10 on the 10th

 

Thanks to Leslie at Once Upon a Time Happily Everafter for the questions.

10 on the 10th.  The prompt for August is 10 questions about life-long learning.  Here are the questions.

1.    How old were you when you started school? Did you attend pre-kinder and/or kinder or go straight into first grade? I was 6 years old when I started first grade. We didn't have public kindergarten in my hometown back in the early 60's. I did go ONE day to a private kindergarten. I guess they allowed people to bring a friend one day.

2.    Were you a good student? What was your favorite subject? Yes, I was an excellent student. I'm a people pleaser and I'm a #1 on the enneagram and I'm competitive so I was always striving for the top grade. I loved Math and English. When my kids were little, I would ask them about their favorite subject - our son would always say "recess."

3.    As a child, did you take music lessons? Or play a sport? Do you still play an instrument now? Our family didn't have the money for extras like music lessons. We played neighborhood kickball and baseball but I never played organized sports until I was a young adult and I was the catcher on our church women's softball team. I was not a good player.

4.    Did you attend any kind of training or classes beyond high school? If so, what did you study?  Did you wind up working in a profession or job for which those classes or training prepared you? I took classes at a local junior college and also at a 4 year university but never got my degree. I would assume that my English classes would have prepared me and I've also taken classes on Excel and Publisher which I use often.

5.    Have you taken any personal growth or adult education classes for fun? During the year that was Covid, did you home school, learn a new app to work from home, teach yourself to do something you might have paid someone else to do for you? I'm actually meeting with an academic advisor on Friday to scope out my options. I did learn how to use Zoom during covid - lots of meetings via zoom and I taught and facilitated some classes on Zoom.

6.    What would you like to learn how to do that you don’t know how to do already? I took 4 Spanish classes in college and I should go back and relearn so that I can speak Spanish now.

7.    Name something that you learned easily. Then name something that was a struggle for you to learn to do. There have been two classes in my life where I struggled. I struggled with Geometry but I think it was the coach who taught our class. I also struggled with Psychology 101. The professor was a jack a** PLUS I had all four wisdom teeth cut out that semester with a two day stay in the hospital.

8.    What’s the last thing you remember learning? What kind of learner are you: visual, auditory, hands-on/kinesthetic, verbal, logical/mathematical? I'm always reading so I feel like I'm always learning. We recently had Eleanor from our church staff speak to our young professionals group about the Old Testament. She is our Children's minister but is also an Old Testament scholar. I learned several new things from her. I think I'm a hands-on learner and maybe somewhat of a visual learner. I'm definitely not an auditory learner. I can listen to a lecture but I need to take lots of notes so I can go back over it.

9.    Hard to teach an old dog new tricks, school of hard knocks, pass with flying colors, learn by heart, burn the midnight oil, pull an all-nighter, play hooky – which of these expression best fits your life lately? Why? I guess this week is burn the midnight oil . . . though I won't be staying up until midnight. We have at least one thing every single day and night this week. I'm trying to make sure I'm organized and have a list so I don't forget anything.

10. What is something you’ve learned from past mistakes? You can't always judge a book by its cover. Every time I judge someone by their appearance, I end up realizing that each person is unique and loved by God . . .and I need to remember that!

11. Bonus: Share your favorite learning/education quote. Does Dr. Seuss count? You have brains in your head, you have feet in your shoes, you can steer yourself any direction you choose.