The yearning to learn more

Okay this is simply an inferiority complex attack but it's worth sharing. It's something worth contemplating.

WARNIG: This post is a bit ‘sabog’ though.

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I remember a conversation with my dear friend from college. Both of us felt bad about ourselves because it doomed to us that "we know very little". It happened during our first exposure to the "real world" (beyond the four corners of the classroom). We met a lot of people who have a lot of things (knowledge and wisdom) to share. Then we began asking, why didn't we ever learn about those things (concepts for that matter) in college? Why does it seem that we know less from what we are expected to know?

Of course you can never learn everything in college. And, you can never know everything. But the thing is, you we COULD HAVE LEARNED MORE. [Of course tardiness is a killer factor in everything. Pwede kasing simpleng tamad ka lang kaya ganun. Then again it'll help if...]

Trying to look back with the kind of education we had or should it be the kind of professors and their teaching methods (okay I'm not generalizing), there were really very few professors (from our major) who were "real teachers". Of course, all of them are experienced and they know what they are teaching. Except that they aren't real teachers because not all of them have the sense of mentorship or maybe they simply lack the ability to mentor. Some of them lacked the ability to motivate students to learn more and go beyond what is offered in the classroom.

There were notable professors who were really great sources of motivation. One professor really has this passion for mentoring and he really is a mentor by nature. With his method of teaching, we were motivated to THINK BETTER. Meanwhile, the other professor (unfortunately served just as a substitute) simply motivates students effortlessly. Her mere personality is already a motivation.

That’s something that every teacher should possess – mentorship that leads to motivation. They should be able to make you think better, make you want to be better in everything. They should be able to make the students realize the responsibility of learning beyond what they provide or what they can provide (again through motivation). I think another thing that's missing is making the students learn that going to school (finishing college for that matter) is not simply about getting a diploma to get you a job. That shouldn't be the goal it's just a plus.

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So why does the yearning to learn MORE occurred only when college is over?

Well, the good thing is that we were able to recognize that need (or re-affirm what we already knew before and work on it). The bad is that there are things you can never really go back to or if you intend to go back you've limited opportunity to do so (because you have other responsibilities).

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Off to watch TWM. A review tomorrow maybe.