The Dog Ate My Homework: Why Traditional Teaching Methods Don’t Work

I remember listening to a Brian Tracy cassette back in the 80s.

“Successful people are continuous learners” or something to that effect was the lesson.

Never stop learning.

I’m always listening to an online course, a podcast, or an audiobook.

I’ve surpassed that magical 10,000-hour mark in many topics.

I’m an expert in so many areas (that’s what I tell myself LOL).

My wife Ellen jokes “Aren’t you fixed yet?”

I spend a lot of time learning.

My problem is I don’t always implement what I learn.

What good is knowledge if you don’t turn that knowledge into results?

Maybe it stems from the way we learn in school.

I hated sitting in class listening to theories that we never implemented.

We had to memorize theory so we could pass one test…

…then on to the next useless lesson.

When I took a break from college, I attended a computer electronics school.

In the morning they taught us theory.