Thursday, September 4, 2014

Learn from Past Experiences

Habits of Mind has a paragraph that is titled "Applying Past Knowledge to New Situations." I, personally, think that that is a great topic because everyone can relate to it and learn from it.


Everyone makes mistakes, but that means that have to take what you did wrong and make it right the next.  Learn from what you did wrong and take away the good.  You did something, but now you know how to do it right.
Good Problem Solvers Should Know How to Fix Their Mistakes
In Habits of Mind, the author of the article said, and I quote, "Good problem solvers learn from experience. When confronted with a new and perplexing problem, they will often turn to the past for guidance."  This means that when good problem solvers are confused about what to do, they think about whether they have been in this type of situation before.  If they have, they use that experience to help them solve the "new and perplexing problem."


People have made the same mistakes over and over again.  For example, haven't people learned that violence is not the way to go in difficult situations?  It has been proved many time that that is true, but people still use violence as a way to fix problems. 


Good problem solvers use their knowledge and other peoples knowledge to help them achieve their goals and solve their problems.  Hopefully, they don't use violence.









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