FREE WRITING
2005 was the year that my little brother
was born. Learning process started again
for him. My mother, my father and the other family members even me whether try
to teach something new or not, my little brother learned a lot from us. Children can always learn everything that is
happening around them with a natural and spontaneous ways. The learning process
on those ages is unconscious. Their brain is like a sponge that everything that
they encounter is absorbed by it. Learning ability is a genetically coded to us
we can’t escape from it, especially in human’s early ages.
For example; while my brother was learning
how to use computer, he was observing me silently while I was using it. After a
time, he started to figure out which button does what. Then he started to ask
questions and with little explanation he managed to use the basic programs on
the computer. After learning the basics, it was easy for him to develop his
skills on his own. He can even open the computer and start surfing on the net.
In the other hand, my father learned using computer when he was 48. It was very
hard for him. Because after a certain age, it becomes hard to acquire new
skills and something like a computer was very odd for my father. I had to
explain every single button in the keyboard and every icon on the screen. After
long practices, he started to use basic software.
In order to
learn something, my father needs a lot of guidance because he lacks the
confidence and he has some kind of fear towards that device. It’s because he
learned using the computer at late ages. In those ages, most people lose their creativity
and perception. In the other hand, my little brother needs no one to teach him
anything. When he encounters a problem, he tries to solve it all by himself. By
clicking randomly on the options of the programs, if he fails, again we try to
find the solution on the internet by himself.
To ask some to help him is the last option that he uses. Listening
music, watching cartoons, playing games or lots of thing he does with the help
of computer and he isn’t bored whereas my father is able to open computer,
click only the Internet Explorer, read the news on the net.
Consequently,
with the help of observing, he thinks that he can do like me. Intrapersonal
intelligence is seen in this situation. Listening music on the computer(musical
intelligence), using fingers for games and connect to the internet(kinesthetic
intelligence),asking questions when he fails and telling the problem he
thinks(linguistic intelligence) shows that he has learned what he needed. This
learning period will have an effect on my brother’s life, all the things that
are easily learned form the basis of what is to be learned in the future.
Unlike my father, He has no difficulties about using computer in the future. My
brother learned new things without realizing it, discovered and developed new
abilities of the various functions of the brain. He observed and applied the
skill that he wanted. He got the opportunity to learn effective.
