最新四级晨读主题美文100篇 10

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Fall from University Grace

Just as Adam was cast out of Eden I was kicked out of university; but while his transgression¹ was eating the fruit from the tree of knowledge, my sin was ignoring the tree. After my dismal² performance in my first year of university, I contemplated³ the reasons for my failure. Now, I understand the two factors that contributed to my downfall: the lack of a career goal and premature⁴ independence.

Without　a career goal, I lacked direction and motivation. About halfway⁵ through my final year of high school, I was hounded by my parents to enroll⁶ in university, but until that time I had not given any thought to what career I wanted to pursue. To silence their nagging⁷, I told them I wanted to be an engineer. Though I got high marks in math, physics, and chemistry, I was bored with them, and my dislike of the sciences became apparent in the first four months of university. I failed all my science courses.

Snow fell in mid-December—final exam time—but I didn't notice either event, because I had become a creature of the night preying⁸ on full beer mugs in smoke-filled bars. my exams had been returned and I had failed all my courses. I didn't care; neither did my friends, whose marks were equally bad. We bragged⁹ of our freedom from our parents, not realizing that their influence was more beneficial than the influence we had on each other.

When Christmas day arrived, I found a "withdrawal¹⁰ from university" notice in my stocking. Unearned independence was the fruit from the tree of knowledge that tempted¹¹ me and caused my downfall. Because I was not mature enough to accept the responsibility for my own future and because I abused my privileges of independence, I failed my first year of university. The causes of my downfall have taught me maturity¹² and responsibility, and in the future I will not ignore the tree of knowledge again. Falling from Eden was enough to teach Adam; the same is true for me.