I think that I have always been a life long learner. As a child I went to a country school with about 12 students from gr one to nine. I was the only one in my class from gr 4 to gr 9. Needless to say the teacher was busy. I had a strategy that was not directly learning but I did learn. I would hurry and do the work assigned and then quietly go to the little library and read. The teacher was happy to see me disappear into the library. Nobody else wanted to come in the library as they weren't interested in books. There were were only about 50 to 60 books. Sometimes they brought in an extra box of books.
I will never forget the set of encyclopedias. They were old...very old. Pictures were black and white. The reading level was adult. They must have been 30 or 40 years old.
Well what got me on this topic today? I was in the library...like city library. I asked one of the librarians about ebooks and how you find them. She was excellent. She went through how the ebook system works and how you find books. I was amazed as I've only read two ebooks and like the system. Her best advice was play around with the system and don't forget to ask a librarian for assistance.
So when I thought back, I may be a life long learner but I'm also a life long forgetter. I think the librarian could see that I would forget most of the things she told me.
At this age, I seem to be forgetting most of the day.
And bloggers would probably appreciate a few tips from Steve, the library tech, at Shadows and Light.
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