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Learning is the process of acquiring any new skill, knowledge, behavior, taste, or habit. Learning has to do with change acquired through experience. This paper studies a personal learning experience in relation to aspects of the learning theory.

Learning Experience

I have a dislike for alcohol, especially when it’s at a party or an event. I have come to feel alcohol is not need to have a good time or nice evening. My dislike for alcohol developed from one evening that started out harmless. I can remember a formal learning experience I had as if it happened last a few hours ago. I was excited to be graduating high school and decided to have some fun with a few friends of mine. I believe I made an unsound decision, going out on the town without having a solid plan. Not having a good going out plan or back up plan usually can turn a harmless night into a horrible one. Everyone was having a really good time with one another, laughing, talking, drinking and just good fun. By the end of the night, I knew it was getting to the time I wanted to be home by so I asked who was ready to go home. One friend responded that they were ready to leave and so was another. Without thinking about anything but being in my bed I thought lets go. I didn’t stop to weigh the consequences of what we had done and was about to do. I should have called my older brother, who I knew was getting off of work and was going to be heading home. Instead I ignored my feeling and got into the care with my friends that we going home. The choice I made was not a smart one, but I would have to live and deal with it all the same. Getting ready to graduate high school, was the age I was excited and wanted to have a good time. The problem that could and would follow wasn’t anything that was at the forefront of any of our mines.

My friend, who is driving is just as intoxicated and everyone else if not more is driving without caution on a busy interstate. He didn’t take the time to...