How to profit most from your learning efforts

Non scholam sed vitam discimus.
Not for school, but for life we learn (translated from Latin).

In school you are taught that you don’t learn for school or for the teacher or for the parents, but you learn for yourself and for life. But you don’t really understand that then, I surmise – at least I didn’t, although I always pleased whoever asked me by giving the right answer: “for myself, of course”.

But in the end, it is absolutely irrelevant for whom or for what reward you learn something. This may sound like sacrilege for the thoughtful and enthusiastic educator who wants his disciples to understand the value of self-guided learning, but bear with me.

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