Comments on: We experience so that we may learn.

By: bob ana

bob ana — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:59:56 +0000

very inspiring J.kim keep on pursuing

By: Jungyo (JK)

Jungyo (JK) — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 07:17:14 +0000

I hope it’s not taboo to comment on my own post. To (), as a friend I thank you sincerely for the time you took to read and post, but for future reads and possible comments from the group of friends I invited to read this post, I hope you don’t feel obliged to say what’s good because you are a friend or because I asked for feedback. I hope you won’t be afraid to say even what you didn’t like if you didn’t like it and what would be interesting for future blogs or even what could improve. I say this because I feel I somehow pressured (you) for feedback because I was so excited about this blog- and if I did pressure you in any way, I realize it’s something I should not have done. To making mistakes and learning from them (it’s a part of experiential learning, no? !

By: S.D.

S.D. — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:41:43 +0000

I really like that it demonstrates a real life situation in which experience and a class can relate to each other and spark an interest that seeks out to broaden one’s memory, and can help understand other people’s experience in the same subject. Thus, it can be helpful if those in treatment centers can help understand a patient’s experience in whatever they are treating. I think if more specialists were required to have experiential education to supplement their learning, they would understand their area of specialization more than lack a heart. JK clearly shows that she understands both sides of the spectrum: 1) Experiencing 2) Understanding.

By: Harvey

Harvey — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:12:07 +0000

Thank you JK for inviting me to read this piece. A very provocative and stimulating start of a conversation. Four key words I retained. Other Lobe, Passion, Experience, Learning, ……Leadership.

I think that an experience that adversely affects our health usually makes the greatest impact on learning.

In general, experience (experiential learning) like that of a child playing with numbers, with letters, with shapes or that of a teenager learning mathematics for the time through concrete examples are fun, engaging and therefore very effective.

Exactly how does each case translates into passion, remains my question.

How would I explain your passion JK may well have something to do with your experience with anerexia. But then again, not every such experience generates your level of interest, which is why JS may have invoked Chopra …on Leadership.

It takes a separate set of skills/qualities even with all the passion in the world to start a club or any “start-up”. We may have to look outside the scope of the class to connect all the dots, especially Experiential Learning to Passion and Experiential Learning to Leadership.

Best in your studies and future endeavours.

By: Susan Salk

Susan Salk — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 22:36:51 +0000

What I enjoyed about this piece was the way JK acknowledges her past struggle, but rather than cast blame (on society, on rigid fashion, etc.) she instead embraces the learning experience to understand herself, and how to proactively help others.

Being in a nurturing learning environment must surely be a good place to begin to understand one’s self (a lifelong process, to be sure) and allow those glimmers of understanding to inform, not just herself and her own experience, but others, and of her own future endeavors related to health, psychology and beyond.