Before you read my actual mini-essay, I'm sorry if I did this wrong. I was really unclear on all instructions and I thought I did what I was supposed to do, but I'm only doubting that more and more. So I hope this is okay-ish for a first time and please tell me what I did wrong, Mac. ........ This article stockpiles excerpts from a book written by author Kevin Bain in August of 2012 titled What the Best College Students Do. The premise of the book – or, at least, a part of it – is that Mr. Bain interviews college graduates who aimed to earn higher than straight A’s, and won Nobel Prizes, Emmys, and/or fame for their success. Mr. Bain lists what makes these fantastic few stand out from the crowd and the qualities that made them more successful than the others. Interestingly enough, they mostly focused on pure passion and not just good grades. The article was written on March 13, 2013 by Annie M. Paul and summarizes the most important points into about two pages, as opposed to the 304 of the original. That took some serious narrowing down! It did mention that the most important part of the adventure is to enjoy the journey without worrying about the destination, but why? Neil D. Tyson, now an illustrious astrophysicist, claims that he was intrigued by the information, moved by curiosity, thoroughly fascinated, and didn’t care if he made the highest score in the class. He claims, “No one ever asks you what your grades were. Grades become irrelevant.” “Ambition and innovation trump grades every time.” In fairness, grades are important. But what benefits a student if he or she gets good grades, but doesn’t understand his or her material, or worse, is completely disinterested? A second major point is to be great even if your grades aren’t. “Improvisation is a great educator when it comes to failing. There’s no way you are going to get it right every time.” That’s not my words, nor Paul’s. That comes from the mouth of comedian Stephen Colbert. He worked at an improv (abbreviation of Improvisation, a form of theatre where the script doesn’t exist and the plot is made on the spot) in Chicago. Making mistakes at an improv is basically a given, but Colbert encourages his peers to push on knowing that they will fail at one point. Now I’ll list the third most important point in my opinion: set goals and make them real. This is something I can only accomplish with my Super Nintendo controller in hand, so if my hands weren’t on this keyboard right now, I’d give everyone a round of applause that has done this not in a video game sense. A saxophone player – and a good one, I might add – Tia Fuller states that when she was in college, she would “keep focused on the light at the end the tunnel, and what that accomplishment would mean,” so she has a clear image of what her future will look like. I just stopped typing to clap a little bit, no joke, as I must agree with her point. Why do something if you don’t know what the end result will be? Am I contradicting the first sentence of my second paragraph? Or should you have your eyes on the goal the whole time? ......... Post script: I did this wrong, didn't I? At least I tried....
This was a nice summary of the article. I don't see any points answering questions so I really don't know what to type as a reply, but... I'll try. I do like how you set up the article into three points. I also enjoyed how you went through and analyzed Tia Fuller's secret. In your second point, I thought it was a great how you quoted Stephen Colbert. Though to answer your question in the first point, it benefits the student so that way s/he can get into classes s/he wants to get into.
For me, I am a mixture between the "strategic" and "deep learner". In all classes I am at least a strategic learner, but in classes where there is little to no difficulty for me; I am a deep learner. The part about "Bombing" is just too loose for me. I cannot just let it go if I am "Bombing" a class. An eighty five for me is just too low. The only time, and hopefully the only time, I am ok with that was in Spanish 111 and 112.I try my best to turn all my classes into something interesting. I do this by viewing different perspectives on something. The best one I use is the puzzle. In history the pieces are dates, and the picture is life. In math the pieces are numbers, and the picture is completion. In science the pieces are concepts of the world, and the pieces are the understanding of how it works. Then you got english... sorry Mrs.McClarry, but there really isn't to much to say about english. Whenever faced with a piece of the puzzle you have to truly understand it to put it together. I ask questions to comprehend it. Sometimes it leads me into deep philosophy like the "Philosophy of Evil." (which was my question for Mrs.McClarry). I have my goal to be a pathologist. I will run as hard as I can to get there, and if that tunnel suddenly collapses; I have my Shovel of Writing to continue on with this journey of life.
