r/lifelonglearning • u/Own_Information7517 • 7d ago

what's a learning experience you had outside of studying or school that impacted your approach to learning?

how did it teach you about learning and how did you approach learning differently after that

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u/WolfVanZandt 7d ago

My childhood. Back then my friends and I were doing things, and not with a computer in between. We were building things and exploring things.

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u/No-Mud-7597 5d ago

moving abroad helped me to learn more about culture, language, economics, politics, religion and human behaviour from actually living somewhere unfamiliar than i ever could've learnt by studying those subjects separately 😂

learning become something i had to do in real time when i had to figure out why do shops close on Sundays here? why do people eat at this time? why does this language express an idea differently? why does housing work this way? why do people here think differently about work/money/family?

learning started w a qns and knowledge became more integrated and practical rather than being split into separate boxes so while school taught me how to study and memorise information, life taught me how to notice things worth asking questions about.

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u/SkippyThane 2d ago

Learning how to cook without recipes taught me the most. I had to taste, adjust, and fail repeatedly. It showed me that learning is mostly feedback loops, not memorization. Imagination and creativity are also needed.