Depends on the teacher, subject and student's learning style.
Some of us are not studious. Some of us are just sponges that sit in class and soak the fluid information that spurts forth from the fountains of knowledge in front of us.
But I can see how from your viewpoint this quote would certainly ring true.
i'm convinced that 'knowledge' is a malunderstood notion. i'm more interested in the process of learning -- the HOW we learn things -- than i am about what it seems we are learning about. learning and memory always involve some sort of interest, even if accidental interest... and no one can demonstrate interest -- only what they may be interested IN. i believe that this quote has nothing to do with being studious at all, though that may be included somewhere if one cared to. if you've read The Pilgrimage, or anything else by Coelho, you'd probably also note that he's not talking about our perverse sense of teacher-student-classroom-textbook-homework-education-system-type "learning."
and, i'm sorry to break the bubble, but i'm not studious, as so many people misinterpret about me. i am passionate. i learn (with or without effort or direct intention) simply because i care about things. it's too easy to label someone else as 'studious' or 'athletic' in order to imply what we are NOT. it works as an often unconscious excuse to avoid doing what we're afraid might change or challenge us (god forbid). not to say that that's what you're doing here; but we all do it often enough. best we become aware of it, i think.
Words, words, words. All I meant by studious is that you spend a culturally unusual amount of time in study, and you study a lot because you're passionate about what you study. I didn't mean to imply a damn' thing save what the word denotes. I'm not exactly currently privy to the philosophical connotations you're attaching to words. Though I suppose you're right - I was implying that I don't study, because I spend all my free time indulging in fiction. (I am also unathletic.)
I've never read any Coelho, nor am I likely to, unless he's written a compelling scifi novel.
With your explanation, I suppose I get it better. That's the danger with a blog like this - it lacks the instant responses that allow you to read confusion, telling you what to explain.
yep, i'm a stickler for words. and the connotations are not necessarily so philosophical, either. anyway, i apologize for any seeming aggression or confusion about the whole thing. you're right -- it's hard to read what we can't see.
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Depends on the teacher, subject and student's learning style.
Some of us are not studious. Some of us are just sponges that sit in class and soak the fluid information that spurts forth from the fountains of knowledge in front of us.
But I can see how from your viewpoint this quote would certainly ring true.
i'm convinced that 'knowledge' is a malunderstood notion. i'm more interested in the process of learning -- the HOW we learn things -- than i am about what it seems we are learning about. learning and memory always involve some sort of interest, even if accidental interest... and no one can demonstrate interest -- only what they may be interested IN. i believe that this quote has nothing to do with being studious at all, though that may be included somewhere if one cared to. if you've read The Pilgrimage, or anything else by Coelho, you'd probably also note that he's not talking about our perverse sense of teacher-student-classroom-textbook-homework-education-system-type "learning."
and, i'm sorry to break the bubble, but i'm not studious, as so many people misinterpret about me. i am passionate. i learn (with or without effort or direct intention) simply because i care about things. it's too easy to label someone else as 'studious' or 'athletic' in order to imply what we are NOT. it works as an often unconscious excuse to avoid doing what we're afraid might change or challenge us (god forbid). not to say that that's what you're doing here; but we all do it often enough. best we become aware of it, i think.
Words, words, words. All I meant by studious is that you spend a culturally unusual amount of time in study, and you study a lot because you're passionate about what you study. I didn't mean to imply a damn' thing save what the word denotes. I'm not exactly currently privy to the philosophical connotations you're attaching to words. Though I suppose you're right - I was implying that I don't study, because I spend all my free time indulging in fiction. (I am also unathletic.)
I've never read any Coelho, nor am I likely to, unless he's written a compelling scifi novel.
With your explanation, I suppose I get it better. That's the danger with a blog like this - it lacks the instant responses that allow you to read confusion, telling you what to explain.
yep, i'm a stickler for words. and the connotations are not necessarily so philosophical, either. anyway, i apologize for any seeming aggression or confusion about the whole thing. you're right -- it's hard to read what we can't see.
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