I agree with you when you say that you are a "strategic" and "deep learner". But when you say that you don't understand or can't find or fit the pieces of the puzzle together for English, you're just lying to yourself because your writing a book and to even want to do something like that you have to have at least a small understanding of what English has to offer. Another thing is your over thinking it, English isn't about plugging in numbers or knowing how the world works it's about making yourself define and even more intelligent than you were the day before, And what happens if your tunnel collapses? That's why you need to create opportunities for yourself to fall back on if things don't go the way you want them to. What would happen if when you went to college you found out that you didn't want to be a pathologist and you wanted to be something different? Whatever the case may be you need to create those opportunities for yourself and English could be that opportunity.
Okay! Now I did it right maybe! Future advice, blue against grey is an awful color combination. I don't care if you can see it fine, I can't. May be a color vision problem.... ------------------- There are seven different learning types according to Edudemic ‘connecting education and technology’. Visual (spatial), a preference of pictures and spatial components for the best understanding; aural (auditory/musical), preference of sound and/or music for the best understanding; verbal (linguistic), words and speech or writing for the best understanding; physical (kinesthetic), use of the sense of touch for the best understanding; logical (mathematical), where logic and reasoning provide the best understanding; social (interpersonal), where you learn best by communicating with a group; and solitary (intrapersonal), the preference of learning by yourself without the aid of others. Out of all of those, I’m certainly a solitary, visual, logical, and physical learner in random order. For the visual part, I almost need a visual representation of what a place looks like or else I’ll have a very clear misunderstanding of the subject. For the spatial part, if I know what a place looks like, I should be able to navigate it in my head. Pretend I’m actually there and know just about where everything is. Which is why I love open-world video games! Mario Sunshine for the win!!! Onwards, for the solitary part. Earlier this year I said I am very introverted which couldn’t be wrong in any scenario. I really don’t like being around people but I can’t be rude. Physical, kinesthetic, tactile, call it whatever you want, I couldn’t care less if I tried. I’m that really annoying kiddie at the Nintendo Store who always pics up everything on display and fiddles with it to see what it feels like and whatnot. Thankfully I’ve never broken an Amiibo, but dang, the clerk behind me is probably very tense. They’re durable, dude. Don’t worry. At last, the logical part. Sometimes I am able to excuse something for a complete and utter lack of logic. Let’s turn the Gamecube back on and insert Luigi’s Mansion. Umm, kindly do it the other way. How does a vacuum cleaner suck up ghosts? This is one wacky mansion. Too bad it was an illusion in the end. Anyway, that makes no logical sense, but it’s a very fun mechanic if I know one. Plenty of things in real life however make no logical sense, so my brain can’t really get anywhere with it. However if something makes sense from a logical standpoint, I can actually get somewhere. That’s why I’ll often ask “I understand that this is this, but why?” or “I know the correct answer is C, but why is A incorrect?”. Then my brain has a logical connection to make the situation make sense.
(continued) I didn't get this proof-read, so I may have messed up at some parts grammatically. -------------- Having the vast majority of said learning styles really isn't too helpful. For most career paths, that is. I plan on becoming an animator, and now the visual-spatial part is very useful. I can review something someone else did and point out any huge logical fallacies. Wish I was hired for CinemaSins! What an easy way to make money! Now for the kinethetic part? There's no real way to slap a physical feel to motion pictures. Right? That's the point of textures. I can make an image or model look like it is furry, or grainy, or fragile, or stiff with texture alone. Take a professional art class and you'll discover how fun texture is! That's for the after high school part. But really, during high school, that stuff is as good as useless if it doesn't work against me for self-explanatory reasons. --------- BONUS GAME! Visit this link for a cool texture usage on a BOTTLE! Just looks like you can feel it! https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/1e/45/bd/1e45bd35768f33559dcd477a1b542191.jpg
In response to the "secrets of the most successful college students," I believe that I am a surface learner and a strategic learner. A surface learner is a person who only does the least amount of work the get the best grade, and that is where I think that the strategic learning comes into play because I try to do as little work with the most amount of effort in the shortest amount of time that would give me the best results. One secret that I might use or attempt to use is "pursue a passion, not A's" using this in my classes would ensure that I actually have an understanding of what was or is going on within a class. Understanding the ideas of the course would allow me to use the information anywhere I went, actually proving my knowledge not just working hard in a class to receive a good grade then moving on to the next class. This idea of knowing the information could be used in numerous things like saying a high-end business job where instead of not knowing anything about the product you sell Liston to and read the information that's being given to you that way you could apply it to sell even more product than you were before.
