Tag: learning
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The Education of Jeremy
What is education? What is its purpose? Is it for information? Knowledge? Then what is knowledge? The question has been bothering me for some time. From my life as a dispassionate high school student to an actively engaged college student to one who is 50/50 in university. It’s a question I ask as my own…
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A New Challenge
Something finally bit me in the rear to spur me to action. Yesterday, when looking for something to do to occupy my time, time not being spent reading or writing, I opted to pick up and start over on something I’ve tried many years before only getting to a modicum of success. Over 15 years…
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Ever The Student
A simple way to approach much of life is to do so with the mindset of being a student. This means forgoing that pesky preconceived notion of knowing something. Instead, it means viewing everything as something that can be learned from. People, events, observations… all present themselves as opportunities to expand knowledge. If we shy…
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A Variety
It’s a bit of advice I gave my child the other day while out on a walk: read a lot; read a variety. It took long into my 40-some years to learn that even for myself. Too often, reading becomes much like any form of entertainment in our lives. We read less because well… We…
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