On article "Graduating students who are not only learned but also learners".

This article is definitely true that we should start instilling in our youth as well as ourselves the disposition of being a "life-long learner". This is one of the reasons I felt that I am quite adept at being "today's librarian". Even though I feel sub-par in many aspects of technology, I try to keep in the company of intelligent and technologically savvy people so I may always be up-to-date or find answers to my personal queries.

I learned from my family, who are very technologically closed off and generally closed minded people that I need to react differently to the world. I must have a sense of curiosity, patience, and diligence to find out things about the world around me.

We must begin with teaching students basic foundations of information in a different way than the traditional (cold hard memorization of facts and testing this memorization). While this mode of learning should not necessarily be thrown out altogether, we are now able to make learning memorable, fun, and fulfilling if the accumulation of facts are through more interactive ways (like through powerpoint or through any web 2.0 tools). However, that is the challenge of any professional in the school/academic/learning field are ways to make learning successful and fun. Homeschooling was easier because of the student/teacher ratio, but it is always harder trying figure out the learning methods of 20 or more students at a time and find a happy medium.