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A Learner’s Creed

October 2, 2013 by notjustcute Filed Under: Child Development & DAP, Learning through Play and Experience, Uncategorized 5 Comments

McKenna's Mission

Remember my brilliant niece?  She’s now hitting the university grind as a future engineer.  For one of her classes she was asked to create a mission statement as a learner.  What she came up with inspired me, and I hope it does the same for you:

I will learn

From teachers and students

I will have an open mind

And I will change it often

I will be prepared to learn outside of the classroom

Especially from those who I think have nothing to teach

I will think critically with my mind

But never forget to involve my heart

And at the end of my life

I will regret the books I didn’t read

But not for a lack of reading

I told you she was a genius.  So I’m challenging you to think about your own learner’s creed.  What do you want to commit to as a life-long learner?  What do you hope for for the young learners in your stewardship?

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  1. 1

    Sara says

    October 2, 2013 at 7:35 am

    Wow, this is written beautifully! Often you hear “lifelong learner” but this describes it so eloquently! This would make a great poster for every classroom.

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      notjustcute says

      October 2, 2013 at 10:18 am

      I agree!

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  2. 3

    Natalie F says

    October 2, 2013 at 12:25 pm

    I love what your niece wrote. I can only hope that my daughter will write a similar mission statement one day.

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  3. 4

    Liz says

    August 31, 2015 at 7:32 pm

    I really enjoyed reading your niece’s creed about life long learning. It rings so true for me at the moment, studying to complete my degree more than 20 years since I completed a Diploma. Also, with what I am learning about at the moment, how people can learn wherever they open their mind and where there are others who have the same interest and the motivation.
    Thank you

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