#earning

Instead of going to college, I spent my time out on the road learning how to be a better musician. ↗

— Miranda Lambert

#college #going #how #i #instead

For a small child there is no division between playing and learning; between the things he or she does just for fun and things that are educational. The child learns while living and any part of living that is enjoyable is also play. ↗

— Penelope Leach

#any #between #child #division #does

That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#life #new #new way #something #suddenly

What makes this story so remarkable is that throughout my early childhood I had ongoing learning difficulties, particularly in mathematics. I struggled to learn the multiplication table, and no matter how hard I tried, I simply couldn't remember 6 times 7 or 7 times 8. ↗

— Andrew Lo

#difficulties #early #early childhood #had #hard

Even institutions of State, such as the judiciary, were seriously weakened, to the extent that the citizenry justifiably feared a breakdown in law and order. The business community was hit by a slump in sales and confidence, leading to reduced earnings and loss of jobs. ↗

— Kamisese Mara

#business #business community #citizenry #community #confidence

Responsibility for learning belongs to the student, regardless of age. ↗

— Robert Martin

#belongs #learning #regardless #responsibility #student

I did stand-up comedy for 18 years. Ten of those years were spent learning, four years were spent refining, and four years were spent in wild success. I was seeking comic originality, and fame fell on me as a byproduct. The course was more plodding than heroic. ↗

— Steve Martin

#comedy #comic #course #did #fame

Under these conditions it is not astonishing that learning was highly prized; in fact, my parents made sacrifices to be able to give their children a good education. ↗

— Simon van der Meer

#astonishing #children #conditions #education #fact

I would go to parties and say I was an editor, and people, especially women – and that was important to me back then – would say, “Oh, really?” and raise their eyebrows and look at me a little more carefully. I remember the first party I went to after I became a teacher, someone asked me what I did for a living, and I said, “Well, I teach high school.” He looked over my shoulder, nodded his head, said, “I went to high school,” and walked away. Once I repeated this anecdote around a big table full of Mexican food in the garden at a place called La Choza in Chicago, and Becky Mueller, another teacher at the school, said that I was a “storyteller.” I liked that. I was looking for something to be other than “just” a teacher, and “storyteller” felt about right. I am a teacher and a storyteller in that order. I have made my living and my real contribution to my community as a teacher, and I have been very lucky to have found that calling, but all through the years I have entertained myself and occasionally other people by telling stories. ↗

— Peter Ferry

#careers #humor #learning #teaching #travel

A wise man will hear, and will increase in learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels. ↗

— Anonymous

#learning #life #wisdom #inspirational