Seven Observations on Learning

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Seven Observation on Learning

    1. “No product of the human mind can be legitimately damned, praised, or discarded until it has been allowed a preliminary hearing. There is neither safety nor salvation in ignorance.” This exemplifies that there are going to be different type of people in college with different beliefs. It is your choice on how you want to view the beliefs, but the most important lesson is to listen to their ideas first and learn from. This shows a valuable characteristics in humans is to respect each other and forget about their differences because the most important thing is to learn from one another. Also important in college on how one interacts with people due to diversity.

    2. “The procedures by which one gains knowledge are often unavoidably difficult, frustrating, and tedious... If it were, the world would be full of learned people.” I agree with this statement because learning is a very difficult process and if it was easy one would not have to teach because the world would be full of intelligent people. However, that is not the case, even though a teacher may make it easier, but it is up to the individual to decide what they do with their knowledge. That is why one must find different ways to learn to fit one's satisfaction of getting a complete result.

    3. “What you hear in the classroom can and should provide you with the foundation of knowledge, but the edifice you erect upon those stones is your own responsibility, and that edifice should tower far above its foundations.” The educators will provide you with the knowledge to proceed onto the next step, but it is up to the individual to decide what they do with that knowledge. People learn in differently but the material they receive is the same. Also you should not follow other knowledge and paths instead take the knowledge provided for you and use it in your own way so you can become successful.