I was a mixture or all three. I agree with you about being a surface & strategic learning. That is basically how I handle myself as a student also. What about you do you think doesn't makes you a deep learner?
I apply to all three of the learning types that are listed depending on what class it is. For example, in a class that I really enjoy like biology I would consider myself to be a deep learner due to my fascination of the subject and me wanting to know more. In a class like English I would be a strategic learner since its easy to pass with prior knowledge from past English classes, well depending on the teacher you have and I would feel some type of way if I didn’t pass an English class. With math classes I would be a surface learner because math can be the most overwhelming and frustrating class for me at times, so sometimes I just be trying to pull through. I can apply these “secrets” discussed in the article to my life during high school by connecting the reason I’m there and why I would want to do good to my future. Applying these secrets to life during this time for me means that you should always keep your mind on the bigger picture. Every small step I take now will basically be determining what I’ll do in the future. I think the secret that would be most helpful to me in life would be getting comfortable with failure. I know that everything I do will not succeed and that’s just a part of life. Instead of feeling like it’s the end of the world, I need to better myself at accepting that it happened and step my game up from there. Applying these “secrets” to my life after high school is quit the same but in a bigger aspect since college will be more challenging and I would be more responsible for my learning. Plus, I would then be experiencing the struggles of the real world, so these secrets can be helpful in remembering the purpose of hanging in there and on my path to success.
Why do you apply different learning types to different subjects? I do feel like different aspects of life need different learning types but how do you chose what part of your life gets what type of attention. During school I am a deep learn when I feel like the material im learning will be needed for future events but if I don't think it will be needed I become a surface learner. Do you feel like the only place you can use these "secrets" is in school? I do agree accepting failure but these "secrets" don't work for everyone, so how do you plan on making them work for you? I feel like anybody can give you "secrets" on how to succeed in anything but you have to be willing to do the work and adjust these "secrets" to apply you and your goals.
In response to the Secrets of the Most Successful College Student Article , I believe that I am a mixture of all three of the learning types, a surface learner, strategic learner, and a deep learner. At times I can become lazy and not push myself to do more than just a little to get by. I also tend to not push myself when I'm not interested in a certain topic. However once I'm intrigued I can become very inquisitive and think deeper that what's on the surface. As for a strategic learner , I do believe in striving for good grades but I also believe in the importance of actually understanding something fully instead of just making good grades. Realizing that it's not always possible to make an A on everything but understanding a content is more valuable. I can apply these "secrets" in my life during and after high school by applying all of these concepts my everyday life . I would have to ask myself what's my purpose in whatever I decide to do, how can I strive for greatness in doing that , accept failure , make personal connections to my life, set and achievey goals. Applying these secrets to my everyday life would keep me focused on my goals. Becoming comfortable with failure would allow me to realize that failure is the first attempt at learning.
I totally agree with you on being a mixture of all three of the learning points! Sometimes I get lazy in certain subjects as well if it doesn't hold my interest or if that connection just isn't there. I agree with you on what you said about being a strategic learner as well because passing really doesn't mean anything if you never understood it in the first place. I do think if you know your purpose for what you would like to do it would be easy to apply these secrets to your life. I also like the last little sentence you added in there. I see you with the original quotes Diamond!! But yea, your response is very relatable for me.
I would consider myself a mix between a surface learner and a deep learner. I tend to be a deep learner until I realize my assignment is due soon and then I become a surface learner By understanding all 3 learning types I can eliminate the ones I don't want to be, such as a strategic learner and a surface learner. I would prefer to have a better understanding and get a B in the class, then to just do my work to get an A. One way to apply these "secrets" to my life is to just accept failure because during my lifetime I will probably fail more time than I succeed. Success doesn't come without failure and the only way to succeed is to not let your down falls get you down, you have to embrace it. I also learned that I cant figure out all life's answers on a phone or by asking people. By thinking about and trying to understand the 4 profound questions Jeff Hawkins organized his studies around, I will be able to answer more questions about my life than any device could.
Excellent job! I think it's great you prefer a good understanding at a risk of a B, rather than a poor understanding of an A. Accepting failure is hard, but essential :-). However, I do have a few questions. If you were to answer the 4 profound questions about life, how would you do so? And did I do this response incorrectly?
