Life-long learning was my Mother's credo and she instilled it in me - enabling me to have the curiosity to pursue 3 different careers in two different countries - art historian / graphic designer and then, in my 40s - lawyer. When she was in her 80s and used a walker she would still manage to get to the University of Michigan's Saturday Morning Physics classes that were open to the public!
Gary, my personal motto has been "Do a good deed and learn something new every day." When I was working in the medical laboratory, it was very very easy to learn something new daily, and being in the hospital, it was also very easy to do good deeds. Now that I am retired, I have to work at both. HCR offers many lessons, but so do so many who comment here! The comment section often adds additional context and under reported stories. The discussions between readers often make me consider my own viewpoints. Thank you, everyone!
Very nice Miselle. I love that, especially the "good deeds" part. And you're so right about it being harder to do now than in the past. I have been working remote 100% of the time since 2016 so my face to face interactions are limited.
One thing I have learned from working with Indians, is how much they appreciate kindness. In the 1990's many companies were at a loss for programmers to modify their systems so thousands of Indian programmers came to the US.
I have learned much from my friendships and encounters with the Indians and programmers from other countries.
My husband worked remote for a few years before COVID and his team was in India. He found them to be very nice people and learned about their culture. There were many religions among his team, so it seemed as though someone was always celebrating a holiday.
There was always lost people in our enormous medical complex, and I'd (when I could) walk people to their destinations. (I only got a 20 minute break, and a walk could take 10 minutes!) There were lots of other opportunities as well. Now, I try to open doors, help people unload their grocery carts, say something nice to cashiers. (Cashiering in retail is a really difficult job. People can be so mean!)
JL - "Lifelong learning" really is the key isn't it? Maria Montessori stressed learning for life. I'm suspect as an educator you did as well.
It seems that most of the people that comment here continue to "be educated." But that's a given just by reading the Professor's Daily Letter. 👍
Life-long learning was my Mother's credo and she instilled it in me - enabling me to have the curiosity to pursue 3 different careers in two different countries - art historian / graphic designer and then, in my 40s - lawyer. When she was in her 80s and used a walker she would still manage to get to the University of Michigan's Saturday Morning Physics classes that were open to the public!
Gary, my personal motto has been "Do a good deed and learn something new every day." When I was working in the medical laboratory, it was very very easy to learn something new daily, and being in the hospital, it was also very easy to do good deeds. Now that I am retired, I have to work at both. HCR offers many lessons, but so do so many who comment here! The comment section often adds additional context and under reported stories. The discussions between readers often make me consider my own viewpoints. Thank you, everyone!
Very nice Miselle. I love that, especially the "good deeds" part. And you're so right about it being harder to do now than in the past. I have been working remote 100% of the time since 2016 so my face to face interactions are limited.
One thing I have learned from working with Indians, is how much they appreciate kindness. In the 1990's many companies were at a loss for programmers to modify their systems so thousands of Indian programmers came to the US.
I have learned much from my friendships and encounters with the Indians and programmers from other countries.
My husband worked remote for a few years before COVID and his team was in India. He found them to be very nice people and learned about their culture. There were many religions among his team, so it seemed as though someone was always celebrating a holiday.
There was always lost people in our enormous medical complex, and I'd (when I could) walk people to their destinations. (I only got a 20 minute break, and a walk could take 10 minutes!) There were lots of other opportunities as well. Now, I try to open doors, help people unload their grocery carts, say something nice to cashiers. (Cashiering in retail is a really difficult job. People can be so mean!)