It is amazing how fast you can learn when you are doing, when the stakes are real and you have solid mentoring, when you are hearing the language over and over and committing the actions to muscle memory. To be full, rich and alive in experience is what good education is all about be it in the classroom or on the Adventuress.
I don't learn because it's a theory, I learn because that is what needs to happen. And then when I do learn theory, it makes sense, and I can apply it to my schema and experience for even deeper learning.
I am sailing on a tall ship surrounded by experts and learners, asking questions when I'm ready or curious and listening when I am not. Everything is authentic and happening around me. Surround sound information, tag team circles of teaching and learning. And then me turning and teaching another learner what I just mastered.
We are crew. All hands on deck. We sink or sail together, and in the safety of expertise and experience, I know we won't sink. A safe place to learn.
I gain energy from the passion of others around me for the ship, the manuevers, the history, the nature, the biology, and for the experience of sailing this 103 year old wooden schooner through the San Juan Islands. Just by being here I want to learn more, invest in the ship, the crew, and myself. I am a part of something big.
This is what learning is all about. Hands on and authentic, real stakes and real mentoring. mistakes and successes held in a safe space. Everyone grows and the ship flourishes.
I lay down at night exhausted, satisfied, empowered and a little bit more of a mariner.
I don't learn because it's a theory, I learn because that is what needs to happen. And then when I do learn theory, it makes sense, and I can apply it to my schema and experience for even deeper learning.
I am sailing on a tall ship surrounded by experts and learners, asking questions when I'm ready or curious and listening when I am not. Everything is authentic and happening around me. Surround sound information, tag team circles of teaching and learning. And then me turning and teaching another learner what I just mastered.
We are crew. All hands on deck. We sink or sail together, and in the safety of expertise and experience, I know we won't sink. A safe place to learn.
I gain energy from the passion of others around me for the ship, the manuevers, the history, the nature, the biology, and for the experience of sailing this 103 year old wooden schooner through the San Juan Islands. Just by being here I want to learn more, invest in the ship, the crew, and myself. I am a part of something big.
This is what learning is all about. Hands on and authentic, real stakes and real mentoring. mistakes and successes held in a safe space. Everyone grows and the ship flourishes.
I lay down at night exhausted, satisfied, empowered and a little bit more of a mariner.
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