bikehikebabe told me about this video. The little otter resisting his swim lesson reminds me of the many times I dragged my feet over learning some new life lesson. Have you ever felt that way?
Thanks to bikehikebabe, Mike, Looney, gaelikaa, Cathy and Rummuser for commenting on last week’s post.
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I do it all the time. Tom tries to teach me computer lessons. He starts way above me, no foundation. I never get it. He’s patient, I’m not. But his explanations are way over my head. I’m busy & there are more satisfying things to do. Lesson over!
bikehikebabe,
It’s nice to have a choice, isn’t it? The poor baby otters need to learn to swim and dive if they’re going to survive later in life.
Oh yes indeed. When computers were first introduced, I thought that the whole thing was silly and my secretary would handle it. I had to be taken screaming and wailing to learn to use it.
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The main thing I appreciate learning from others is a foreign language. You have to be dragged along and you won’t get it right without the help of someone who is already fluent.
Other than that, I will keep the video in mind the next time I try to teach my wife how to swim!
I think my main problem is that I’m scared that it won’t get into my head/brain whatever I’m supposed to be learning and putting down at the exam/test/whatever.
This last week, I went to see one of my lecturers about the forthcoming essay. As soon as she saw me at the door she assumed: “have you come to see me about the test?”
I said “no, the essay”…and we moved on. Once I have done a exam/test – it is done. Not much point in turning back the clock – just a point of moving forward. In actual fact, some people seem to be able to look at lecture notes and know what they did wrong – I can usually not recall!
I’m learning to ‘swim’ with a much different challenge right now as I have a project for Music182 where I have to be a fictional person doing something musical and producing a Press Release! I’ve now started some ‘fictional lyrics’ and that has been quite fun as such…
I am using a recent life experience to do this. I might put it up on my webpage journal if it looks OK after I am done. It’s not what people expect me to DO!!
Cathy in NZ´s last [type] ..Some Good- some Questionable
Rummuser,
A lot of us are glad they insisted you learn to use the computer!
Looney,
Good luck in teaching your wife to swim. I hope she’s as good natured as the bay otter. Otherwise you might be in trouble.
Cathy,
At the moment I’m reviewing…learning more about…ancient history via The Teaching Company. I love that period and am glad I don’t have to take tests or write essays about it.
That would be fun if you could put your results on your web site.
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