We all have multiple skills, multiple intelligence, multiple adept qualities that make us who we are. Some of them we learn at school, or at work, or at home, at church, on a boat, online, from our teachers, from our preachers, from our parents, from our peers. But no matter what they are, we've learned them and, at some level, mastered them. Earlier psychologists believed personal traits are innate, genetic, intrinsic while others argue that they’re developed, environmental and altering. The studies of modern psychology lead us to believe that it’s actually the combination of both that deliver us our personal traits. Why am I saying all these? And where does this knowledge come from?
I am convinced I learned this from, among many things, but am not entirely won over that one has to finish all 20 years of scholarly penance in order to go somewhere, be someone, in this world. Not that I’m hating on school here, if that’s what you think. Merely stating the fact that not everything we learn at school are useful, like how everything we learn in the streets are not necessarily beneficial.
As I’ve already said but will repeat again to erase any misgivings you have on the topic: I am no school-hater. In fact, I’m in school, and although I’m not the sharpest needle in the sewing kit (because those needles hurt), I try to keep up and absorb everything I can while I still can. But sometimes I find that some things they teach us—like the size of the sun or the distance from the earth to the sun—are NTK (Nice To Know) but don’t have purpose in my knowing. Now I know for you sun-geeks that this information “is like, the biggest revelation ever since Copernicus said the earth circled the sun” but where I currently have no plans to go on a cruise trip to Jupiter, it doesn’t impact me in the big way it does to you, sun-geeks.
Okay, I think I’ve gone really off-topic here but my point is that there are special skills that we can develop that we don’t really need to go to school for in order to improve. Like photography, caring, cooking, conversationalism, listening, speaking languages, writing, singing, and even fast reading. And although we can always take courses to improve these areas, they’re not necessarily learned in school and may be developed by discussions, watching videos, listening to audio tapes, looking at samples, reading, googling, etc. So yeah, go ahead and improve yourself, sister / brother! Go google a special skill today!
2 comments:
People can learn a lot from different kinds of sources, school happens to be one of them. My school in particular was pointless, I learned nothing from the whole process. Many schools of course are not like mine, they actually teach you valuable stuff there, but these schools are rare to find. As you said schools aren't the only thing people need for learning. Humans in general, find different ways of gaining knowledge and developing skill, they want and like. It all depends on whther you are passionate about what you do. :-) Completely agree with your post :-)
at least you had the experience? lol, i hope it wasnt all bad! Yeah, I agree. Studying isnt studying if there's passion. Learning wouldn't be such a challenge if we learn to love it :) Thanks keit!
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