So I've been thinking a lot lately about how I've changed since key points such as the end of high school, the end of 1st year undergrad, and even how I've changed in the last 3 months of being at grad school. My questions is this:
Do you feel like you've learned anything?
And I don't mean learned in just the sense of what you've been taught, though that could be part of the answer. But rather what you've learned about yourself and what you've learned about people in general.
Clearly most of us are smarter and more knowledgeable. But intelligence and wisdom are two different things.
"The fool doth think he is wise. The wise man knows himself to be a fool."
Thanks Will. You're pretty on top of things for a 500 year old dead guy.
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But of course! I'm always learning things about myself and those around me and indeed about people in general.
My blog is perhaps a good representation of that.
Yes.
I'm always said that University is less a place to get an education in a certain subject but instead a place to get in education in how to be a person.
And, like Ming says, if you're mindful of what goes on around you, then you're constantly learning.
I know I am.
i don´t think my fundamental character has changed much since highschool, i still value certain qualities in people and criticize others but i like to think i have become a little more tolerant of people, or at least more willing to admit that i misjudged them at first. some of my closest friends mow are people i judged very harshly at first.i have a feeling that the biggest change will come in this next year or so for me, i´ve never questioned so many fundamental things at once and i´m sure it will have some interesting results. werd.
For the love of goodness - YES!
Every day that I wake up I learn something new. I learn about who I am, what I love and what I need.
I think that if we hadn't learned anything, and if we weren't open to learning more, then our lives would end up being pretty mundane and might even feel quite worthless.
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