A Learner Autobiography: The Past

Learner Autobiography: The Past Learning and gaining knowledge are both important to succeeding in life in general, not just during school. The best way to learn and gain knowledge is by utilizing different strategies and practicing certain habits that aid your ability to comprehend information. Therefore, to improve my learning I am going to discuss my past experience as a learner, the positive and negative skills I can use and get rid of from my past, and how I can improve myself as a learner. I have always been that type of person who has to review something to understand it. I cannot just read something and comprehend it right away, which is why I have always used many different learning strategies to learn what I needed to. The first time I needed to study was in 7th grade.

In the past, I have always studied with the T.V. on and while listening to music, which was not helpful because they would both distract me from studying and learning. Ergo, my environment would keep me from learning to maximum potential. Contrastingly, my learning environment in school was very helpful, my teachers always made sure we comprehended all the information and were open to answering any questions we had on any topic, which in a sense made up for my bad physical environment. In regards to my motivation, I have never liked school and have always wanted to be done with it. As a result, I would never want to study and would procrastinate and end up studying the night before tests instead of planning out my studying time. However, over time I have realized that getting an education will increase my chances for a more successful life in the future and that is what motivates me to do well in school. Simply put, in the past I was a learner who used many different learning strategies in order to succeed, was an unmotivated person, and had a negative physical environment, but a positive school-learning