Education & Motivation
By Captain Bob Webb
Developing a productive life style with at-risk youth.
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This section can be very helpful for people whose skills are
becoming obsolete. The technique for starting over in midlife is the same for
people who established a career outside the formal education system.
The formal education system was a disaster for me. In the 1950s,
when I was in high school, problem students were encouraged to drop out, which I
did. I found alternative education methods that led me to a productive life
style. Now retired, I have recorded my experiences and analyses.
- Youth Motivation Concepts Overview
- This website is designed to help people who are in
conflict with classroom environments. These people could excel if placed in
a project based education system. Leaders whose ideas changed the way we live, from
developers of the light bulb to the computer, were in conflict with
classroom environments. They acquired professional skills with projects. Academics
was acquired as needed and to the level needed to achieve their goals.
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- How to Make Dreams Come True... My Story
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We must have a dream that motivates us. No one has ever
achieved anything without a dream attached to a burning
desire. We must learn how-to-learn. In school, we learn
how to memorize, and be taught. Learning how to learn frees
our dependency on others for knowledge. We must learn
from failure and learn how to bounce back from failure.
No one ever succeed without failure. In the classroom,
failure is a no-no.
Discover! Then Develop Your Natural Talent
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Motivation is education. Education without motivation kills ambition,
the primary ingredient for a productive lifestyle. |
When a person discovers their natural talent, they are like a fast
moving freight train, there is no stopping them. They will find a way to
develop their talent, with or without support from society. |
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Lectures provide knowledge. Hands-on projects builds confidence. |
"Give a person an idea and you enrich their life. Teach a
person how to learn and they can enrich their own life" - Author Unknown |
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Working on an automobile is project based education that builds productive skills.
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Sailing a boat is project based education that builds confidence.
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Criminal activity is project based education that leads to self-destruction.
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The Search for Our Destiny
Exploring and discovery awakens our inner self,
creating a desire to learn more about the world around us, setting in motion
a vision. A vision is the source of all achievement. |
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The compass symbolizes our direction in life. |
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The sextant symbolizes our current position in life. |
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Learning how to learn. |
Discovery of natural talent is motivation. |
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Learning with projects. |
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Learning with responsibility. |
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The chart symbolizes our desired destination in life.
Projects and the associated opportunity is the ship that gets us there. |
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The
Power of Projects
Projects require a goal where students must search for a method, acquire
skills and knowledge, accept failure and bounce back from it, and keep
trying until the goal is achieved. They learn through experiences, more
important, they learn how to research and apply knowledge. Success is
measured by the complexity of the project and the ability to finish it. This
type of education motivates one to learn more about the world we live in
while creating a lifetime love to learn. The laws' of nature is the
motivator and instructor.
A booklet is available about projects at
downloads. |
Notes:
Dependency kills motivation. Long term dependency on parents, the
government or others, takes away the ambition to become self-reliance.
When you discover your natural talent, barriers to motivation and
learning will evaporate. Customize education to the teenager's
learning personality, a love to learn will emerge that will last a lifetime. Super achievers learned how to learn in natural learning environments. They are
processors
of knowledge that is based on a burning desire that motivates them. The
typical classroom is a collector of knowledge with limited motivation. Why do some high school dropouts become self-made millionaires? Do
they hold the secret to a success personality? Consider that their skills were
NOT molded by classroom environments. Society says these people should never
have found success. What do these self-made millionaires have that many highly
educated people don’t have? Why doesn't the education system learn and adapt
the secrets of these people. Answer,
social prejudice in the formal education system. Education leaders want to believe their
system is the only way. Just because a student gets "Fs" in every class does not mean they
don't want to learn or excel, THEY DO! EVERY TEENAGER DOES! They need a
different learning environment other than classrooms. Not everyone can learn
in passive classroom environments.
Additional Information
The information at this website is based on my experiences and resources
that agree with my experiences. I welcome any comments you
may have.
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