Tell us about the hardest thing you've ever had to learn. It could be a course in school, a skill, or a project. Why was it so hard for you? Did you eventually go on to master it? Please share your experience with us.”
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As humans, one of the things that will always evolve is learning, and it is said that the day you stop learning, you start dying.
My final year at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, was quite rough. In my first semester, we had a course with the code AEM 502 and the title "Microeconomics," which was taught by a professor in my department.
Now, during the beginning of the first semester, a lecturer came and told us that in this final year, you will almost die, but you will not die. I didn't understand what he was talking about until we began lectures fully.
Now the statement of that lecturer at the beginning of the semester instilled some element of fear in my heart, especially for that course, and the fact that it was a three-unit course made things more intense for me, and also the fact that I was just that student who would come to class, get the notes, and then wait till the test and exam to read didn't quite suit what I saw in class.
During our first continuous assessment test, I scored 4% out of a possible 20%, and then I knew I needed to do something about the course, and thankfully I had friends who were good in the course, but I only found out after I talked to someone about 2 weeks before our exams, and so during the lecture-free week before exams, I and a clique of other colleges would meet and study together.
I found out that by the time we studied together, I could grasp more than when the professor taught us in class. The reason for this was because my friends made the learning experience fun and made sure no one was left behind, unlike in class.
My lecturer was very good, but you see, people have different ways of learning, and for me, the teaching method of the professor just didn't work. While some other students were able to grasp it in class, there were others that needed those who got it in class to explain it at their level, and that was the category I was in this particular course.
So during our reading time, which was just a week before exams, we dedicated one whole day to that course, and at some point I was called upon to explain what I had learned, and I did to an extent, and that single act made me understand that part of the course better.
The day of the exam came, and though the time I spent learning with friends was short and inadequate, I was able to write. I wouldn't say it was my best, but what I wrote was able to give me a pass in that course.
Moral lesson Whenever you are learning something and it is difficult, ask questions, and you will learn. Secondly, one of the best ways to understand whatever you are learning is if you teach someone, you will understand better, and lastly, imagine if I had spoken up earlier and started learning after the cat in which I performed badly; I would have done better during exams, so learn to ask for assistance when you get stuck during learning.
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