Activity 1.2

After some thought, I have decided that learning being like fishing is the most appropriate metaphor for me. Learning can be likened to fishing for several reasons. Like learning there are many different types of fishing: you can fly fish, ice fish, take a worm and bobber approach, or if you’re extra zealous grab them out of the water with your hands. Not only do we choose these certain styles of fishing because we enjoy them we choose them because we know what works best for us. Similar to learning, fishing can have many different motivators. You can fish to feed yourself/family or just for the pure pleasure and excitement. Again, like learning fishing brings in a variety of things; sometimes most unexpectedly. I recall a particularly exciting fishing trip in which my husband was bringing in what we thought would be a whopper of a fish but turned out to be terrifying and mud-covered, angry turtle! Depending on the motivation behind what you reel in and what’s on the end of that line you will also choose to do different things with it. Perhaps you determine the fish isn’t something you need so you let it go. Motivation is an essential component to my learning. Without proper motivation most of what I reel in is returned to the water after all I only have so much space in my live well and I’ll only keep what I know I’ll use.