"We learn from our mistakes"

[cookiemonster95]

Can anyone think of examples of people or events where someone has learnt from their mistakes?

[brenden]

After the Holocaust, Germany implemented a sort of 'super-constitution' as far as human rights goes. They were the first country to have a constitutionally enforced right to asylum. (And then they changed it as now they're pretty criticised as far as asylum goes lol)

[Deleted User]

Have you read the Kite Runner?

[Will Sparks]

The other day I was riding my bike down the hill at the park really fast, and I tried showing off to my mates (of course there were a few girls there as well) by going no hands.

It was all good until the end of the hill, I went over a small crack and as I didn't have my hands on the handles to turn my bike and balance myself, I stacked it infront of everyone, had blood running down my left knee and had dirt all over my fairly new t-shirt.

Definitely learnt from that mistake. Never go no hands down a hill... Not even if there's a bunch of your mates and girls watching you.

[Limista]

After the Holocaust, Germany implemented a sort of 'super-constitution' as far as human rights goes. They were the first country to have a constitutionally enforced right to asylum. (And then they changed it as now they're pretty criticised as far as asylum goes lol)

Germans are also now opposed to any sort of fascist or dictatorial regime that reminds them of the "Nazi-time" or the Berlin Wall, to the extent where the word Fuehrer was removed from their language. Their desparation to forget history, in this regard, is probably a little bit extreme; however, it does show that the country feels strongly about unsuccessful leadership in the past.

[FlorianK]

Germans are also now opposed to any sort of fascist or dictatorial regime that reminds them of the "Nazi-time" or the Berlin Wall, to the extent where the word Fuehrer was removed from their language. Their desparation to forget history, in this regard, is probably a little bit extreme; however, it does show that the country feels strongly about unsuccessful leadership in the past.

Besides the forgetting history part you are correct. In nearly every single year in history their is something about the Third Empire in history class. Teachers are by law never allowed to possess any kind of own opinion in class, besides when it comes to this topic, where they have to be against it of course. And history class is compulsory for every student from year 1 to year 10 and in yr11 and yr12 you have to take 2 semesters of history as well.

[Limista]

Florian -->

Their desparation to forget history, in this regard, is probably a little bit extreme

 

But thanks for the affirmation.