"Being ignorant is not so much a shame
as being unwilling to learn."
-Benjamin Franklin
From when you're in the first grade to beyond graduating high school, you will never stop learning. I am not talking about learning in school or by searching something on the internet. I am talking about learning from experiences, tiny things that you catch when you’re talking to another person, doing your job, or even walking in a hallway. You will always be learning.
Benjamin Franklin, a politician, musician, scientist and author. The list goes on and on. He was a smart man, and whenever he asked a question, he would do everything in his power to answer it. Take for example one night, he was sitting outside in Philadelphia. He was waiting to see lunar eclipse, but a storm had moved over to his location. Most people would just call it bad luck, but Benjamin Franklin asked “Why did I not see the lunar eclipse?” He found that there were strong winds from the Northeast, but when he talked to his brother in Boston, he was told that the storm had come after the lunar eclipse which was strange because, Boston is Northeast of Philadelphia. Benjamin concluded that clouds and storms do not always follow the strong winds. This theory is one that majorly influenced modernday meteorology.
Benjamin Franklin was a learner. His discoveries were made, because he learned from the little things. Like a cloudy day and a talk with his brother. Without Benjamin’s love for learning, a lot of the things we take for granted would not be here.So how can you be Benjamin Franklin? Well you can’t, but you can atleast do what he did best. Learn.
Donald Kausler’s book, “Learning and Memory in Normal Aging”, suggests that people who are actively learning throughout their lives have a longer lifespan and have less effects of aging than that of a person who did not actively learn on a regular basis. So not only is learning teaching you, preparing you for events, and helping you through your life, but it is also healthy for you.
An old Albert Einstein told others,
“Wisdom is not a product of schooling, but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.”
From when you are first born to when you are at your final breath, your brain is always ready to learn new things. So next time you see your grandfather, or you look up at the sky, remember to learn from it, and you will grow wiser and wiser.
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