I have reiterated this many times in all of my mini projects, but I would like to emphasize the positive effects. Since I began my interest in cars I have progressed from learning simple maintenance on a car to being able to mechanically adapt a chassis and modify it's wiring harness to accept an engine that was never intended to fit. I have taken every nut and bolt off of my car and reassemble it piece by piece. I have obtained my knowledge almost solely based on self-driven research. I have had very little formal education in automobile mechanics. This shows a perfect example of how someone can retain much more information and learn much more advanced topics when the level of interest is at it's peak.
Hanging Out was the time period that I began to explore automobile modification via video games or street racing movies. Like I've stated in my previous mini project, this portion of HOMAGO involves low risk activities which do not require a lot of commitment (Ito). The Messing Around occurred for me when I purchased my own car and began to explore beneficial modification. Here is where I was required to put in some commitment towards learning about automobiles. Eventually I began Geeking Out. This is when I started modifying my car for drifting. I was fully committed to learning about how to make a car go fast. Now at this point, I decided there is a need for a fourth stage. I call it Hauling Ass. This name is more appropriate for my domain, but the idea is the same for almost anybody else. When I get to the Hauling Ass stage, I get to enjoy all of my hard work and just drive my car to the limits. As shown below, this stage is obviously the most fun for me.
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I see what you're saying with your blog. I agree that if someone is really interested in what they are learning about, the amount of information they will learn will sky rocket. My dream is to be interested in what I do for my day job. That way I don't have to work a day in my life.
ReplyDeleteWell nice touch by adding your own stage to the academic writing. Your a breathing example of interest driven learning and I agree, with heavy interest in any subject learning there increases exponentially. Cool way of applying what you learned and relating it to yourself.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree. When people are interested in something, they take the time to learn the information in depth.
ReplyDeleteIt's so cool how HOMAGO helped you out with cars. If you are learning about something you are interested in , it makes learning so much easier, and even more fun!
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