{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6658c69d29c918001158ec0e/6a91414063de6f7b411a7f4d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Why Adult Learners Don’t Return to School for a Just One Reason","description":"<p>In today's solo episode, I'm reflecting on something I've carried with me for decades: the idea that education became a mirror for me—not just a way to learn about the world, but a way to learn about myself.</p><p><br></p><p>I share the story of enrolling in college in my 30s after years of believing I wasn't \"the academic type\" and talk about what it was like to get back my first college paper. I also share about being asked, for the first time, \"What do you think?\" and how that question started to change everything. I reflect on the difference between earning a credential and being transformed by the process of earning it, and I invite you to consider what your own mirror might be showing you right now.</p><p><br></p><p>Tune in and listen to the <strong>fifty-third episode</strong> of <strong>I Can Do This, Show Me How!</strong> I don't know what your mirror is showing you right now, but I hope this episode gives you a moment to pause and notice. Whether it's a class you've been curious about, a skill you've always wanted to learn, or just a question you haven't let yourself sit with, you don't need an answer today. Sometimes noticing the question is where the discovery begins.</p><p><strong>In this episode, you will learn:</strong></p><p><br></p><ul><li><strong>[02:46]</strong> Education as a mirror: it doesn't create new possibilities, it helps you see them.</li><li><strong>[06:07]</strong> We don't walk into classrooms, workplaces, or relationships as blank slates. We bring our histories, our assumptions, and the things we've never thought to question.</li><li><strong>[13:08]</strong> The shift began with learning to type at business college and a supervisor who saw potential in me before I saw it in myself</li><li><strong>[16:26]</strong> The moment that changed everything: an instructor's question on my first college paper and the beginning of learning to examine my own thinking.</li><li><strong>[19:20]</strong> A caution about talking about education only in terms of credentials: degrees matter, but they don't tell the story of who you become while earning them.</li><li><strong>[24:00]</strong> \"I have never completed learning, and I hope I never do.\"</li><li><strong>[25:26]</strong> Reconsidering a belief isn't weakness, it's evidence you're paying attention.</li><li><strong>[26:41]</strong> My own practice for feeling stuck: getting curious about the assumption underneath the hesitation.</li><li><strong>[30:28]</strong> A closing invitation: you don't need to answer right away, sometimes it's enough just to notice the question.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Let's Connect!</strong></p><ul><li>My Email: ldroseconsulting@gmail.com</li><li>Mentor International:<a href=\"https://www.mentorfoundationusa.org\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> www.mentorfoundationusa.org</a></li><li>Mentor:<a href=\"https://www.mentoring.org\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> www.mentoring.org</a></li><li>Ashoka Changemakers:<a href=\"https://www.ashoka.org\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> www.ashoka.org</a></li></ul>","author_name":"Dr. Linda Rose"}