HOW TO BECOME A LIFELONG LEARNER

It's special holiday today. Actually it was yesterday that was National Heroes' Day. It's the President who declared today a non-working holiday. I stayed at home all day. I cleaned my room, rearranged the messy papers. I love papers! And I found this Vision Planner 2005. On its last page I read about "HOW TO BECOME A LIFELONG LEARNER". And I want to share it with you.

1. START WITH YOUR ATTITUDE- Lifelong learning begins with a heart that desires change, wisdom, and application.

2. ASK QUESTIONS- Learners ask good questions. They possess an insatiable curiosity-- a longing to know, discover, inquire. Ask questions that get below the surface.

3. JOIN OTHERS- Collaborative learning-- in classes, small groups, with friends and colleagues-- allow us to benefit from diverse perspectives and approaches. People are a gold mine of learning that is tapped through conversation.

4. CHECK OUT THE OTHER SIDE- Take time to examine and understand another point of view, even if it radically contradicts yours. You may see things in a new light or you may have your old convictions that have never been tested remain flabby.

5. READ BROADLY- Include a diversity of books, authors, and topics. Resist the temptation to read only those books that reinforce what you already believe.

6. KEEP A JOURNAL- Recording what we learn captures our growth in wisdom. (The good example is the blog. It's an online journal that is not only you who could read it but also others.)

7. EXPERIMENT- Try new approaches and ideas. Age does not affect your ability to learn. An-eight-year-old can learn to surf the net like an eighteen-year-old.

8. APPLY WHAT YOU KNOW- Our depth of understanding is often directly related to our ability to apply what we've learned. Application takes knowledge from the head to the heart.

I hope I can apply all of these.