Education · FORTUNE
Fortune #50
Caution
When a learning difficulty stays hidden for weeks, asking can feel harder each day. Tell an instructor or someone you trust where you are stuck and what help would make a difference.
QUOTE CARD
A quote for you
“การศึกษาคือการเรียนรู้ที่จะเติบโต เรียนรู้ว่าจะเติบโตไปสู่สิ่งใด เรียนรู้ว่าอะไรดีและอะไรไม่ดี เรียนรู้ว่าอะไรพึงปรารถนาและไม่พึงประสงค์ เรียนรู้ว่าควรเลือกอะไรและไม่ควรเลือกอะไร”
— อับราฮัม มาสโลว์
นักจิตวิทยาชาวอเมริกัน ผู้เสนอทฤษฎีลำดับขั้นความต้องการ
- Person
- Abraham Maslow
- Source work
- The Farther Reaches of Human Nature (1971)
- Source text
- Education is learning to grow, learning what to grow toward, learning what is good and bad, learning what is desirable and undesirable, learning what to choose and what not to choose.
STORY & REFLECTION
The Boy Who Talked About Going to Sea
George Washington · a published anecdote
An old published anecdote says a young George Washington wanted to go to sea. His brothers helped arrange a place, and he prepared for the journey.
His mother worried, and seeing her feelings led him to reconsider. The old children's book dramatizes details, so treat this as a prompt to think about conversation, not a record of every word spoken at home.
A learning problem kept entirely private gives others little chance to help. Naming the chapter, deadline, or worry allows a more useful response.
Choose one person you can talk to. Describe the specific problem and the help you want. You remain responsible for your studies, but you need not take every step without anyone knowing.
Reflection
Asking early preserves more options.
A small action today
Tell a teacher what is difficult and what support you need.
A question to reflect on
Whom can you tell what you are stuck on before the gap grows?