WHy Learn? - "Being Alive'

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Self Analysis

Staying relevant requires learning. All education is about
making people curious.

We are going to learn about learning.
 

When we talk about learning, ask yourselves:

• How have you learnt everything you know before this moment?
• What have you chosen to learn, and what haven't you chosen but know anyways?
• Why is some of what you know involuntary or even compulsory?

Discuss amongst yourselves, the reasons why learning or 'embodying knowledge' is valuable.  Write a short paragraph in your notebooks and read to class.

Procrastination - "Busy, Busy, Busy'

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Don't be afraid it won't be perfect. The only thing to be afraid of, really,          is that it won't be. -Company

Procrastination.  Let's talk.

What seems to happen when you procrastinate is this:

You look at something you'd really rather not do, and you actually feel a physical pain in the part of your brain that analyses pain. (Dr. Barbara Oakley 2014).  LINK [10:00 onwards]

​There are two ways that you can handle this:

• Keep working through the pain. - Research has shown that within a few minutes it will disappear.  ​If you're in hell keep walking.
• Turn your attention away and you'll feel better immediately. - Not a big deal once or twice; do it often, it acts like an addiction. It can cause problems in how you lead your life. That's a problem my future self can deal with.

~Shh. Secret option. Maybe, somehow, sometime, anyhow, be able to make it something you'd like to do.

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I don't want to do this thing because:
 

• Skill deficiency - I suck at this
• External Obstacles - My conditions have excuses
• Self-Sabotage -  I'm weak, I don't deserve this
• Addictive Escapism - 4 Red Bulls & 2 All Nighters
• Unrecognised Truth - This is a waste of time

I could still do this thing because:
 

• Hack it - Fake it till you make it
• Fly Above/Wing It - Find another route
• Divine Individual - You deserve to succeed
• Asset your Addiction - Turn it into a superpower
• ​Curiosity & Passion - It is imperative you find it

Study: Pomodoro Technique

Condition: My Moods Define My Work Habits

Individual: Destructive Self-Sabotage to 'Succeed'

Asset: Being A Drug Addict

Truth: Anything Worth Doing Is Worth Doing Badly

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My opinion Matters? - "What u Want'

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Self Analysis

When we are developing an essay we are taking an idea [created or discovered], bolstering it with evidence [contextualising, researching, experimenting] to create a case for said idea [arguments, rules and practices].  There are multiple ways to attack this new entity, [greek fallacies informal/formal] whether it survives the onslaught is dependant on how well you have prepared your fledgling young idea into battle.

Straw Man - Bandwagon - Appeal To Authority - False Dilemma - Hasty Generalisation - Slothful Induction - Correlation/Causation - Anecdotal Evidence - Texas Sharpshooter - Middle Ground - Burden Of Proof - Personal Incredulity - "No True Scotsman" - To quoque.             Definitions >   LINK

• Can you spot any fallacies within your own argument?
• Why have I asked you to steel man an opponents argument as your assignment?

Discuss Reality/Fantasy Dynamic.

Your opinion is not my reality.

Note Taking - "Reprise part One'

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Self Analysis

Taking notes isn't a compulsory part of learning.  It is a tool to assist learning.

You are not a copyist, nor an interpreter [yet].  You are trying to talk to your brain, in an open, honest fashion, about what you know, who you are, what challenges you right now, what bores and interests you, how to get this lecture to stop etc.

Note taking can exist in many forms.  In writing, in audio recordings, in mind maps & graphs, in doodles, in frequent discussion, in questions that you ask your peers and lecturers.  Think curiosity breeding.

What follows is my attempt at note taking Week 1's lecture.  A rather simplistic, nostalgic effort.

To give the devil his due holds more good than not.

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