Monday, 22 March 2010

You are never too old to learn

Now and again I trot out the statement:
'There are 4 classes in Britain: the upper class, the middle class, the lower class and the evening class.' Alas it was not my turn of phrase, I read it in a newspaper many years ago.

I love the evening class brigade. They are indomitable, optimistic and open to learning. Age poses no barrier in their quest to learn.

It turns out that Adult Learners Week is the 15th-21st May this year. Why not celebrate it at work by teaching colleagues something you are good at? Or ask your employees to organise some taster classes. May be it is time to dust down those origami skills.

1 comment:

catdownunder said...

They teach too - my 87yr old father is a happiest when teach and 8.7yr old out in his carpentry shed. He claims he learns as much from them as he teaches.