Fun topics to teach a class
50 Fun Things to Learn, New Era, Sept. 2014, 811 Show 50 Fun Things to LearnBy Mindy Leavitt Church Magazines Learning doesnt have to feel boring or forced. Find somethingyou love to make it exciting. You dont always get to choose what you learn in school. Fractions, parts of speech, and the difference between cumulus and stratus clouds? Not everyones going to find those topics totally captivating. But even if you dont love every class in school, you can still love learning. There are countless things to learnsome practical things that will save you from stress and some fun things that will save you from boredom. Find something youre passionate about and youll discover that being enthusiastic about learning comes naturally. Developing skills and hobbies will not only make you a more interesting, well-rounded person, but it will also boost the quality of your life through added abilities and interests. So learn on! To get you started, heres a list of 50 fun things to learn. Culture
Just for Fun
Self-Reliance
Helpful Skills
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Health & Safety/Outdoors
Find Something You Love President HenryB. Eyring, First Counselor in the First Presidency, learned a great lesson from his father: Because of his great love for science, [his father] encouraged each of his sons to major in physics. Hal [President Eyring] was studying physics [and] asked his father for help with a complex mathematical problem. Hal, [his father] said, we were working this same kind of problem a week ago. You dont seem to understand it any better now than you did then. Havent you been working on it? Hal admitted he had not. You dont understand, his father went on. When you walk down the street, when youre in the shower, when you dont have to be thinking about anything else, isnt this what you think about? When I told him no, [said President Eyring,] my father paused. Then he said, Hal, I think youd better get out of physics. You ought to find something that you love so much that when you dont have to think about anything, thats what you think about. From GeraldN. Lund, Elder HenryB. Eyring: Molded by Defining Influences, Ensign, Sept. 1995, 1011. Learning Your Learning Style Whether youre learning something for school or for fun, its important to identify what kind of learner you are. Though most people can get something from every approach, not everyone has the same favored learning style, so finding out how you learn best will help you learn better. Learning better will make learning more fun, too. Heres a rundown of different learning styles:
Enjoy Variety You young [people] should not complain about schooling. Do not immerse yourself so much in the technical that you fail to learn things that are practical. Everything you can learn that is practicalin the house, in the kitchen cooking, in the yardwill be of benefit to you. Never complain about schooling. Study well, and attend always. We are to learn about things that are above, and things that are beneath, things that are in the earth, and upon the earth, and in heaven (D&C 101:34). You can learn about fixing things and painting things and even sewing things and whatever else is practical. That is worth doing. If it is not of particular benefit to you, it will help you when you are serving other people. President BoydK. Packer, President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Counsel to Young Men, Ensign, May 2009, 51. |