Curiosity helps build your knowledge
- Ariel Saliva
- Mar 16, 2015
- 2 min read
Hey students, GET CURIOUS!
We all pursue some form of education in our lives whether it is by attending a university, participating in training courses for your occupation, learning a new trade, or simply picking up a book to read. It is the curious nature of human beings that allows us to attain knowledge. These curiosities have lead me to become a student of many things: learning Esperanto, learning how to build a house, learning how to drive a car and travel, learning how to build relationships, and learning how to study for life.
One of the most effective ways to learn something is to hire a tutor who understands what you are trying to learn. Often, students face the challenge of learning a subject they are not interested in or that is intellectually challenging to them. One of the best ways to tackle these challenges is to get curious about the topic you are learning.
Explore different ways to gain and retain the knowledge.
For example: if you are studying for a history class and have a tutor assisting you, explore auxilliary forms of studying like: watching a historical documentary, reading an article about the subject, and developing questions that arise from your study. When you revisit your tutor you will see that the ammo of knowledge you bring to the tutor will assist them in molding that information into a fuller more comprehensible picture. Much like a physical trainer, your tutor cannot do the work for you, but they can guide you along the way and the more effort you put in, the more return you receive.
Here's a study recipe:
A few days before you meet with your tutor
- Do a dry run of your subject (chapter or topic). Read the whole chapter or what you need to read without focusing too much on vocabulary or terms.
- Catch the vocabulary/terms and explore their meanings by organizing them onto a separate sheet of paper after you finish your read.
- Explore those terms and how they are used. You can do this by watching a documentary that discusses your subject, reading an article, and applying simple experimentation of the subject (i.e. physics).
- Re-read the material at hand and incorporate any new findings from your "exploration".
- Discuss your findings with your tutor and ask them questions.
You'd be surprised how effective your tutor session can be by introducing curiosity to your study diet!
Ariel “Ari” Saliva grew up in the high desert of California where he gained a strong curiosity for history, cultures, politics, and languages. He graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a B.A in History of Public Policy and studied abroad in Spain. After a year of traveling throughout Europe and the Caribbean he gained a passion for learning new languages, international history and politics, environmental policy, and developing sustainable lifestyles. He is currently working for an e-commerce art marketplace in San Francisco, CA and is building his fundraising and grant writing credentials. When hes not working and studying, and preparing to take over the world, he enjoys going on road trips, photography, reading, writing, and researching various projects. He plans on pursuing graduate education in the near future.
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