReplyDeleteThe quote “If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.” was said by Maya Angelou. This quote is so inspirational that it is being used by teachers world wide. This quote means that if you don't like something change it to what you do like and if you can't change it then your attitude toward that thing. She is telling people not to have a bad attitude toward something that they might like and they don't even know about it until they try it. She definitely makes what she wants to say clear because she states it so well.
ReplyDeleteThis quote is very informative to me because it relates to my life. This quote relates to my life because it is always something I have been told since I was younger. The quote relates to my life because when I go to school I am always told you get what you get and you don't get upset. When I am at school people always tell me to go and do something I like but sometimes you have to do stuff you don't like as well. The people always told me to do more and be more and that's what I have been doing. I have tried every thing to make sure my work is done and done properly. The more I try to like what I don't like, the more I don't like it. By the time the topic is over I have began to actually like the topic that I hated once before. This is what this quote means to me and how it relates to my life.
Maya Angelou, a famous poet, once said, "If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude." To me, this means that if something perturbs you, you should do something about it. If you can not do anything about it, you should not let it bother you, because it is a waste of your time to let it get to you. If you let it get to you, you will be upset about something that is not worth being upset over, and that is not fun. This is what I believe Maya Angelou was trying to say.
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