Before you read my actual mini-essay, I'm sorry if I did this wrong. I was really unclear on all instructions and I thought I did what I was supposed to do, but I'm only doubting that more and more. So I hope this is okay-ish for a first time and please tell me what I did wrong, Mac.
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This article stockpiles excerpts from a book written by author Kevin Bain in August of 2012 titled What the Best College Students Do. The premise of the book – or, at least, a part of it – is that Mr. Bain interviews college graduates who aimed to earn higher than straight A’s, and won Nobel Prizes, Emmys, and/or fame for their success. Mr. Bain lists what makes these fantastic few stand out from the crowd and the qualities that made them more successful than the others. Interestingly enough, they mostly focused on pure passion and not just good grades. The article was written on March 13, 2013 by Annie M. Paul and summarizes the most important points into about two pages, as opposed to the 304 of the original. That took some serious narrowing down!
It did mention that the most important part of the adventure is to enjoy the journey without worrying about the destination, but why? Neil D. Tyson, now an illustrious astrophysicist, claims that he was intrigued by the information, moved by curiosity, thoroughly fascinated, and didn’t care if he made the highest score in the class. He claims, “No one ever asks you what your grades were. Grades become irrelevant.” “Ambition and innovation trump grades every time.” In fairness, grades are important. But what benefits a student if he or she gets good grades, but doesn’t understand his or her material, or worse, is completely disinterested?
A second major point is to be great even if your grades aren’t. “Improvisation is a great educator when it comes to failing. There’s no way you are going to get it right every time.” That’s not my words, nor Paul’s. That comes from the mouth of comedian Stephen Colbert. He worked at an improv (abbreviation of Improvisation, a form of theatre where the script doesn’t exist and the plot is made on the spot) in Chicago. Making mistakes at an improv is basically a given, but Colbert encourages his peers to push on knowing that they will fail at one point.
Now I’ll list the third most important point in my opinion: set goals and make them real. This is something I can only accomplish with my Super Nintendo controller in hand, so if my hands weren’t on this keyboard right now, I’d give everyone a round of applause that has done this not in a video game sense. A saxophone player – and a good one, I might add – Tia Fuller states that when she was in college, she would “keep focused on the light at the end the tunnel, and what that accomplishment would mean,” so she has a clear image of what her future will look like. I just stopped typing to clap a little bit, no joke, as I must agree with her point. Why do something if you don’t know what the end result will be? Am I contradicting the first sentence of my second paragraph? Or should you have your eyes on the goal the whole time?
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Post script: I did this wrong, didn't I? At least I tried....
This was a nice summary of the article. I don't see any points answering questions so I really don't know what to type as a reply, but... I'll try. I do like how you set up the article into three points. I also enjoyed how you went through and analyzed Tia Fuller's secret. In your second point, I thought it was a great how you quoted Stephen Colbert. Though to answer your question in the first point, it benefits the student so that way s/he can get into classes s/he wants to get into.
DeleteI appreciate the response even if I answered the wrong question.
DeleteFor me, I am a mixture between the "strategic" and "deep learner". In all classes I am at least a strategic learner, but in classes where there is little to no difficulty for me; I am a deep learner. The part about "Bombing" is just too loose for me. I cannot just let it go if I am "Bombing" a class. An eighty five for me is just too low. The only time, and hopefully the only time, I am ok with that was in Spanish 111 and 112.I try my best to turn all my classes into something interesting. I do this by viewing different perspectives on something. The best one I use is the puzzle. In history the pieces are dates, and the picture is life. In math the pieces are numbers, and the picture is completion. In science the pieces are concepts of the world, and the pieces are the understanding of how it works. Then you got english... sorry Mrs.McClarry, but there really isn't to much to say about english. Whenever faced with a piece of the puzzle you have to truly understand it to put it together. I ask questions to comprehend it. Sometimes it leads me into deep philosophy like the "Philosophy of Evil." (which was my question for Mrs.McClarry). I have my goal to be a pathologist. I will run as hard as I can to get there, and if that tunnel suddenly collapses; I have my Shovel of Writing to continue on with this journey of life.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you when you say that you are a "strategic" and "deep learner". But when you say that you don't understand or can't find or fit the pieces of the puzzle together for English, you're just lying to yourself because your writing a book and to even want to do something like that you have to have at least a small understanding of what English has to offer. Another thing is your over thinking it, English isn't about plugging in numbers or knowing how the world works it's about making yourself define and even more intelligent than you were the day before, And what happens if your tunnel collapses? That's why you need to create opportunities for yourself to fall back on if things don't go the way you want them to. What would happen if when you went to college you found out that you didn't want to be a pathologist and you wanted to be something different? Whatever the case may be you need to create those opportunities for yourself and English could be that opportunity.
