I do not believe in this myth for a few reasons. One reason is that with time, experiences do influence different areas of learning. Some examples of that are dealing with abortion, buying a used car, and capital punishment. These examples teach students how to cope, how to deal with a business and how to deal with finances. All of which can be taught and learned within a classroom as well as outside of a classroom. Another reason is that campus involvement and extracurricular activities contribute to the influence of learning through intellectual and social experiences. Many do not see the impact that outside learning does to a student, which is sometimes more than in a classroom. Outside the classroom is when they learn to deal with the real life …show more content…
Joining a national fraternity, Tau Kappa Epsilon, has helped me gain better social skills and with that, it has helped me become a better learner and student. Also, I do not attend an ivy league school, but I believe myself to be a high quality student and apply myself just as much as an ivy league student would at their institution. Another experience I have had with these myths is actually here at Southern with lectures. Lecturing is not a successful way of getting a student to learn or even want to learn. I myself tend to lose interest in my lectures because there is no type of student involvement whatsoever. Not having this tends to have my peers and I frustrated with the class because we do not believe we can learn with a teacher just writing things on a board and talking about it for more than an hour on