https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd In three to four sentences, explain the figurative meaning of this quote. Then, provide an example from your own life. Use the quote in your writing. en-us 2017-09-22 22:28:24 UTC 2025-10-10 20:05:36 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190889824 I think "A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor" means that if something is to easy, it doesn't make you skilled. There was a game that I played and it was way to easy. It was so easy it didn't make me better at video games.]]> 2017-09-25 15:47:06 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190889824 albertr1005 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890038 I think that "A smooth sea never made for a skilled sailor" meanslike you can do anything you want even if it is hard.  So when you are having trouble do your best.  My example is I was going to take a test and I had problems with it so I studied every day until I felt confident. ]]> 2017-09-25 15:47:30 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890038 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890049  I think the quote " A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.", means that if you are given an easy task, you will never truly be skilled at it. One experience for me is knots in scouts. I never really practiced that much so I wasn't great at it. I practiced and mastered it. I also kind of practiced only the easy ones and then practiced the harder ones.]]> 2017-09-25 15:47:30 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890049 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890057 What I think the quote A smooth Sea never made a skilled sailor means is that when you try something hard and it doesn't work out. It made you better because you started out hard. This relates to my life because one time I tried roller skating fast like the other people but it made me a better roller skater.

]]> 2017-09-25 15:47:31 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890057 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890093 The figurative meaning of the quote "A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor" The experts in anything had to face hadships. A example in my life is when I first started to make Perler Beads I had to use patters on the internet, and I got so frustrated because I would always get it wrong, but when I started making my own patterns I learned that I didn't have to be perfect I just had to think it was good in my own eyes! And the quote means you have to go through hardships in life to accomplish your dreams!

]]> 2017-09-25 15:47:35 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890093 audreys2674 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890117 I think the quote "A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor" means, if we don't face challenges it won't make us better at anything. Speaking from my experience in volleyball. When I was 5, I went to summer camp, they praised me for even just hitting the ball, they didn't know that I could actually play because I was so small. During that summer I never got better because no one challenged me to play against them, nothing was hard. ]]> 2017-09-25 15:47:37 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890117 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890155 I think it means something easy, does not get you as far, but something hard will make it easier when it is easy. One example in my life is if you don't want to do any other skilled positions in baseball, and just stick with one of them, then you will never go as far as the other players who try and give 100 percent]]> 2017-09-25 15:47:41 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890155 harrisonr1677 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890158 I think this quote means, ("A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor") something easy that doesn't get you far. Two examples in my life is if you dont want to play other positions in baseball you got to a least try ever position once. My last example is when you start a new video game and you don't know how to play, you have to play alot  in order to be good.

]]> 2017-09-25 15:47:41 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890158 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890166 I think that "A Smooth Sea Never Made A Skilled Sailor" means that something easy won't make you work hard enough. For example if I would just read little kid books and not read books at my level I'm not going to try harder and not give it my best effort. So I think that the meaning behind this quote is that you need to try your best and not just stick with plain and easy, go and try your best.]]> 2017-09-25 15:47:42 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890166 coryc4620 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890188 A smooth (thing to do) never made a skilled (name of what a person is if has done objective).]]> 2017-09-25 15:47:44 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890188 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890240 I think the quote " A Smooth Sea Never Made A Skilled Sailor" means that if you are given an easy task to do, then you will never be skilled at it.]]> 2017-09-25 15:47:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890240 tylert3882 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890265 I think that the quote "A Smooth Sea Never Made A Skilled Sailor" means that someone didn't make you great, it's you that made yourself the way you are.
