My Learning Philosophy

All throughout my life, I have had the chance to continually learn new skills and knowledge. Whether it was when I learned to ride a bike for the first time, or in middle school when I was learned the concept of algebra, or leading up to right now when I started my endeavor to becoming a commissioned officer. All of which are ways that shaped me into the learner I am today. Learning has a specific meaning to me that has shaped me into the learner I have become and helped form what starting at prep school means to me. Learning is the way one acquires knowledge or skills that one retains for future use. A key point to emphasize is that learning does not just apply to book knowledge, but also skills used in daily life or that are job related.
Learning a task or piece of knowledge and being able to recall it means I have mastered it; my end goal is to learn all I can and apply it, and no matter what setting I am in the value I have on learning is high. I equate my ability of learning something to my ability to recall upon it and remember. This carries onto today because when I learn a new subject, it sticks to me. This has become my main goal of learning. If I am able to retain the knowledge then I did a good job at learning. The end goal is to be able to apply what I know towards new concepts or just a task I want to master. None of this would happen if the value I had on learning, were not of high standard. I never want to be in a position to recall information and not able to recite or apply it. Having these carry over into different levels of learning has helped reinforce how I
I believe in the complete opposite of that for a few reasons. When I hear the word prepster, I think of proficiency, competency, stressed, and willing to learn more. Being a prepster to me, means the bar is set high on that individual. They are considered highly enough to be allowed one more year of school to fully prepare them for the challenges one will face at USMA. These individuals are being allowed extra knowledge and skills to learn. This is something a direct admits are not prepared for. Having this extra knowledge makes leaders and better learners at skills USMA students will use on a daily basis. Prepster can apply what they learned here and use it to help better learn at USMA. Which is why when I hear the word prepster, I automatically think of an individual that is better prepared and more committed