“Learning” doesn’t Get Old

 

Learning is a reflex that starts in the womb and continues throughout a person's lifespan. The infantile movements of the hands and mouth, which may seem meaningless at first, are to learn to hold things over time. So it is widely accepted that there is no age for learning, it is our reflex that starts from birth.

Learning has different connotations with various motivations for many people. Some learn out of boredom, some by choice and some out of necessity. Despite different conditions, there are some certain learning situations that continue to this day. For example, prisoners in prison weaving carpets or beads to sustain themselves is a form of learning. Tribal people in Africa learns to use nature to make clothes, to bandage their wounds. They even use broad-leafed trees because they have nothing to wear underneath, and they learn to be one with nature in these conditions.

Historically speaking, there is no specific age, time, or period to identify the beginning of the learning But it is clear that people started to learn because they simply had to. For example, they needed to learn to make fire in order to refine raw food and to keep warm. They learned to make obsidian to protect themselves from wild animals. They also learned to hunt more effectively and made objects to store them.

All in all, learning is timeless. Humanity has learned a lot because time forces us to learn. It is obvious that we will keep learning new things throughout our lives, even if we do not want to. Time made Y-generation to learn to use telephones, mobile phones, the internet, and new media. It will probably offer Z-generation more innovation. The needs will most probably be quite different, but learning will always remain much younger than us.

 

Sude Naz ARSLAN

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