From This Day On Part I

Too much time wasted on nothing. So, I wanna try something. I guess it can be a project... Im not doing very well right now. Still waiting for my call back. Still trying to do math. Still not knowning as many vocabs or reading as many books as I intended to. Still not jogging everday. It just seem like Im falling short in so many areas. Still, at the end of the day, I dont know why, but none of that stuff matters that much to me. Doesnt matter how many motivational speech or inspiration quotes, everything seems to loses its purposes after that height of emotion pass.

My friend said something to me the other day that keeps bugging me. Its one of those things thats just disturbing. She said Im a poor self evaluator and I always let my pride get in way. This pride is hindering my learning. I wanted to deny it but I thought back, and shes right.

I want to change that. Especially since pride got in the way with my relationship with Ranny and I vowed (lol) to eliminate anything that will hurt my relationship. So this summer, I am going learn to be a better learner. Maybe make this world a better place, simply because this is something that God wants right... and it helps with motivation... it sounds simple...

According to my research, before we get the receipt for being a good learner (then lifelong learners). I found some important concepts.

- Learning is a sport, you must make what you learn apart of yourself
- you can learn anything when you put your mind to it
-perseveres and does not become frustrated or discouraged when items are not easily understood at first.
-A good learner will realize that in many instances, learning is not always a spontaneous event, but something that is realized over a period of time.

Now comes the what I call it the 10 Learning Commandments!!

1. willing to put some time and effort into it - don't expect it just to happen.
2. study regularly and frequently
3. always think of yourself as a beginner
4. have a method: prepare,participate, review (on time and regularly)
5. able to share (ideas and knowledge)
6. remains focused on the subject matter at hand until it is well ingrained.
7. have good time mgmt skills
8. monitor the accuracy of what they say, noticing the teacher's corrections and reformulations and learning from them
9. take every opportunity to practise, including talking to themselves
10. goal orientated and self-efficacy

Thatès it for today. Not feeling very well right now. Need to sleep. Nite