<Author>Michael</Author>
<Topic>Practice Makes Perfect</Topic>
<Source>CET6 Composition Topic of January 1997</Source>
<Nationality>USA</Nationality>
You may believe that the more you practice, the more perfect your efforts will become. This is often true, but only if you are practicing correctly and in the right circumstances. If you practice well on projects or assignments in a safe situation, then it is likely that indeed practice will make perfect.
Confucius had a very interesting and presently often quoted statement: "If you give a man a fish, he will eat for a day. If you teach him how to fish, he will eat for a lifetime." This is all very well and good if rivers and lakes haven't become polluted or filled with toxic chemicals. However, if the fish are filled with toxins, lead poisoning, industrial waste, or oil spillage, no matter how well you teach the man or woman to fish, it will do him or her no good. Instead of leading to a better long life, it will destroy human life. We have long known that mother's milk is the safest early food for infants. Now, unfortunately, in Africa because of the spread of HIV or the AIDS virus through mother's milk, new mothers often have to be warned not to nurse their babies. In this case, also, practice in nursing does not make the practice perfect, but lethal.
Before you practice, make sure that you are practicing correctly and in a safe situation.