This applies to me because I once played baseball all day, and                                      
it did nothing but make me better. So I believe this quote means you control your self and no one else.]]> 2017-09-25 15:47:52 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890265 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890270 It means that if it was easy it was never a challenge. In my life I was playing with my cousin we were playing soccer and he went  easy on be so I always beaten him when I was little and he never would challenge me.The figurative meaning is if the ocean is smooth the sailor didn't have to try hard.]]> 2017-09-25 15:47:52 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890270 alexal5908 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890327 I think that the quote "A Smooth Sea Never Made for A Skilled Sailor" means that something that is easy isn't enough for someone who has experience with it. It's just like when I run against my sister, I will beat her, because I run faster.That won't make me any better.Sometimes we just have to challenge ourselves.]]> 2017-09-25 15:47:59 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890327 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890331 I think "A smooth sea never made it for a skilled sailor"means that if you are very experienced you shouldn't be doing something that is easy for you. If you are doing something that is not difficult enough for you and you find it easy, it shouldn't be for you. My example is when I played REC soccer for my 5th time it was way too easy for me and I should of been in Extra soccer by then.]]> 2017-09-25 15:47:59 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890331 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890416 The figurative meaning of "A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor" is that something easy can't make you great because if it's easy, than anybody can do it. An example from my life is that in soccer, if I go against an easy team, it won't make me a better soccer player because they're easy to beat. But, if I go against a hard team, it will help me improve because I will be able to learn from my mistakes and be able to do better the next time I play them.]]> 2017-09-25 15:48:07 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890416 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890432 The meaning behind this figurative saying, " A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor", is that if you never had any problems or every thing was smooth you will never be good. I think this because if you take out the world sailor and sea, you'll get the real meaning, which is a smooth never made a skilled. When I first learned to read and draw It was hard, but when I practiced I got better, because I learned from my problems.]]> 2017-09-25 15:48:09 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890432 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890527 I think that the quote means that if you are really good at something that there should be challenges or you will truly never be good at it. In example in my life is that ]]> 2017-09-25 15:48:18 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890527 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890530 I think the quote's meaning is something never made you be professional just in a second. Here is an example, A math test never made a skilled student.]]> 2017-09-25 15:48:18 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890530 coonerr https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890568 I think that the figurative meaning of, " A smooth sea never made for a skilled sailor". Is everyone has a different life. Like the time I was with my brother and I thought he was reading was I was reading. So he didn't understand anything I was saying.]]> 2017-09-25 15:48:21 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890568 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890576 I think the figurative meaning in "A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor". Means to be great you are going to be challenged and it might not be easy.]]> 2017-09-25 15:48:22 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890576 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890631 I think "A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor" means, if something is easy and you do it easily that doesn't mean you were good at it. For example, one time I was playing soccer with some friends. I had a clear path to get the ball in the opposing goal, and I got it in the goal easily, that doesn't mean I was good at it. It was just easy.]]> 2017-09-25 15:48:27 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890631 laylar2978 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890663 I think the quote means that to be great, you are going to have to go through challenging obstacles or that the road to being skilled in something will not be easy. Life isn't a straight line. If something was easy, everybody would be doing it.]]> 2017-09-25 15:48:30 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890663 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890691 This quote means a tough team makes a tough person. My parents make me do chores and don't give me allowance. They said that that's how it is going to be when I have my own house.]]> 2017-09-25 15:48:33 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890691 larrya2915 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890695 I think the quote means if u are practicing something don't make it easy. I think this because in the quote it said that the a smooth sea never made a skilled sailer which means if something is not hard you'll never get better. Also, if you are not making it hard when you actually have to do it you won't be able to.

]]> 2017-09-25 15:48:34 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890695 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890846 I think the quote"A smooth sea never made for a skilled sailor," means that if you do something easy you will never be really good at it because it is'nt challenging for you.]]> 2017-09-25 15:48:46 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890846 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890893 The following quote means that, easier things in life won't get you any better. The reason why I think that is the meaning is beacause I've had things like that happen to me once and I never got better at it. As you can see the quote has a strong meaning.

