Journal 27: PerfectTrifles

     According to Michelangelo Buonarroti said, “Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle,” I totally agree with this statement. To me, it means that lots of trifles can form perfection, but there are no trifles of perfection. It is impossible to form perfection without any details. At this point, trifles are like details. For example, you have to practice basketball at least eight hours a day in order to become a successful basketball player. On the other hand, if you don’t do any practice, it is impossible for you to succeed. I do have something in my life in which I strive for perfection. The most significant one in my life till now is college application. Actually, I am a freshman in college, but now I am a senior in high school. Last year, I didn’t get good grades on standardize test, such as TOEFL and SAT tests. If I used my last year’s scores to apply college, I won’t have chance to get into the school I want. Therefore, I decided to stay at PAS for one more year. In my second senior year, I could say that I worked extremely hard and finally improve almost 300 points on the SAT reasoning test. To me, the practices and works which I did everyday during the college application process represented trifles. The result of the exam represented perfection.