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Happiness

Ever the Student

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Birthday

I just celebrated another birthday and although some could panic at another year gone by, I’m learning that each year brings new opportunity to learn. I have many things on my list including learning how to:

  • write children’s books and finish mine plus a few more
  • get my newly minted book(s) published
  • let go of things I cannot control
  • be as good a friend as mine are
  • relax
  • meditate (for real, not just sitting and wishing those random thoughts would go away)
  • be kinder and gentler

One thing I’ve learned so far: never say never and never say always, because absolutes simply don’t roll in this crazy little thing called life.

Photo courtesy of Theresa Thompson

Parenting

Learning to Learn

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Education

My son has been receiving materials from universities interested in him attending their schools. Swarthmore College, located in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, sent a small booklet of a Keynote Address given to an audience of 8th, 9th, and 10th graders and their parents. The address was held at a Youth Odyssey Series sponsored by the Institute for the Academic Advancement of Youth. In it, the benefits of pursuing a liberal arts degree are discussed.

Although my boys both have scientific minds, and are hoping to become engineers, I like the gist of this address: pursue an education for the sake of learning how to learn, and how to enjoy learning. “And the experience of learning joyfully becomes ingrained in the person so that learning becomes a habit that not only continues but deepens through life, whatever career we choose to be in.”

My hope is that every child has that chance.

Photo courtesy of BK.