DeleteOkay! Now I did it right maybe! Future advice, blue against grey is an awful color combination. I don't care if you can see it fine, I can't. May be a color vision problem....
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There are seven different learning types according to Edudemic ‘connecting education and technology’. Visual (spatial), a preference of pictures and spatial components for the best understanding; aural (auditory/musical), preference of sound and/or music for the best understanding; verbal (linguistic), words and speech or writing for the best understanding; physical (kinesthetic), use of the sense of touch for the best understanding; logical (mathematical), where logic and reasoning provide the best understanding; social (interpersonal), where you learn best by communicating with a group; and solitary (intrapersonal), the preference of learning by yourself without the aid of others.
Out of all of those, I’m certainly a solitary, visual, logical, and physical learner in random order. For the visual part, I almost need a visual representation of what a place looks like or else I’ll have a very clear misunderstanding of the subject. For the spatial part, if I know what a place looks like, I should be able to navigate it in my head. Pretend I’m actually there and know just about where everything is. Which is why I love open-world video games! Mario Sunshine for the win!!! Onwards, for the solitary part. Earlier this year I said I am very introverted which couldn’t be wrong in any scenario. I really don’t like being around people but I can’t be rude. Physical, kinesthetic, tactile, call it whatever you want, I couldn’t care less if I tried. I’m that really annoying kiddie at the Nintendo Store who always pics up everything on display and fiddles with it to see what it feels like and whatnot. Thankfully I’ve never broken an Amiibo, but dang, the clerk behind me is probably very tense. They’re durable, dude. Don’t worry. At last, the logical part. Sometimes I am able to excuse something for a complete and utter lack of logic. Let’s turn the Gamecube back on and insert Luigi’s Mansion. Umm, kindly do it the other way. How does a vacuum cleaner suck up ghosts? This is one wacky mansion. Too bad it was an illusion in the end. Anyway, that makes no logical sense, but it’s a very fun mechanic if I know one. Plenty of things in real life however make no logical sense, so my brain can’t really get anywhere with it. However if something makes sense from a logical standpoint, I can actually get somewhere. That’s why I’ll often ask “I understand that this is this, but why?” or “I know the correct answer is C, but why is A incorrect?”. Then my brain has a logical connection to make the situation make sense.
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DeleteI didn't get this proof-read, so I may have messed up at some parts grammatically.
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Having the vast majority of said learning styles really isn't too helpful. For most career paths, that is. I plan on becoming an animator, and now the visual-spatial part is very useful. I can review something someone else did and point out any huge logical fallacies. Wish I was hired for CinemaSins! What an easy way to make money! Now for the kinethetic part? There's no real way to slap a physical feel to motion pictures. Right? That's the point of textures. I can make an image or model look like it is furry, or grainy, or fragile, or stiff with texture alone. Take a professional art class and you'll discover how fun texture is! That's for the after high school part. But really, during high school, that stuff is as good as useless if it doesn't work against me for self-explanatory reasons.
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BONUS GAME!
Visit this link for a cool texture usage on a BOTTLE! Just looks like you can feel it!
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/1e/45/bd/1e45bd35768f33559dcd477a1b542191.jpg
In response to the "secrets of the most successful college students," I believe that I am a surface learner and a strategic learner. A surface learner is a person who only does the least amount of work the get the best grade, and that is where I think that the strategic learning comes into play because I try to do as little work with the most amount of effort in the shortest amount of time that would give me the best results. One secret that I might use or attempt to use is "pursue a passion, not A's" using this in my classes would ensure that I actually have an understanding of what was or is going on within a class. Understanding the ideas of the course would allow me to use the information anywhere I went, actually proving my knowledge not just working hard in a class to receive a good grade then moving on to the next class. This idea of knowing the information could be used in numerous things like saying a high-end business job where instead of not knowing anything about the product you sell Liston to and read the information that's being given to you that way you could apply it to sell even more product than you were before.
