Thursday, April 19, 2012
Useless to never transfer?
A thought came to mind. There are certainly things that we learn and forget. Not every class reading, discussion or assignment will resonate temporarily or permanently with us. The knowledge we do learn but never transfer to real life, is that useless then? Was there a point? Should all learning connect to our every day lives (the people we interact with, places we go, careers, etc), or is there worth to learning that isn't transferred across spheres?
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In my opinion, I don't think the knowledge we learn but never transfer to our every day lives is useless. The knowledge we learn is purposeful in that like most things, it is a means to an end; such as learning history dates to pass a midterm to pass a class to graduate. So, I don't think that all knowledge needs to connect to our every day lives because I don't think that everything we learn necessary needs to change or impact our perspective or life. I think the question that is the reoccurring theme in our class is, is it real learning?
ReplyDeleteI agree with Jasmine, I wouldn't say that it's useless. Going through the Business school and taking all those classes knowing that I wasn't going to be applying a lot of that knowledge was difficult and at times, may have felt useless but I still enjoyed it all. It was all very interesting and valuable information even if I won't be applying it. I also tried to find ways to connect it. I've used a lot of examples from my business classes to go against what happens at a teacher and while I'm not applying the knowledge I've learned, I'm still using it even if it may be in a negative context.
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