Cultural Knowledge Entry( Everything That Rises Must Converge)

1. "I tell him", "that Roman was not Built in One Day" (P327)

2. My guess: Since Rome was such a beautiful and modern presidential palace in the past, which attracted the attention of people from the world to its beauty and the way it was designed. It took years to build such a unique presidential palace. Therefore in the story Everything That Rises Must Converge, Julian's mother used the phrase to tell her that achieving success and accomplishing our ambitions require hard work, patience, and time. 
3. Results: All things take time to create. And great things like the city of Rome take a very long time. So we shouldn't expect to accomplish something or achieve success immediately. We just need to work hard as time passes by us and that is the best we can do to become who we imagine ourselves in life ahead of us.
4: This phrase tells me as a student that in order for me to do well in all aspects of life not only in academics, I need to rely on time. More specifically, as a student right now I need to work hard and focus on things that are considered as my immediate concerns and not worry about things such as marriage, having kids, and things that can cut off the bride that will take me safely to other side of my life, which is becoming a successful young man.