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Not the (Math) Reflection You Had in Mind

 Hello, hello!👋

What's been going on? 

When I started my laptop today I wanted to write a post on my last read math book, but, I realized that I just have so much to say on another topic. I think is time to reflect on my last last two months as an official adult learner. 

I finished my English Studies 12 with excellent mark, and learned new English math terminology, while refreshing up my math skills with Pre-Calculus 12 (online Adult Education Course forever thankful to VSB on them).

  • I learned that plagiarism is treatable hahah at least, and how should I cite sources. You know I was doing that before, but know I'm 100% motivated to cite alwaaaays!

  • I learned so much on the topic of Indigenous people in Canada and generally in North America. Now I even have a favorite Indigenous designer. It's Jamie Okuma, oh my Goodness those booth of hers!  👢👢 You need to google her right away! In this moment! Ok, ok, just if you want, I'm not gonna be too pushy 😀

  • Also, I realized is that I need to work on my grammar. I went through my old posts, and I was able to recognize my mistakes, and if that's not a progress I don't know what is! 😀 But you know what? I'm not gonna correct them now. Nope! They are part of my path. I want them to be there, so I can go through them if sometimes I forget how far did I get up, and encourage myself to continue even further. Moreover, I think that opinion is popular nowadays; to embrace your mistakes and learn from them. There is no success without mistakes (oh, should I cite this, is this a quote hah) So, yes, I think you got the point, no deleting old stuff full with errors, no matter how silly and illogical that sounds  😀

  • Anyways, let's continue. I was surprised to see how many adult learners wish to enhance themselves and there knowledge. On the other hand, I'm one of them, so why was I surprised? Maybe I thought that I'm the smartest person on Earth, and that no one else would figure out that could enroll in adult education course and level up themselves.

  • Talking about the people I met there, I can say that I'm proud that I was part of that group of people and their discussions. Was that the Discord thing that allowed us to continue our discussion and support each other in the questions about the course? I guess so.

  • Nevertheless, I have to mention that I'm not sure would I have taken these courses, and accomplished these result if the classes were not online. My time was literally saved. Two hours per day! That doesn't sound bad! I used that two extra hours in effective learning and investing more time in detailed research for my homework. 

To sum up, if you have a chance to take online course take it; if you have a chance to take formal adult education course take it, and finally, if you know someone how you think will benefit from some course, encourage them to take it!

You know, no matter, what I do or read, I always end up with the same conclusion: Educate yourself!

Now, as a last note from this blog, I would like to ask you to search up, or to think about which poem from Indigenous writer Thomas King this title reminds you of? (I told you I made a progress in First People's literature didn't I 😎 )


Bye, bye, see you soon 

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