Vinh Phat was one of my professors in school. On the first day of lecture, he goes of into his philosophy of learning, a philosophy of life long learning, where the answers he gives are not the answers, but clues, for he says he is more a guide than a teacher. He went on to say…
You memorize the night before and forget the night after.
My job is to understand you, your job is to understand me.
Ask questions. But remember that, if you ask to much, you annoy yourself. If you don’t find the answer, you can drive yourself crazy. Ask yourself, why do I need to ask that question? And learn to be sensitive to the question and the answer. So that is how you learn, memorizing is the stupidest thing on earth.
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