Yet another year of school has past; it seemed like yesterday when I walked into Okemos High School as a sophomore in the cool, almost autumn days. Unlike the freshman me, I had already conquered one year of school and was ready for the next. Sometime in the school my American Literature teacher, Ms. Dockus, introduced the monthly blogging assignment. The task: write about how you learn. At first I thought it was going to be a tedious task, but reality proved me wrong.
I scoured the interwebs looking for anything relating to learning. The vast, open ended topic allowed me to explore everything from study habits to politics. What did I learn from all of this? I learned that doodling helps concentration; about id, ego, and superego; how videogames and games challenge the mind; about the emotions; and how music can affect your life. All of this expanded my horizons and made me just a little more knowledgeable.
I more about learning from doing research and making the blog, than I did from my topics. I realized that the best way to learn was to be active, to embrace the power of restless curiosity. Instead of being a sponge absorbing information, I was a chipmunk scampering around collecting stuff I want and ditching the “boring” information. This way of learning was strangely relaxing. There was no pressure to memorize for a test, I was free. So in the end blogging taught me that if I truly wanted to learn I must seek knowledge for myself.
I scoured the interwebs looking for anything relating to learning. The vast, open ended topic allowed me to explore everything from study habits to politics. What did I learn from all of this? I learned that doodling helps concentration; about id, ego, and superego; how videogames and games challenge the mind; about the emotions; and how music can affect your life. All of this expanded my horizons and made me just a little more knowledgeable.
I more about learning from doing research and making the blog, than I did from my topics. I realized that the best way to learn was to be active, to embrace the power of restless curiosity. Instead of being a sponge absorbing information, I was a chipmunk scampering around collecting stuff I want and ditching the “boring” information. This way of learning was strangely relaxing. There was no pressure to memorize for a test, I was free. So in the end blogging taught me that if I truly wanted to learn I must seek knowledge for myself.