Am I a Lifelong Learner?

I decided to save this post for last because although I knew I was a lifelong learner (my age speaks for itself), technology really isn't my forte. I have learned so much from Dr. Wall's class. No, that's not a brown-nosing thing, but it is very true. I look forward to Thursdays and wonder what new thing I'm going to learn. I then take the information home with me to share with my husband and sometimes call my friends. Sometimes they are interested, sometimes not.

Anyway, I think we have to be lifelong learners. If we do not learn something new every single day, why bother? One thing that bothers me about the lottery here in Tennessee is that it's used for the Hope Scholarship but truly only benefits younger students. If it has been more than five years since a person has entered a college/university, then there is no lottery money available to them. That's so sad. What about the student that had to drop out of school for financial reasons to support their family (children or parents)? I don't understand why they are penalized.

Lifelong learning is a personal commitment. It's something we have to promise ourselves to do so we don't just cease to live. One day Dale (a fellow peer) told me I sounded wise. I told him it was because I'm old. (It's okay, you can laugh here.) But, seriously - why watch that television show you've seen before when you can turn on the History Channel or something else and expound your mind? I know I sound like a commercial, but it's really true. One is never too old to learn and I'm the perfect example because it took me 27 years to get my BS and at the age of 50, I'm now closing in on my second Masters!