R.I.P.-Learning

Briana Chang

I was in Barnes & Nobles reading The Lost Art of Reading, where David L. Ulin explained that to our generation “Literature is dead…reading is over.”  I think the same thing goes for learning; I don’t know many kids who go to school or pick up a book because they want to, they only do it because they think: “this will make me look better on my college application.” In attempts to get all As on my science tests last year, I crammed information into my brain each week.  As easy as I wrote down notes in class the information was poured out onto the test, and now I can’t remember much of anything.  I once had a joy for learning new things and coming up with ways to use them in my daily life. In my junior year of high school the only joy I can imagine is having college over and done for.  I hope I can return to that sate of mind where learning is a craft that I take pride in and do actively; the least I can do is inspire you to begin/continue the love of learning. In fact that is my new years resolution!