]]> 2017-09-25 15:48:51 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190890893 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190891003 I think the quote "A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor" means that you don't need someone to help you become skilled. I think this because the sea is something a sailor needs to be a sailor but it doesn't mean they need it to be a skilled sailor. I also think this because sometimes people say they need an item but it doesn't make them a skilled person. An example from my life is that I have a dog but it does not effect me in any way.]]> 2017-09-25 15:49:02 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190891003 andrewo2663 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190891249 I think it means if you take the easy way and put forth less effort then you are capable you won't thrive to success ]]> 2017-09-25 15:49:29 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190891249 mayaa1671 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190892342 In my opinion, " A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor" means that you should not just do the easy things because, well, nothing good comes out of not learning anything. If you do something that's a little bit harder than what you're comfortable with. In my life, long division was hard, but I kept going. I didn't give up. And now it is impossible for me to get stuck on a long division problem. Put in some challenges. If you don't, you won't be very happy in the end.]]> 2017-09-25 15:51:22 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/190892342 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191025040 In the figurative quote, "A Smooth Sea Never Made a Skilled Sailor", means that if you live your life easy then you'll never learn anything. An example from 
my own life was when I had to create an origami boat but I didn't know how to make it so my mom did it for me. When I had to make another one and my mom wasn't there I didn't know how to make it so I didn't learn anything.]]> 2017-09-25 20:17:53 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191025040 chriscellem3850 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191025123 I think the quote "A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor" means that if there are no challenges in your life then how will you learn the skills you want to know. I was doing a project and I needed help from my sister, but she wouldn't because she said that I have to learn for myself because she won't be there next to me forever.]]> 2017-09-25 20:18:09 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191025123 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191025137 In the quote , " A smooth sea never made for a skilled sailor," means, never do the easy stuff in life and challenge yourself and reach your goals. A example is that I played baseball and I wasn't that good. So I kept practicing and I got 1st place in the tournament.]]> 2017-09-25 20:18:11 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191025137 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191025149 I think the quote "A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor," means that you shouldn't take the easy way in life. You should try and challenge yourself so you become better at things. An example of this that happened in my own life was when I was reading. My mom saw that I was reading more easier books than more challenging ones. She explained that if I read easier books than my brain won't be challenged, and that I should read harder books. 

]]> 2017-09-25 20:18:13 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191025149 daniellen5500 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191025173 The quote " A smooth sea never made for a skilled sailor." means if something is easy and you did it, it doesn't mean that you're good at it. If I read an easy book, that doesn't mean I'm good at reading because I read an easy book.]]> 2017-09-25 20:18:18 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191025173 meganw2681 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191025201 I think that the quote "A smooth sea never made for a skilled sailor." means if you have no challenge why even live. I think this because if someone who is really good at something but never have to deal with a challenge, is not really improving their skills. I can relate to this because in math, I keep on getting easy problems and it's not really a challenge. I don't really grow in math because I already know the material Ms. Moore is teaching us.]]> 2017-09-25 20:18:22 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191025201 matthewl5282 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191025233 I think the quote "A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor" means that without a little failure you'll never learn to try harder.]]> 2017-09-25 20:18:28 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191025233 jordint2910 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191025268 I think a smooth sea never made for a skilled sailor means always Challenge your self and don't just pick something just because  it is easy challenge yourself!]]> 2017-09-25 20:18:39 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191025268 leilahp2666 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191025279 The figurative meaning of "A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor."  is that doing things the easy way won't make you any better.  You have to challenge yourself and take risk to get better at something or achieve something new.  For example, when I was playing on my trampoline, I wanted to do a front flip but I didn't know how.  So, I did it anyways and I learned something new!]]> 2017-09-25 20:18:42 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191025279 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191025292 I think the quote "A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor" men's that when something in your life becomes easy for you and hard for others doesn't mean there are some things in life that aren't hard for you, it also means that the easy stuff doesn't make you stronger, you have to challenge yourself to get to a higher level of intelligence. People don't just have everyone do everything for them, people risk things and take charge of a challenge because they want to succeed in life. Also to experience it better. An example from my life was when I had to do my homework and I would always do it my way but then I tried doing the teachers way and it helped even though it looked very complicated it worked way better than my way.]]