Learning Curve Gets Tough: Hardest Things I've Ever Learned

When they say, we learn everyday, I've confirmed that statement over and over in my life and many around me. We keep learning and somehow, it's never enough because while we think we know something great, there are more things to learn and so it goes. I always admire people who are eager to learn and I count myself as one of them.

One thing that tends to inspire my learning a new skill, a subject or a new way of doing things is, I see people do it and I like it or find it interesting. I may not know if it's going to be same when I learn and do it but I just feel every part of me wants to know it too and at least act like the people doing it. But in some cases, it changes.

I've had to learn some things, not because I was inspired to learn them but out of necessity and fear of missing out, I attempt to learn them. Did I succeed in learning them? Out of 10 of them, I can say only two or three were a success. And the reason is obvious, I didn't see feel any passion for them or show much interest in them.

Many years ago, after my junior class result were out, I was enrolled into a new school. The second private school I ever attended, I was so excited and I was among the students who had this clear goal (becoming the best student in every subject). Everything was going well as they introduce every subject to my class one by one.

I was an intelligent student, it's why I skipped a class to get to that class, a higher class. So even though the subjects were all new to me, I felt prepared and composed to learn deep into them as I had gotten idea of them during the holiday. Everything was smooth and I could already picture myself becoming the best again in them.

Well, that was until "Further Mathematics" was introduced by a teacher who I could bet knew only little about the subject. He had the guts to teach the next topic in that big textbook without making sure we understood the definition of further mathematics at least. I dropped out and went to a school that isn't teaching the subject.

I've learned so many things that I couldn't get to the end of it but the experience taught me a lot. Another hardest mastering the art of hair making. Right now, I can do some simple hairstyles and it's all thanks to watching my sister and mum do it effortlessly. I would say it's the workload in it that reduced my passion for it, it takes time too.

As if I thought things would be different if I learned the skill officially, I signed up at a hair saloon to learn it well from a supposed professional. Although, I'll say the situation around the place I chose to learn played a bad role in my learning but I also figure it wasn't really something I want to learn and be a master in it.

Every new style came with it's complexities and time frames, I found it difficult so I gave it up but I didn't stop learning there. I'm good with a lot of subjects except further mathematics and I know how to make some hairstyles, my learning abilities in these aspects says it's not a bad progress. After all, I'll keep learning new things.