Week 1, exercise 2

I believe the easiest lifelong learning habit for me is to accept myself as a "competent and effective learner." Many years ago I took a test called the Cooter Preference test. This test involved taking a pin and pushing it through multiple choice answers for questions that were to lead one to the best possible career. Although it is true that it was a "take-home" test and many of us completed it on the bus ride home which likely caused the pin to occasionally pierce the incorrect response, the result came back to me that I should follow the career path to become a milliner. Now a milliner in case you do not know it is a hat maker. Now even though this test was given during the "Happy Days" epoch, one would have starved making hats. I set aside this suggestion and probably had several guidance counsellors roll over in their graves by entering education, teaching at various levels including university teaching and garnering several diplomas and certifications. So the real lesson in this is to sometimes take the suggestions of counsellors with a grain of salt and also to have confidence that despite some early assessments, you can indeed maximize your potential by study and dedication.

The most difficult competency for me to currently pursue at this stage of life is to find time to play. The play that concerns me is the time to "play" with technology. Many of my students have the innate ability to use technology that often requires me to study manuals and I believe this is because they spend so much time with computers. I believe some children are placed directly on keyboards that are underneath their crib bedding. When I retire, I hope I have time to play but I suspect it will be at the beach and have little to do with technology unless it is reading a GPS on a boat.

Hello!

I am pleased so far that my re-entry into blog cyberspace is working. If I am fortunate, I will be able to republish my avatar which was a suprising likeness of me. Regards!

Greetings!

Hello. This is my second attemp to create this blog. My first attempt was lost and perhaps still exists in cyberspace. If you discover it, please fire a photon torpedo into it. Regards.