> 2017-09-25 20:18:44 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191025292 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191025351 I think the quote " A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor" means the that you should never take the easy way where you know all about it instead of taking the hard and challenging way where you will most likely be challenged and learn about more. The way that I can relate with this quote is that mybaby  cousin got a ball and threw it at me as a sign to play,and my baby cousin can't throw that far so I don't want to show off and beat him at the game. Or when he wants to race.So I run veryyy slow and help him challenge himself by saying "Corrale!"]]> 2017-09-25 20:18:56 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191025351 cassandras1007 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191025364 I think the quote"A smooth sea never made for a skilled sailor". Means when you try something difficult it won't work out the way you wanted to. An example is when I try to make myself do something challenging but it won't turn out the way I imagined it will.]]> 2017-09-25 20:18:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191025364 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191025374 I think that the quote "A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor" means that many people try to learn many things and if you only ever do the same thing you won't get anywhere in life so if you try something new it will make you more prepared for the future. For example in my life this happened, when I was in elementary we would always do the same things and I got tired of it, but I later learned that it was to prepare us for more I needed the future but I would have liked it if we learned more about different things.]]> 2017-09-25 20:18:59 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191025374 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191025423 The quote "A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor" means that if you practice or do something that's easy you will never get better at it. The quote is relate able to me when I play football. If we practice and play against an easy team, we will never get better.]]> 2017-09-25 20:19:10 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191025423 jaidenl3855 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191025576 The figurative meaning of, "A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor" is that if you don't challenge yourself to more difficult things then you won't get any better. My old gymnastics coach never challenged me. We would always do the same thing every single time. After a while it got very boring and I decided to move to a different class so that I would be able to learn more challenging skills.]]> 2017-09-25 20:19:40 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191025576 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191025606 The quote "A Smooth Sea Never Made A Skilled Sailor," means that you have to work hard for what you want because no one will give it all to you.I remember in 3rd grade I had trouble in math and I always wanted to do stuff by myself so decided to work everyday after school and practice math. By the time I was in 4th grade I was able to do math problems in my head.]]> 2017-09-25 20:19:45 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191025606 citlalia3840 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191025634 The figurative meaning "A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor" means that if you practice against something easy, you won't be skilled at it. You won't be able to learn anything new.]]> 2017-09-25 20:19:53 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191025634 makailaa3883 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191025769 I think that the quote, "A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor", means that you should never take the easy way of doing things. If you take the easy way of doing things then you will never learn how to do them the hard way. I am a cheerleader and I have to work hard. If I took the easy way then I would never get better at cheerleading.]]> 2017-09-25 20:20:21 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191025769 madisonb2639 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191025793 I think the quote " A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor" means if you do something you're already good at it won't do anything for you. If you do something you never had before then it gets you better at the technique of what your doing. An example of this forme is at dance I do the same warm up and it does nothing for my actual dancing but when I do something new it gets me better at dance.]]> 2017-09-25 20:20:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191025793 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191026280 After analyzing the quote of the week, "A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor" , I think that the quote meant that you need to challenge yourself. Skilled sailors have to go through hardships like rough seas. Every Saturdays, I meet up with my stroke clinic classmates and swim. I try really hard to swim better than them because I know they are better then me and by racing with them, I learn new techniques, I swim faster, and I feel great about myself.]]> 2017-09-25 20:21:43 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191026280 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191027283 2017-09-25 20:25:03 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191027283 https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191027293 The quote, "A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor," means that you have to do hard things to accomplish greatness. If something was easy for you then you would not learn anything doing it. An example from my life is that when I first started piano, I was really bad and could not even play really easy songs very fluently. Now, after two years and a lot of frustration and confusion, I am learning songs like Fur Elise.]]> 2017-09-25 20:25:06 UTC https://padlet.com/lcalvert1/exyc16r32xfd/wish/191027293