just know!

in one of my dinner....two summers ago...on my first visit home after two years staying in egypt, i had a chat with my dad...(well we usually chat in the dining room at night...n i really miss those moments...)

my dad told me about stages of learning...i can't exactly remember how our conversation end up in this topic but anyway...i think it's a very useful information as a student...(n we have to learn our whole life don't we?)

so, stages of learning starts as early as our infant years....but, academically speaking...i'll start with school...

#1...know

in primary school we are tought to recognize stuffs...from alphabets and numbers to planets and kingdoms...these are surface knowledge...we can get it from reading...basically, we learn the general knowledge...

#2...understand

as we proceed to the secondary school, we start to understand our subjects...do experiments, compare results, argue and ask ..."why"!...this is a very critical stage in learning, because if we misunderstood our knowledge...the steps after this may not continue or end up wrong...

#3...apply

to enter a university, we have to fill in the application form right?...y?...because at this level, we are learning how to apply our knowledge...hehe...and here we got our degree!...yeay!!!!this is usually where people commonly stops their learning process...after they have mastered their skills in applying whatever they've learned...they start work (even work requires us to fill up the application form) and live a happy life with their growing family~...

but!!!...

there are those who continues...we go into

#4...analyze and #5...synthesis

analyzing and synthesising...this usually apply to those who work in RnD section...which is, research and development...we study and analyze the old product for defect and improvement, and we synthesize a new product that is usually better...this step help human kind to develop and upgrade our civilization...we need to become master to achieve this level~

finally, to get to the final step, we need to be a specialist...

#6...evaluate

or also known as the "consultant"...to whom we refer if we have a problem and any confusion that needs confirmation...to be able to get to this stage, we need to study every single minute aspect till the recent findings regarding our field...and since knowledge expand as time passes by, a specialist needs to constantly update himself too...

so, at last...we can never stop learning...hehe

well, actually if am not mistaken, there were 7 stages...but after i crammed my memory...i can just rmmbr 6 of them...but never mind, i'll ask my dad again for this...but the main point i'd like to deliver here is,

to say we "know" about etc...etc... means we are just at the first level of that knowledge...

so, is it permissable for us to debate informations if we just knew?

and, at which level are we actually in the field we engage ourselves in?

these stages are just to give a rough idea of our studying process...we need parameters to achieve our goals ryte?...or not we might end up lost and satisfied being where we are~...

hope this clears our path infront of us a bit~...

thnx ayah!...u r my best motivator!!!

(i admit i only just "know" this...)...:p