I Wish I Knew Then What I Know Now - by Julia Smith
How do I learn? This is a question that I ask myself all the time. What hinders and what helps my learning? Before I came to Blue Sky School, I was only ever exposed to one type of learning style. That was the teacher at the front of the classroom explaining a concept and then giving us a worksheet. This worked for me. I didn't have any trouble learning this way, but I was bored. This stunted my creativity. I never felt like I had an opportunity to take my work to the next level or challenge myself. It was the same thing day after day. I had always thought that this was the only way of teaching/learning. When I came to Blue Sky I learned that there are actually many different ways of learning. At Blue Sky we don’t call our “teachers” teachers, we call them coaches. Something that our coaches say a lot is, “Everyone learns in different ways on different days.” I was really excited to discover what type of learner I ...