Loving learning changes everything else about life.
A youth with this
skill avoids the cliques and pigeonholing.
She loves learning: through
math, science, history, literature, sports, socializing, theater, choir,
chess, fashion, technology, popularity, non-popularity, and everything
else.
She knows how to learn from the events that bring tears and those
that bring laughter.
She knows how to go truly deep in topics of interest, and how to fall
in love with hard subjects and classes that at first seem
uninteresting.
She knows how to learn from good teachers, poor teachers
and great teachers, and how to turn books, assignments, events, friends,
clubs and activities into mentors.
She knows how to make math,
textbooks, siblings and parents into fun teachers and confidants.
All of this from one
skill? Yes! Love of Learning is that powerful.
If a young person falls truly, deeply in love with learning during this
phase, the stage is set for her high school and college studies and
activities to flourish.
