Two Styles of Educating Ones Self
Education, is it strictly confined to the classrooms, or it is more than that. Can a person really learn more outside on their own, in Keith Gilyard’s “First Lesson”, he had already been educated on life before he had cut teeth. Learning can happen at any time if you try to educate yourself or if life feels like it’s time to be taught. Frederick Douglass explains in “How I Learned to Read and Write”, the ways in which he took education into his own hands and formed his own classroom throughout his daily life. These two authors show two distinct styles on how to educate yourself, rather your teacher is life choices or if your teacher is a Mr. or Mrs. Whether you perceive education as a burden or the holy grail it is important, because if you pay attention at the right moments you can learn amazing things from books or just your eyes. …show more content…
“I hadn’t yet cut a tooth when I received my first omen”, (Gilyard 277) gives insight into how learning isn’t just for adults but at any age lessons will begin. These teachings can and probably will be the greatest lesson that are learned by anyone. The famous lesson of don’t touch the hot surface, I’m sure that everyone has learned goes to show that people all learn the same if there smart enough to understand. It seems that more and more children these days are learning more from Gilyard’s style of education due to lower living conditions in cities around the nations. I agree with that learn by experience is a great way to inform oneself, due to the fact if you fail you need to reevaluate the situation to come up with the solution to prevail and overcome your
Education, is it strictly confined to the classrooms, or it is more than that. Can a person really learn more outside on their own, in Keith Gilyard’s “First Lesson”, he had already been educated on life before he had cut teeth. Learning can happen at any time if you try to educate yourself or if life feels like it’s time to be taught. Frederick Douglass explains in “How I Learned to Read and Write”, the ways in which he took education into his own hands and formed his own classroom throughout his daily life. These two authors show two distinct styles on how to educate yourself, rather your teacher is life choices or if your teacher is a Mr. or Mrs. Whether you perceive education as a burden or the holy grail it is important, because if you pay attention at the right moments you can learn amazing things from books or just your eyes. …show more content…
“I hadn’t yet cut a tooth when I received my first omen”, (Gilyard 277) gives insight into how learning isn’t just for adults but at any age lessons will begin. These teachings can and probably will be the greatest lesson that are learned by anyone. The famous lesson of don’t touch the hot surface, I’m sure that everyone has learned goes to show that people all learn the same if there smart enough to understand. It seems that more and more children these days are learning more from Gilyard’s style of education due to lower living conditions in cities around the nations. I agree with that learn by experience is a great way to inform oneself, due to the fact if you fail you need to reevaluate the situation to come up with the solution to prevail and overcome your