Today is “National Honesty Day” to mark the day that George Washington was inaugurated as the first U.S. President in 1789. Do y
ou think it’s important to be completely honest ALL of the time? Are there ever any times that you should not be honest? Explain your thoughts in 7 sentences.
Answer: You should be honest with everyone, most of the time.You need to be honest with others, too. If someone is looking for critique, simply saying, “It's amazing!” even when you spot a glaring flaw, isn't helpful. They won't grow, and neither will you. Honesty can be protective, too. Lying may be helpful when there is no ambiguity about the resulting benefits for those on the receiving end.
Zadie Smith had always wanted to dig deeper in her father's war experience, but she never had enough courage to ask him, and neither did he.
One day, Zadie finds herself visiting an American poet friend in Normandy. And when they were visiting the beach there, she realized that it might be the place where, 59 years before, her father landed upon. So, she mentions this to her friend, who was also interested in war history of the area, and as a consequence, Zadie is interrogated by this friend. But in the end, Zadie relaizes she knows nothing about his father's war experence.
After this event, she returns home and feels determined to start interviewing his father.
