Wednesday, October 24, 2007

7 1/2 Habits of Highly Successful Lifelong Learners

I took the online tutorial and it was okay. I'm not crazy about other people telling me what to do or how to think, however.

I do agree that life-long learning usually takes place outside of a learning institution. The main thing I learned in library school was how to draw rainbows (I drew in class to pass the time). I only learned how to be a librarian by actually being a librarian.

The seven steps were interesting but I'm not sure how they would apply to me. The first step of setting up goals scared me a little. I love being in a library because I like to browse the shelves and just lose myself in the books. I usually never know what book I will pick up and have no plans in mind. I usually pick up a book based on the cover, or if the title looks interesting. Does that make me a lifelong learner failure? I hope not!!!

The only step that I liked was step number #7 and a half, to play. I do love playing basketball ;)

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