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{"pageProps":{"metadata":{"date":"2021-07-22 14:24:00 +08:00","date_modified":"2022-04-03 16:56:33 +08:00","language":"en","source":""},"title":"Self-learning is about responsibility","hast":{"type":"root","children":[{"type":"element","tagName":"nav","properties":{"className":"toc"},"children":[{"type":"element","tagName":"ol","properties":{"className":"toc-level toc-level-1"},"children":[]}]},{"type":"element","tagName":"p","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"Learning can be done for a variety of purposes whether be it for fun, self-satisfaction, career, or academics.\nSelf-learning amplifies this purposeful sense but it is more strict in requirement.\n"}]},{"type":"element","tagName":"p","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"It is purposeful in the sense that our learnt lessons will be put to use.\nE.g., learning "},{"type":"element","tagName":"a","properties":{"href":"/2020-12-26-13-30-39"},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"Illustration"}]},{"type":"text","value":" for the self-expression, make beautiful landscapes, or create the series you've been dreaming about.\nOr you could learn foreign languages because you found a job from abroad that requires you to communicate with others.\n"}]},{"type":"element","tagName":"p","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"Teaching others is an art and a science dealing with the individuality of the students.\nSelf-teaching is you dealing with your individuality.\nIn a sense, self-learning is more about responsibility than learning in isolation.\n"}]},{"type":"element","tagName":"p","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"It needs more self-control and self-reflection: the ability to criticize yourself constructively, evaluating and correcting those mistakes.\nYou need to apply the "},{"type":"element","tagName":"a","properties":{"href":"/2021-07-22-14-02-06"},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"Learning techniques"}]},{"type":"text","value":" for yourself while looking out how you're doing.\n"}]},{"type":"element","tagName":"p","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"Self-learning shouldn't be taken in a literal sense (see "},{"type":"element","tagName":"a","properties":{"href":"/2021-07-04-15-36-22"},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"Advice shouldn't be taken literally"}]},{"type":"text","value":").\nLearning in isolation is not a good way to learn either especially that you'll be lacking feedback, one of the most important component for learning.\nYou cannot simply have a basis for how far you've reached with "},{"type":"element","tagName":"a","properties":{"href":"/2020-07-06-23-55-47"},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"Deliberate practice"}]},{"type":"text","value":" when you don't have others to compare.\n"},{"type":"element","tagName":"a","properties":{"href":"/2021-07-22-14-01-10"},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"Communicate with others to learn"}]},{"type":"text","value":".\n"}]}]},"backlinks":[{"path":"/2021-05-20-20-25-47","title":"Diving head-first with a difficult problem is a good indicator of progress"},{"path":"/2021-07-15-07-47-32","title":"When starting out, focus on quantity over quality"},{"path":"/2022-05-22-22-31-28","title":"Time spent on learning a skill should equally spend time for applying said skill"}]},"__N_SSG":true}