If we search thr word "learner" in the dictionary we will find the next objective definition: “person who studies in a teaching establishment”. After that, I can say that I’m absolutely sure that I am a leaner as I’m studying at the university and I have been studying in other centers since I was very little.
In our society, six years old is the mandatory age to go to school; in my case, my parents decided that I would go to kindergarten when I was 2 years. At that age, you are just able to walk and say some things, play and interact with other children, so I think that this is what I did during this period: play in the garden while I wore my bib, which would be dirty with paint and sticky things, make sand castles and drive car toys through the floor, not considering how I looked like or what the teachers said, just enjoyed my two little years.
I spent 3 happy years in childhood education, all of them with the same teacher. It was exciting because of the change of location, “the building is bigger mum, as the children who are there” I used to say; “that’s right, now you’re older” she explained to me, but I still wear my bib, maybe cleaner. You learnt better your ABCs, the numbers, you listened songs and you had to stay sit for more time. You can still play, but not in the same way, now you had to be in your chair. Although, it’s in Primary education when you forget completely what play was and you spent almost half of the day at your desk, looking at your teacher.
In Primary school, you had loads of books, I remember that my bag was always filled with them. From my point of view, I was a good learner. I had my lazy days and sometimes I felt tired and bored about school work, but I always did the homework, I used to read before went sleep and my mum helped me to study. She liked it because then, when I showed her my qualifications she felt proud of me. Primary education has six periods and actually I don’t remember what I learned in that time, but I know that I not only learned content; my teachers taught values like the respect, love, empathy, etc., I learned new things everyday thanks of my mates, such as loyalty, trust, friendship, etc.
Next ESO arrived. I did it in the same school. I more or less knew the teachers and of course the school and my mates, so I think there were advantages for me. I kept studying, did projects and task. The methodology was the same but at a higher level.
Then I went to High school, I spent there 2 years. New friends, new teachers and new environment, what a disaster... I noticed this change, especially with the students’ behaviour, they almost did not respect the teachers and they seemed rude. The first year it was hard for me to adapt to this new situation, however, the second year was the best of my student life. I got excellent grades that helped me to cover the bad ones of the previous year.
The University was a goal and I got it. I got to the Teachers University at 17. It was the first time that I started study something that wasn’t in my town. The environment was different, masses of people, a lot of traffic, several sounds, etc. Now I’m 20 and the path that I’m following is totally different from the one I was used to. No more heavy books, just you, with your notes or with whatever you want to have in order to get your knowledge better. It’s not always in that way but here you decide what you want, you have more freedom and you are aware that you are building your own future.
To sum up, all the centers I have been to, the books I have read and the teachers who have directed all the subjects that I have studied, have contributed to the construction of what I am and they have helped me to get where I am now. I have learnt to be more autodidact and also to be critical with the things I do, listen and watch. If you are in the correct degree, you will enjoy it; of course, you will find obstacles and difficulties but at the end you will feel motivated, and this is because everybody has a dream, and those situations are the way to make it real.
