Learning Process

Well students, we are one month into the new school year and the beauty of school is it flows differently for everyone. For each of you these four weeks have either been the fastest four weeks or the slowest four weeks. No matter what these four weeks have been for you, before you know it we will be celebrating the end of another school year. Hopefully in between the start and the finish you will learn some important lessons from you classes and from your interactions with friends and teachers. So my thinking today is focusing on what is the ideal learning process for you? Here is an old Chinese proverb, "I hear, and I forget. I see, and I remember. I do, and I understand." How could this statement work in your behalf, or in other words how could you use this statement in your learning?

Jordan Wisdom

In honor of the Great Michael Jordan's induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame over the weekend, who by the way was the greatest to ever step onto the basketball court, I thought we would draw our topic for discussion from his 2005 autobiography Driven From Within Michael Jordan. In his first chapter titled Earned, Michael stated,

"I wanted to prove what I could do. When my play started providing me with rewards, then I wanted to prove I deserved them. I never felt the desire to rest on what I had accomplished. I never felt like I deserved to drive a Bentley when I got my first contract, or live in a mansion. Those things might be symbols of success to some people, but there are a lot of people who confuse symbols with actual success. ...NOTHING OF VALUE COMES WITHOUT BEING EARNED."

So my thinking and the question that I want to pose is this, How does Mr. Jordan's statement about symbols being confused for actual success, fit into the world of school? How are symbols of success and actual success confused during your high school career?

The First Post

Welcome to the first posting of Youthful Musing! This is going to be a great year! Remember to come back often to see the comments of your fellow students, and for new thought provoking discussions. I am excited to read and learn from all who participates this school year. Remember take your time and be intent with your deep thinking and comments. Well, let us begin with our first thought inducing discussion.

One of the greatest gifts we have in our lives is the ability to think, reason and learn. They are powerful tools that can be a benefit to us, all of our lives, not just in school. To truly be successful in our lives, we need to realize that self-improvement through educating ourselves and learning is a lifelong process. High school should be a time to practice and develop our ability to learn. Basically now is the time to learn how to learn. High school is the only place where you don't need to fear failure, so try new ways to learn, who knows you may learn something new. Now, my question for you is, what specific things will you do this year to improve your ability to learn?