Studying is bad, Learning is good

Someone made this comment


" MY FATHER TOLD ME THAT I NEED TO STUDY ENGLISH 7-8 HOURS A DAY .DO U THINK THAT IS GOOD FOR ME ?"


If you're asking the question, maybe you think that it's not good for you.

Ask yourself how many things you can do for eight hours a day.


Is studying one of them?

It's not on my list.

Reading is, though.
So is, surfing the internet.
So is riding my bicycle.

What's the difference between studying and learning?


Studying English doesn't have to mean working with a grammar book
all day or trying to memorize all the question types on the TOEFL or copying words from the dictionary or anything that you think is "studying".

Read a book or magazine or newspaper in English. Watch a DVD. Listen to music. Write a diary. Start a blog. Play a game.

Research your hobbies on the internet. Whatever you're interested in. Just do it in English.

I love learning but I hate studying.

Spend 8 hours a day learning if you can. If you can't, spend five minutes. quality is more important than quantity.

The most important thing is that you should enjoy it.

As usual, I'll be interested in any comments you have on this.


Michael

If you're really interested, read this.

AGAINST SCHOOL

How public education cripples

our kids, and why

By John Taylor Gatto

John Taylor Gatto is a former New York State and New York City Teacher of the

Year and the author, most recently, of The Underground History of American

Education. He was a participant in the Harper's Magazine forum "School on a Hill,"

which appeared in the September 2001 issue.

I taught for thirty years in some of the worst schools in Manhattan, and in some of the best, and during that time I became an expert in boredom. Boredom was everywhere in my world, and if you asked the kids, as I often did, why they felt so bored, they always gave the same answers: They said the work was stupid, that it made no sense, that they already knew it. They said they wanted to be doing something real, not just sitting around. They said teachers didn't seem to know much about their subjects and clearly weren't interested in learning more. And the kids were right: their teachers were every bit as bored as they were.