After taking the learning style quiz I discovered that I have a slight tendency to learn better from a kinesthetic angle but a close second was visual and reading/writing was pretty close too. I now know that almost any style of learning will generally be good for me as long as it is not aural. With this information I will be able to know that I should listen more carefully and put forth more of an effort to remember the things that I am being told so that I can apply them to other things. When I am hearing things that are said to me it would be helpful to write down as much of it as I can because I am good at keeping things to memory once it goes through my head and transfers down my arm, to my hand, through the pen and onto the paper. Also when classes have labs along the side of lectures I should take advantage of them as much as I can, I definitely should keep involved and not let a partner do a lot of the work because I wont be able to get anything out of it unless I physically participate. This will help me if I have choices of learning through a movie class or like a music class I’ll know that I should probably do a  movie class over a music class because it will be easier. I am glad though that I have three ways that I can learn pretty well from and only one that I’m not so good at learning from. Also now that I know this information about the way that I learn I can apply it not only to the things that I learn in a classroom but also to anything in my life.

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Hi my name’s Kym and I am excited to become a part of this community! In the past I have mainly written things for other English classes based on the books that we read or events that too place. I never really wrote just because I felt like it; there was always an assignment attached. I am not a fan of writing, although I do appreciate the writings of others. I don’t mind writing; it is just not one of the things on my fun list of things to do. My least favorite type of writing is when I’m telling my opinions on things rather than just stating facts.

I speak a little bit of Spanish because I took classes for three and a half years and also a lot of people that lived around me spoke Spanish as either their first or second language. Hopefully in the future I will be able to learn German and a little bit of Russian. I feel like writing can be very different depending upon the language it is originally written in. Knowing this I would like to be able to read books in their natural language instead of a translated version. I don’t read for “fun” necessarily. I read many books that are usually suggested to me by others or that I come across and notice a pretty cover. I try to read books as fast as I can to get them over with, which is sometimes hurtful but also sometimes beneficial.

I came to college so that I could continue learning and so that in the future I won’t be held back by my amount of knowledge. I want to be able to do whatever I want when I want to. Humboldt State in particular caught my eyes because the surrounding area was very beautiful and also because I felt like it was a small enough school so that I wouldn’t be confused or intimidated. My major is General Biology for the moment and eventually as I go through classes I expect this to get much more specific. I will most likely lean towards the marine type of biology or take classes necessary for dental school. As a student I am pretty strong in Science and Math but very weak in Social Sciences and English. I learn best when things are hands on and when I know how things will apply to real life situations.

I came across a quote by Friedrich Nietzche a few days ago in my planner that stated, “the surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.” This makes me think about how diverse everyone is on campus and for that matter around the world. I want to make sure that I am accepting and willing to learn about others that are not so much like myself and hopefully apply some things to my life and my writing to improve it.