4A I Couldn't Wait!!!!!

Everyone in our society has dealt with delayed gratification. Today I had to deal with it my self. I was very hungry and my best friend, Elena, decided to cook for me from her house. She was going to bring me the bacon, egg, and cheese at school. As the time went by I called her because I wanted to know when she was coming. I couldn’t wait! I was so surprised to hear that she had brought me two just because I waited for so long. You can tell I was very happy in the photo above! It was extremely hard but I succeeded in delayed gratification.

         My delayed gratification has become harder since I arrived to America. When I was in Albania I would have patience because I had the time in the world. But now that I am here I have no patience fro anything. Whenever something new comes out, I HAVE to have it! We are so use to having everything handed to us in seconds that we don’t pay attention to how it is affecting us.

         Americans are impatient because of the way our society is set up. Everything is based on costumer service. Fro example, when I am in a restaurant I get frustrated because the food takes too long. And also at the supermarket that I work at, people get mad at me because I take a lil long to ring up their transaction.

         Many researchers, like Maria Eigsti, do not believe that the Marshmallow test works. They say “ these measures don’t tell you about success rates”. I agree with Eigsti’s argument because a simple marshmallow test does not predict the children’s future achievements.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2010/02/19/just-let-them-eat-the-marshmallow.html