Gems Essay

Running head: ME, LEARNING AND EDUCATION 1

Me Learning So I Can Get An Education.

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Me learning so I can get an education.

I am going to try to explain how I learn so I can absorb the material which is going to be crucial in me getting an education. Why a getting a degree is important in me being successful in life. Trying to use my kinesthetic and visual learning skills to aide in my quest of obtaining an education, because kinesthetic learning is not always an easy way to learn material. My difficulties with kinesthetic learning while taking online classes. How the GEMS survey helped me understand my intelligence type. Why I think the GEMS survey is good but can be changed so it may give back better results.

I have always wanted to obtain a college degree! I do not know if it is because I feel like I have something to prove to people who doubted me. Or if it is my natural drive to better myself and not settle for less. I want to provide a good life for my family, which in turn means that I have to be able to do that. In this day and time the difficulty in providing a good life for your family without a degree is very hard. Plus I want to one day become a Warrant officer in the U.S Army and having a degree will help me obtain that goal exponentially. Also everyone in my immediate family has a degree except for me, and I do not want to be the only one without one.

According to Connor (2004) I am a Tactile-kinesthetic / visual learner (p.36-37). Tactile-kinesthetic learning being my primary learning style, for example I like to actually place my hands on what I am learning an try it and I keep trying it until I get a grasp of what we are doing. Also I do like to be moving while learning or performing an activity. My secondary learning style is visual. If I can see a picture while learning I can create an image inside my head helping me to learn. Strangely I can remember everyone in my family, and all close friends personal vehicles that they drive. I am not dependent on just one of those learning styles; I need a mixture of both to be truly successful.

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