ReplyDeleteI was a mixture or all three. I agree with you about being a surface & strategic learning. That is basically how I handle myself as a student also. What about you do you think doesn't makes you a deep learner?
DeleteI apply to all three of the learning types that are listed depending on what class it is. For example, in a class that I really enjoy like biology I would consider myself to be a deep learner due to my fascination of the subject and me wanting to know more. In a class like English I would be a strategic learner since its easy to pass with prior knowledge from past English classes, well depending on the teacher you have and I would feel some type of way if I didn’t pass an English class. With math classes I would be a surface learner because math can be the most overwhelming and frustrating class for me at times, so sometimes I just be trying to pull through.
ReplyDeleteI can apply these “secrets” discussed in the article to my life during high school by connecting the reason I’m there and why I would want to do good to my future. Applying these secrets to life during this time for me means that you should always keep your mind on the bigger picture. Every small step I take now will basically be determining what I’ll do in the future. I think the secret that would be most helpful to me in life would be getting comfortable with failure. I know that everything I do will not succeed and that’s just a part of life. Instead of feeling like it’s the end of the world, I need to better myself at accepting that it happened and step my game up from there.
Applying these “secrets” to my life after high school is quit the same but in a bigger aspect since college will be more challenging and I would be more responsible for my learning. Plus, I would then be experiencing the struggles of the real world, so these secrets can be helpful in remembering the purpose of hanging in there and on my path to success.
Why do you apply different learning types to different subjects? I do feel like different aspects of life need different learning types but how do you chose what part of your life gets what type of attention. During school I am a deep learn when I feel like the material im learning will be needed for future events but if I don't think it will be needed I become a surface learner. Do you feel like the only place you can use these "secrets" is in school? I do agree accepting failure but these "secrets" don't work for everyone, so how do you plan on making them work for you? I feel like anybody can give you "secrets" on how to succeed in anything but you have to be willing to do the work and adjust these "secrets" to apply you and your goals.
DeleteIn response to the Secrets of the Most Successful College Student Article , I believe that I am a mixture of all three of the learning types, a surface learner, strategic learner, and a deep learner. At times I can become lazy and not push myself to do more than just a little to get by. I also tend to not push myself when I'm not interested in a certain topic. However once I'm intrigued I can become very inquisitive and think deeper that what's on the surface. As for a strategic learner , I do believe in striving for good grades but I also believe in the importance of actually understanding something fully instead of just making good grades. Realizing that it's not always possible to make an A on everything but understanding a content is more valuable. I can apply these "secrets" in my life during and after high school by applying all of these concepts my everyday life . I would have to ask myself what's my purpose in whatever I decide to do, how can I strive for greatness in doing that , accept failure , make personal connections to my life, set and achievey goals. Applying these secrets to my everyday life would keep me focused on my goals. Becoming comfortable with failure would allow me to realize that failure is the first attempt at learning.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you on being a mixture of all three of the learning points! Sometimes I get lazy in certain subjects as well if it doesn't hold my interest or if that connection just isn't there. I agree with you on what you said about being a strategic learner as well because passing really doesn't mean anything if you never understood it in the first place. I do think if you know your purpose for what you would like to do it would be easy to apply these secrets to your life. I also like the last little sentence you added in there. I see you with the original quotes Diamond!! But yea, your response is very relatable for me.
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DeleteI would consider myself a mix between a surface learner and a deep learner. I tend to be a deep learner until I realize my assignment is due soon and then I become a surface learner By understanding all 3 learning types I can eliminate the ones I don't want to be, such as a strategic learner and a surface learner. I would prefer to have a better understanding and get a B in the class, then to just do my work to get an A. One way to apply these "secrets" to my life is to just accept failure because during my lifetime I will probably fail more time than I succeed. Success doesn't come without failure and the only way to succeed is to not let your down falls get you down, you have to embrace it. I also learned that I cant figure out all life's answers on a phone or by asking people. By thinking about and trying to understand the 4 profound questions Jeff Hawkins organized his studies around, I will be able to answer more questions about my life than any device could.
ReplyDeleteExcellent job! I think it's great you prefer a good understanding at a risk of a B, rather than a poor understanding of an A. Accepting failure is hard, but essential :-). However, I do have a few questions. If you were to answer the 4 profound questions about life, how would you do so? And did I do this response incorrectly?
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