What I Have Learned

What I Have Learned

When I think about what counts as learning to me, I think about my life.  Just being able to live in this world to me is a learning experience, because I feel that my life is full of lessons and I believe that it takes lessons to learn in life.  I feel that I have learned to understand learning more and to also understand the value of learning.  As I get older I can comprehend subject matters more than I could ever do before.  I am learning to be more serious and I find myself not taking life for granted anymore.

I also feel that maturing counts as learning for me because growing up I was continuously being called immature.  For me, maturing counts as learning because I find myself doing things I never thought I would be doing, like going to college, for example.  I am learning that I am getting a chance to attend college and to have the chance to make something out of myself.  I feel this way because I realized that a lot of people do not get a chance to go to college and make something out of their lives.  Since I have this chance, I will take full advantage while I am in college.  I have learned that I need to concentrate more if I want to make it through college.  I need to concentrate more because I know college is not like high school and I really did not concentrate in high school.  College is also a big learning experience for me because it is helping me to get rid of bad habits that I used to have.  These bad habits include things like not being prepared for when I have to take a test and not studying.

I realized that I needed better study habits when I did not pass my first test in college.  I did bad because I did not study; that was an old habit I was used to and the main reason I did bad on my test.  Now I have learned that I have to study to pass a test; I realized this is not high school anymore.  I feel that I have to get rid of bad habits in order to make room for better habits that I need for everyday life.  I am learning...