That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Learning is re-understanding something familiar in a fresh, new perspective.
- In plain terms
- Learning is seeing what you knew before in a new way.
- What can you take from it?
- True learning refreshes your understanding of the familiar.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When did you see an old idea anew?
- How do you know you truly learned something?
Another view
Some learning involves entirely new information.
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