Becoming a Hero in School: Overcoming the Fear of Learning

What’s Your First Job?

Monday to Friday

Monday to Friday

8-10 Hours a Day

Monday to Friday

8-10 Hours a Day

Daily Tasks

Monday to Friday

8-10 Hours a Day

Daily Tasks

Promotions

Monday to Friday

8-10 Hours a Day

Daily Tasks

Promotions

Increasing Work and Responsibilities

Monday to Friday

8-10 Hours a Day

Daily Tasks

Promotions

Increasing Work and Responsibilities

People Care if You Show Up or Not

Your Job: Go to School and Study!

AVID is the only class you’ll ever get On How to Do Your Job

What is the Purpose of Your Job?

To Gain Knowledge

“ All men, by nature, desire to know.” Aristotle

Ignorance is bliss.

Knowledge Ignorance Who’s Right?

“ We seek knowledge to reduce anxiety

and

we also avoid knowing to reduce anxiety.”

Abraham Maslow

Not Knowing Knowing It’s scary to take this step

Not Knowing Knowing It’s scary to take this step … and it’s scary to take this step

Not Knowing Knowing The Bad News: You will go through this cycle over and over for as long as you live.

Go On to More Knowledge “ Can’t I Just Stay Here?” Life

Knowledge & FEAR

Uncertainty is the prerequisite to gaining knowledge ,

and frequently the result as well.

Edith Hamilton

Uncertainty is the prerequisite to gaining knowledge,

and frequently the result as well.

Edith Hamilton

Q: What is your biggest obstacle to learning anything? Teachers? Parents? Language? Equipment? Facilities? School Administrators? Homework? Other Students? Textbooks?

A: You Are.

Dead Skin Cells

Skin and Bone Dead Skin Cells

Skin and Bone Dead Skin Cells Brain

Your Brain

Automatic Functions

Automatic Functions Unconscious Mind

Conscious Mind Automatic Functions Unconscious Mind

Conscious Mind

Unconscious Mind Conscious Mind

Automatic Functions Unconscious Mind Conscious Mind

Do homework. Play Xbox. The Conscious Mind

Unconscious Mind Conscious MindD Do homework. Play Xbox. Fight! Get Meat! The Unconscious Mind

Automatic Functions Unconscious Mind Do homework. Play Xbox. Fight! Get Meat! Conscious MindD Run!

Food, Water, Shelter Security and Safety Belonging and Love Esteem Self- Actualization

Food, Water, Shelter Security and Safety Belonging and Love Esteem Self- Actualization Do homework. Play Xbox.

Food, Water, Shelter Security and Safety Belonging and Love Esteem Self- Actualization Do homework. Play Xbox. Run!

Food, Water, Shelter Security and Safety Belonging and Love Esteem Self- Actualization Do homework. Play Xbox. Run! Fear

I need to ask a question.

I need to ask a question. But I’m going to look dumb!

I need to ask a question. I’m going to look dumb! My friends will make fun of me.

I need to ask a question. I’m going to look dumb! My friends will make fun of me. Then I won’t have any friends.

I need to ask a question. I’m going to look dumb! My friends will make fun of me. Then I won’t have any friends. Then my family won’t want me.

I need to ask a question. I’m going to look dumb! My friends will make fun of me. Then I won’t have any friends. Then my family won’t want me. Then they’ll kick me out of the house.

I need to ask a question. I’m going to look dumb! My friends will make fun of me. Then I won’t have any friends. Then my family won’t want me. Then they’ll kick me out of the house. Then I’ll be a bum on the street.

I need to ask a question. I’m going to look dumb! My friends will make fun of me. Then I won’t have any friends. Then my family won’t want me. Then they’ll kick me out of the house. Then I’ll be a bum on the street. Then I’ll get cold, dirty, and hungry.

I need to ask a question. I’m going to look dumb! My friends will make fun of me. Then I won’t have any friends. Then my family won’t want me. Then they’ll kick me out of the house. Then I’ll be a bum on the street. Then I’ll get cold, dirty, and hungry. Then I’ll get sick and weak.

I need to ask a question. I’m going to look dumb! My friends will make fun of me. Then I won’t have any friends. Then my family won’t want me. Then they’ll kick me out of the house. Then I’ll be a bum on the street. Then I’ll get cold, dirty, and hungry. Then I’ll get sick and weak. Then I’ll collapse in some dark alley.

I need to ask a question. I’m going to look dumb! My friends will make fun of me. Then I won’t have any friends. Then my family won’t want me. Then they’ll kick me out of the house. Then I’ll be a bum on the street. Then I’ll get cold, dirty, and hungry. Then I’ll get sick and weak. Then I’ll collapse in some dark alley. Then I’ll die a horrible, lonely death.

I need to ask a question. I’m going to look dumb! My friends will make fun of me. Then I won’t have any friends. Then my family won’t want me. Then they’ll kick me out of the house. Then I’ll be a bum on the street. Then I’ll get cold, dirty, and hungry. Then I’ll get sick and weak. Then I’ll collapse in some dark alley. Then I’ll die a horrible, lonely death. And Then …?

I need to ask a question. I’m going to DIE!

What I Know What I Don’t Know

What I Don’t Know What I Know

“ The idea of death, the fear of it, haunts the human animal like nothing else: it is a mainspring of human activity….”

What Does This Have to Do with Going to School and Studying?

Any time you are feeling You are experiencing some form of the fear of death. Anxious Uncertain Fearful Scared Intimidated 1

I need to ask a question. I’m going to DIE!

2 When you recognize that whatever is making you … … probably won’t kill you, you begin to take control. Anxious Uncertain Fearful Scared Intimidated

“ Heroism is the first and foremost reflex of the terror of death …”

Food, Water, Shelter Security and Safety Belonging and Love Esteem Self- Actualization Fear Denial of Death

I need to ask a question…

I need to ask a question… and it’s not going to kill me!

The first step to knowledge is the confession of ignorance.

Gerald Weinberg

Dumb questions are some of your best tools!

The "silly" question is the first intimation of some totally new development.

Alfred North Whitehead

The willingness to make a fool of oneself is almost a prerequisite to rapid learning.

Kenneth Boulding

Fast Learner

I keep six honest serving men (They taught me all I knew); Their names are What and Why and When And How and Where and Who. Rudyard Kipling

There will never come a day

when you know everything

you will ever need to know.

Not Knowing Knowing The Bad News: You will go through this cycle over and over for as long as you live.

Knowing Not Knowing Knowing Not Knowing Knowing The Good News: It’s a journey, not a closed loop. Not Knowing Not Knowing Knowing

Look out the window.

The complexity of the universe is beyond expression in any possible notation. Michael Frayn

The complexity of the universe is beyond expression in any possible notation. Not even what you see before you can ever be fully expressed. Michael Frayn

Now close your eyes.

Now close your eyes. Not even what you see now. Michael Frayn

Knowing Not Knowing Knowing Not Knowing Knowing Not Knowing Not Knowing Knowing The Good News: You can start that journey anywhere and at any time.