Random Thoughts from an In-Class Prompt

In my educational technology class, my professor gave us prompts to write about the following four things:

Name something that you have learned in the last year

Name something you have learned in the last 24 hours

Describe a “best of” learning experiences

Describe an experience in which you didn’t learn

I picked:

Name something you have learned in the last 24 hours

· There is a such thing as “frenemies”

· Follow your passion

· Don’t let your past hold you back

· Family always has your best interest at heart

· Love

First subject on my mind today would be to not let my past hold me back. Sometimes people do things that they are not too proud of but that shouldn’t be a weight over my head. Other people may look at it as one but I MUST be the optimistic person. I must keep moving because God knows my passion, my heart and my goals (hopefully ours are the same.) People make mistakes BUT it is how they go about correcting the mistakes that makes them a genuine person. I have learned to not focus on my past but my BRIGHT future that lies ahead. If God is for me then who can (successfully) be against me? NO ONE!

Secondly, I have learned that I MUST follow my passion. No ifs, ands, or buts! If I cannot see myself doing it for free then why the hell would I do it at all? People are in a lot of professions for the money but I believe that you have to genuinely follow your heart or at the end of the day you will continually be asking yourself, “WHY?”

Frenemies, how many of us have them? It is amazing to me how the people you can hold closest to your heart can do the most horrid things, or NOT do anything at all. I have learned within the last 24 hours that the people I need to hold closest to me is my family. They have YET to let me down and I do not believe that they will. I recently lost two best friends, I am not sure if they know it yet but I do. I feel that if I cannot trust you with my love, my heart or my emotions than who can I trust? People just aren’t made the same anymore.

Love. People throw the word love around like it is a game of hot potato! But it isn’t! Think before you speak. The type of love that I want in my life is the type that would fight for me, live for me, die for me, believe in me and trust me. Did you just answer yes to all five things? If so, give me a call. If not, reconsider.

What is learning?

Hmmm.

Learning.

Learning for me is not necessarily knowledge like information for academics but real life learning. I feel as if most professions should not go to college but I feel as if you go for the learning experiences. Am I making sense?

To be continued...

Love, Brittanie-Claire