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Reflection On My Experience At My Bike

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Reflection In class the question was posed to us, “What is the last thing you learned because you wanted to?” We were led into thinking about the amount of time invested, the resource’s used and if what we put our effort into learning, was hard. I was thinking about learning to ride my bike, it was something I was motivated to do, I remember waking up on Christmas morning and seeing for the first time my white two- wheeled bicycle with training wheels, I immediately hopped on it right there in front of the Christmas tree. Well it was taller than my little three wheeler, the seat far from the ground, and excitingly different. I’m thinking now about the opportunity given to me for that inner urge to ride, my Mother had provided the bike to me as a gift. I was subjected to the experience from an outside source. The intrinsic motivation I found within myself to try something exciting, and new, the feeling of growing up and using a big kid bike. I honestly can remember the drastic difference that tall very new and different transporter was from my three wheeled bike. It felt a small amount of fear because of the bikes height, and I had to learn the new ways to control it, yet the opportunity presented itself and that sparked my interest and drive. When it comes to motivation in the classroom and directing young children, opportunity and classroom structure are important. Yes children have an innate desire to learn, knowing how to take what is of interest to them and

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