ACCELERATED SCHOOLS Newsletter June 2004 YOUR LEARNING STRENGTHS You have well developed auditory learning strengths. As an infant you had rapid learning skills. Starting immediately after birth you used a high level of concentration to discover what was going on around you. You used your eyes and ears to acquire information. In your childhood you: Built an enormous database of facts and events. Copied the facial gestures of caregivers. Accumulated opinions. Learned to manipulate adults. Copied many adult preferences likes and dislikes. Your mind’s database helped you understand new events and extract new meanings. Over time you found millions of uses for the information.

Most experts agree that learning slows down as you grow older. There is no consensus as to why. Perhaps the following ideas should be considered as well. Perhaps it was because you no longer needed the fast learning rate? Less immediate necessity for more information? Parents reduced their teaching time? Parents started sharing their inputs with other children? ------------- I recommend: Go back to your childhood. Feed your curiosities. Increase your rate of discovery. Enjoy your mind before it leaves you. Learn to learn like the learner you were. SAVE IT OR LOSE IT SAVE IT OR FORGET IT Have a happy summer. Carl Peterson Forward this newsletter to your friends. Check out new indexes at http://www.picturesfree.org/ http://www.freetravel.cc/ http://www.acceleratedschools.org/ http://www.volunteer555.com/ http://www.freebooks.cc/