Quotes About Learning

School was my solace, and studying let me escape, allowing me to live a thousand vicarious lives.

Earlier in the summer, I'd found the syllabi to a couple of the courses I was taking at Defriese in the fall, and I'd hunted down a few of the texts at the U bookstore, figuring it couldn't hurt to acquaint myself with the material.

we were all destined to just keep doing the same stupid things, over and over again, never really learning a single thing.

Life is full of screwups," he said, chucking another paper at a split-level before taking the corner. "You're supposed to fail sometimes. It's a required part of the human existence.

Children brought up in the company of adults learn better than most the power of solitude.

No reading can be called a vice.

Proactive training involves teaching your puppy what to do rather than waiting until your puppy is misbehaving to call attention to the wrong behavior.

Many puppies learn the magic of holding still along the way. They often default to sitting still and just patiently waiting, watching you. Reward that action!

If your puppy lunges for the treat anyway (and most will), snap your hand shut over the treat like a clam and wait until your puppy pauses from even a split second to toss the more savory treat at their feet, saying Find It!

teach them the 4-paw rule. Shake the cup and reward your puppy if they hold still; if they jump, lift the cup above your head and look up.

puppies repeat behavior that wins them attention — they don't care whether the interaction is negative or positive.

EXPLORING A REAL WORLD APPLICATION FOR WAIT

Use treat cups as described in Chapter 5 to help your puppy associate kids with fun and food. Toss treats down, saying "Find it" as you cast them to the floor; this helps to ensure that your puppy stays focused on your hands and looks down instead of up when kids are around.

As you come to a stop bring a treat to the floor by the side of your left shoe. As you do, say "Find it!" As your puppy gets the rhythm of the sequence lesson, you may drop the treat by your foot, so you eliminate the posture of bending down to get their attention.

Don't chase your puppy if they don't respond. Practice on-lead for now or use a long line to give them more freedom to explore.

Choose a few different words for different toys — like "toy," "ball," and "bone." Encourage everyone to name the object as they toss it. Soon your puppy will be able to identify up to five different toys.

Instead of reaching for the toy in their mouth, shake and bounce your toy as you wait for the puppy to release the one they're holding. As they are releasing the object, say "Give," as you toss the copy.

Your puppy loves your attention and will repeat anything to get it — even if it's negative.

Other forms of discipline are often viewed by your puppy as confrontational play.

If I should have a daughter… I'm gonna paint the solar system on the backs of her hands so she has to learn the entire universe before she can say 'oh I know that like the back of my hand.

Hands learn. More than minds do.

Practice does not make perfect. Practice makes permanent. Repeat the same mistakes over and over, and you don't get any closer to Carnegie Hall.

And I'm going to pain the solar systems on the backs of her hands, so she has to learn the entire universe before she can say, Oh, I know that like the back of my hand.

If you grow up the type of woman men want to hold, You can let them hold you. All day they practice keeping their bodies upright. Even after all this evolving it still feels unnatural, Still strains the muscles, holds firm the arms and spine. Only some men will want to learn what it feels like to curl themselves into a question mark around you, Admit they don't have the answers they thought they would by now.