Learning Opportunities
So far, your education has focused
on learning many skills, including reading, writing, math, and
technology. You have studied many subjects, such as science and social
studies. However, you haven’t yet had much choice about what subjects
you study or when you take them. For the most part, you and your
classmates have studied the same things. You may have studied them at
different levels, but the subjects have still been the same.
This pattern begins to change in high school.
At that time, you have more choices about what classes to take. You
begin to learn about the subjects and careers that really interest you.
College provides even more choices. You can
learn technical skills, such as how to listen to a patient’s heart or
how to repair a computer. You can also study at a broader level,
learning how the human heart works or how computers are designed to run
different programs or to network with other computers.
In college, you can also choose certain
courses just because they’re fun, different, or interesting—whether or
not they’re related to your major area of study or the work you plan to
do.
College can prepare you for your chosen
career. And it definitely prepares you for a lifetime of learning at
work, in school, or in the community. Going to college will help you
become an expert learner.
In many ways, the most important skill you can learn in college is how to learn.
If you master this skill, you can succeed throughout life. After all,
you may find some point in your life when you want to—or have to—make
changes. In the scientific and high-tech world in which we live,
knowledge and careers change. Skills often need to be updated.
Becoming a lifelong learner will
make you confident. You’ll know you can learn whatever you want or need
to know throughout your life!
