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Learning Is A Life Long Process

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Learning is a life-long process. From the day we are born we start with incidental and social learning and progress to formal institutional learning. It improves our knowledge and also enhances our natural ability. The thirst for knowledge keep us up with this learning process throughout our life. Hence lifelong learning is the process of keeping our mind and body actively engaged by pursuing knowledge and experience. It also keeps our mind sharp and increase our self-confidence
Growing up in a third world country I did not have much knowledge of education systems around the world. Five years ago when I came to United states to the University of South Alabama in order to pursue my college degree I was surprised to see people in their forties and fifties coming to school to pursue their degree. This was rather unusual for me because where I come from people do not attend college at that age. People after mid-twenties scarcely enroll in college to pursue a Bachelors or Master’s degree. The education system there is not flexible so it becomes difficult for people to continue their education even if they desire. Someone in their thirties going to school would be very uncomfortable as society will look down upon them with humiliation. I was very motivated by the courage of these people who work full time jobs during the day and attend class after that. That was probably what lifelong learning meant to me, but today I understand learning in a different way. It does not end with

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