Why Is It Important To Participate In Learning?

To learn something new or to relearn something forgotten within the expanses of our minds, we, as learning creatures, require a catalyst to prompt the learning sequences. We, as humans, use life experiences and events to learn as well as to teach others something of relative importance to the learner to make a particular experience easier to accomplish repetitively or to cope better with trauma or experiences that we deem as difficult to handle.
Speaking personally now, I have never been successful in academics in primary school. It was never deemed “cool” or acceptable by my peers to participate in class, let alone to utilize what was learned throughout the day. I was subject to much ridicule by my classmates in 5 th grade for participating in science experiments in …show more content…
I was one of a very select few that had aced his final exam and to graduate on such a tightrope too! It would be years later that I would realize just how deluded I was. I knew the material. I applied the information in such an effective way that I would get an A+ on his final exam; the exam ALL students in Lawrenceburg dreaded to take. If I had done the homework in his class as well as my other classes, I could’ve graduated with honors instead of barely scraping by. I was setting myself up for living a life of mediocrity.
Needless to say, my study habits are almost non-existent. It wouldn’t be until I heard news that Kelly and I were having a daughter did my mind finally shift gears. For weeks I would go through a gamut of various emotions. Some coworkers would ask me if I was feeling alright, like I was sick, angry, or incredibly sad. To me, I felt fine. I would look in the mirror each morning and see nothing out of the ordinary, yet I was completely transparent to others. This is when I came to Christ whole-heartedly. I began at first with a small prayer that I wasn’t sure would reach, but I lost all other options. I asked, “Please God. Please help