Jack and Jill

One of my biggest struggles this year has been changing my learning strategy. In high school, grades came easy to me. I did not really have to try and was rewarded, through grades, for my lack of effort. Through the realization of what quality learning is, this learning just for a grade is something I am trying to avoid. I believe that a quality education comes from attaining and retaining knowledge. It is not based solely on test scores but on what you take out of the class and how it affects your life. 

In my own education, I now try to strive for quality education where I really learn something from the class that moves past the answers on the test. As I said above, I did not do this in high school which normally resulted in me forgetting most things after the test. I knew the information for the test and that was it. It meant nothing more to me. However in college, I have seen my goal shift to actually understanding and implementing the skills I use outside of the class. I measure my quality of my learning in my classes normally based on if I am paying attention or not, if I am just sitting in class staring at the teacher or if my mind is actually engaging what the professor is saying which results in actual gaining and retaining of knowledge. Hopefully, I will be able to continue this goal. I am here to learn, with quality learning, and I hope to take every opportunity to do so.