And So It Ends

Folk Knowledge

Self-Directed Learning:
For me, folk knowledge is anything that is learned outside of the classroom. I focused my initial studies on symbols and their meanings.  I noticed that the culture greatly influenced a person's understanding of symbols. Also, I learned to knit. Something that I never expected to learn to do. In fact, my roommates were quite shocked when they found me sitting at my desk with the purple knitting needles in hand. (maybe they were even more shocked by the "lengthy" scarf at the end of the needles.)

Knitting: A New Experience

Today I learned something new. It’s something that can’t be learned from a textbook. It’s something that can only be learned by doing. It’s something that I never thought that I would learn to do. Today I learned to knit.

Needles and Yarn

So Jake asked me if I would teach him the basics of knitting. Of course I happily agreed. So we got together in the HBLL and went at it.