Connections

I briefly mentioned in my introduction blog that I am always interested in learning new things, and working at an adult online college such as GSC has given me new perspective on what it means to learn.

When I speak with new students, the variety of professional and personal experiences that these folks bring to the table always amazes me. Past and present students of mine have started on the factory floor and moved up to Vice-President of the company, and others have racked up substantial credits from police academy training, or through the military.

No matter where we come from, it reminds me that learning is all around us. If I am looking up a word at www.dictionary.com or checking Google maps ( maps.google.com/maps ) to figure out how to get to our Lebanon NH college center or seeing someone on tv who wrote a textbook I head read in college, it's all about connecting bits of information together in new ways.

There is no doubt that all of the distractions and responsibilities that life presents us can take our attention away from all the things we can learn that are right in front of our faces. Right alongside juggling all of our day-to-day things is making sure that those things help us learn, rather than get in the way.