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Seek out someone you can learn from. You might learn a skill from them or gain knowledge from them about an area they know more about than you do, or you might just learn just from listening to something about their life journey.
If possible, seek out someone that you would not typically try to learn something from.
Describe the learning experience.
I learned form a guy at my church and he taught me how to do wood working. He is very talented at this skill. It's crazy how when you walk around your house and how many items are made form wood, bowls, chairs, and tables. Most people take for granted these objects but if it gives you any ideas I spent all Saturday making a candle stand. This is just a straight piece of wood with a divet in the end to hold the candle. Seems easy but no it took forever. I will definitely use this opportunity next time to remember that I DO NOT know everything. It is crazy how right Adam is because through out the project I thought I know how to do things and then I was shocked to find out I didn't even know where to begin on the entire project
ReplyDeleteOne person that I have learned from over the past few months is the pastor at Pocola Trinity Baptist Church. I was involved in the youth ministry at that church this summer, and the pastor there helped me learn some very important things about ministry that I was unaware of beforehand. He taught some of the best ways to witness to people, some different strategies to take when I preach, and some ways to help me grow in my faith.
ReplyDeleteIts always good to have someone to look up to ignorer to help you grow in faith. I am glad you met him and he had made such a big impact on your spiritual life.
DeleteI recently had a chat with a coworker about aliens, ancient mummies, and Bigfoot. I'm still skeptical about it all, but he gave me such an elaborate description of his personal UFO sighting that calling it impressive is an understatement. He even acknowledged all of the fake footage on the internet, and he showed me how you could tell if a video was staged or edited. I can't say that I've learned much practical information from our conversation, but I have developed a new, more positive perspective on the believers. In fact, I even think and an adventurous night under the right conditions could turn me into a believer.
ReplyDeleteI was speaking to a professor at a different university who was able to teach me how to properly study and take notes. I always had trouble with both of them, however he taught me how to properly apply different techniques and it allowed me to learn that skill and hopefully allow me to become a better student in the near future. It was actually quite humbling for me personally because even though I have never been good at studying I have always been intelligent enough to be able to get good grades, but having an actual college professor explain to me why studying is so important for a college course and the ramifications that may be possible if you don’t was very eye opening and almost enlightening in a sense.
ReplyDelete(54) To say learning from a coworker is miniscule is grossly underestimated. My coworkers name is Ray, and he is considerably older than me. This led me to choose him because he has experience and wisdom I have yet to explore. He told me that people, especially some coworkers, will be your best friends to your face but will betray you at the first chance they get to push themselves ahead of you in the rat race called life. This dumbstruck me as I always thought others would help me as I would help them, but this is simply not true. Many people are overcome with greed and stupidity and will do anything to pursue any chance to help themselves even if they shove others down along the way. Ray taught me how to tell these sorts of people from the genuine, hardworking allies. Britt Bradstreet
ReplyDelete54. Some of the most valuable skills come from those who you least expect. As the oldest sibling, you expect your younger siblings to learn from you, but sometimes the opposite is exactly what you need. My family had fought for equal learning rights for my brother. He was diagnosed with dyslexia, a learning disability, in the 3rd grade. I watch not only my family come home tired after emotionally draining meetings with teachers, but I also watched how this affected my brother. He might not have always enjoyed going to school and being stuck in a learning environment that made him feel “stupid”, but he continued to go to class. This preservice is something that I admire. I can not even imagine how hard it would be to constantly go into a situation where the teachers don’t care. His experience is what made me want to be a teacher. Through watching his struggles, I learned what a good and a bad teacher looks like. He inspired me to become a good teacher and help my students to the best of my ability, even if that means staying late or taking extra classes. - Emily Ford
ReplyDeleteA few months I decided I wanted to learn to skateboard, so I asked my cousin who skateboards to start teaching me. He showed me how to stand, how to propel myself forward, and he told me I would fall... a lot. I did fall, and it hurt, but I kept getting on and he kept showing me how. The last time I was on my skateboard though I fell hard on my ankle, it turned sideways and was badly sprained. My ankle is still not completely normal, and after falling I was not sure whether I would get back on the skateboard, because now I am scared. After rethinking it now though, I may try skateboarding again, it is a learning experience.
ReplyDeleteThe previous post is mine, I did not realize my name was not attached to it.
ReplyDeleteMy grandmother is the smartest person I know. She's pioneered techniques in the networking field back when computers were new and she even taught herself the majority of things required to become a technician back then. She figured out things on her own that would normally require years of schooling to even attempt. She truly is a profound woman. She's also crazy. Not the senile type of crazy, but she has some very odd beliefs that don't make sense in the least: she firmly believes that she was abducted by aliens in the 90's, and she has the standard California complex of astrology and crystal healing. I was genuinely curious on why she believed these things with full confidence. She gave me about an hour long lecture over theology and philosophy; non that made sense. It actually made me think she was even more crazy.
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