Life Lessons With Gramma C.

Right now I’m sitting in the college library on my lunch break. The ESL library here where I work has conversation practice every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon, so it is a very animated, noisy place. Looking around at each small group, it seems that when the teacher is enthusiastic about the topic of conversation, the students are much more interested. They interact more and hate to leave when the one hour session ends.

So if I want to learn a subject, whether it’s computer literacy or making a living online, I need to find mentors who are so enthusiastic about their subject that it rubs off on me and motivates me to continue. Knowing all about a subject doesn’t help if there is no real interest. For example, I know quite a few good recipes, but unless I’m in the mood, I still don’t enjoy cooking and it shows when I get dinner on the table an hour late.