I have always prided myself on being a good student. I am interested in my learning, driven when it comes to work, and easily able to follow instruction. However, recently I have found myself questioning the definition of 'A Good Student'. Now of course a 'good' student must still posess all of the properties that come along with a good work ethic, but in the ProPEL program the individual learning habits of each student are highlighted in such a way that, no single person could fit into a box of either a 'good student' or a "bad student". Instead, we are all learners.
Learning how to learn is something that everyone involved in our program has had to do over the last couple of weeks. The suggestion that you can 'learn how to learn' may seem a bit peculiar, but when introduced to a completely new environment, one must adapt to the different aspects of life. So far, the main change in our routines as students has been the way we learn. Therefore, as much as you can claim that as high school students we already know how to learn, you must take into account that we are learning how to learn in a new environment with new methods.
Adapting to change is a hard thing to do, to say the least. So I will not even attempt to claim that coming into this program has been an easy transition. We have all slipped up in the process of change at some point in our lives. but those mistakes do not define us as people. Nor should they define us as students. What does have the potential to say a lot about us as people and students, is how we react to our mistakes.
The ability to problem solve is very prominent in the ProPEL classroom. whether it's individual, or as a group, every roadblock we have met has been fixed almost instantly. We are a hard working community of learners adapting to change, and learning from the mistakes we make along the way is what makes us all 'good students'.
Adapting to change is a hard thing to do, to say the least. So I will not even attempt to claim that coming into this program has been an easy transition. We have all slipped up in the process of change at some point in our lives. but those mistakes do not define us as people. Nor should they define us as students. What does have the potential to say a lot about us as people and students, is how we react to our mistakes.
The ability to problem solve is very prominent in the ProPEL classroom. whether it's individual, or as a group, every roadblock we have met has been fixed almost instantly. We are a hard working community of learners adapting to change, and learning from the mistakes we make along the way is what makes us all 'good students'.