Being CS

Learning Done Right

I have been reading this little guide to historic Japanese culture. In there I found this paragraph, with every student and teacher at Stanford (and anywhere else) should read carefully and take to heart:

Even so, quite a few people seem to feel that merely to concentrate on acquiring a skill is somehow unsatisfactory, and seek, in addition, personal relationships -- by arranging parties with fellow students in the same course, or by planning trips with them. And just as people seek, thus, to relate hobbies and skills back to human relationships again, so one frequently hears expressions suggesting that human relationships can, conversely, be seen in educational terms. Common expressions suggest that there is much to be learnt and gained from the process of mutual "rubbing-off of corners" in relations with friends and acquaintances. People say, too, that " There is always something to be learned from anybody," or that "The teacher is often taught."

Everyday I sit in classes with brilliant people from whom I could learn so much, and who might learn something from me, but yet, we never speak, and this opportunity is lost. Overcoming this is my main reason for being in ISIS. Posted by Can Sar at April 15, 2004 11:06 PM to category Miscellaneous | TrackBack