#learning through experience

“Crepuscular!” He was getting desperate now, having exhausted his list of the most obscure words. His face fell as I gave him the definition. He tried another and scowled… “How do you do that?”

“I read.” The words he dangled before me, trying to catch me out, may not be common in verbal usage, but they have cropped up often enough in books to learn their meaning through meeting them in different…

“Crepuscular!” He was getting desperate now, having exhausted his list of the most obscure words. His face fell as I gave him the definition. He tried another and scowled… “How do you do that?”

“I read.” The words he dangled before me, trying to catch me out, may not be common in verbal usage, but they have cropped up often  enough in books to learn their meaning through meeting them in…

Growing up and learning with the children

by Ahmet Abdulaziz……..

Life is the name of constant struggle, and to struggle we must know, whereas to know we must learn. This is the chain that keeps us on run the whole of our lives. The never-ending process of learning is what we constantly go through. (more…)

When she felt her pain, the ground trembled beneath her, and it not only affected her, it affected everyone else within her world. Though she was completely on her own, shapes in the dark moved all around her, revealing themselves to be monsters. The voices yelled at her to shut up and do her work that dug herself deeper into her misery. She screamed and screamed until she was aware of what she had caused.

Now the other girl, she had already felt her pain, and consequently made everyone miserable. But now she knew the time for crying was over. She had to do her best, not just for herself, but for the people she cared about. She spoke calmly, thought rationally, and focused hard on living in the moment. She made a good decision and was already planning her next action.

“Crepuscular!” He was getting desperate now, having exhausted his list of the most obscure words. His face fell as I gave him the definition. He tried another and scowled… “How do you do that?”

“I read.” The words he dangled before, trying to catch me out, may not be common in verbal usage, but they have cropped up often  enough in books to learn their meaning through meeting them in different…

The cyclist sailed straight off of the pavement and onto the road. Thankfully, I’d seen him look over his shoulder and was already braking, otherwise it could have been messy. I drive a fair bit and have, over the years, learned, as you do, to read and anticipate what is going on around me. It doesn’t mean I’ll always get it right, it just means I am, like the vast majority of drivers, keeping…