decide you can - episode 2 (choices from our classroom to careers)

We're back this week and excited to share our second podcast episode with you.

Following on from last week where we discussed our learning styles this week we take a different slant on it to go into a bit more detail about how you can drive your own education and career.

There was an article in the media in Australia this week about 'flipping the classroom' and showcasing a school where the students decide who their teachers are, when they study and what subjects they want to learn...even creating their own subjects to help them learn in an environment that keeps them focused and engaged. We consider if this is a concept worth encouraging in more schools and if it's a theory we can work into a professional environment. 

Whilst we discuss this we focus more on our own experiences of school and the choices we made that set us on different paths - if we had the choice to do it differently, would we?

We can't help but be inspired by people who talk so passionately about a topic and TED lectures are the perfect place for that. One that has always got me thinking differently about our approach to maths in everyday life is Adam Spencer's TED lecture on monster prime numbers.  "Numbers," he says, "are the musical notes with which the symphony of the universe is played." His ability to articulate maths with such enthusiasm and passion makes me wish I'd spent more time learning about it when I had the chance! 

Susie mentions a TED lecture that caught her attention and made her think differently about work so I'm going to take this week to try it out and see how I might do things differently.

Finally we talk about a quote that got us thinking this week...

Sometimes the wrong choice brings us to the right place

It was so interesting to discuss these topics as it did lead us on to consider if the choices we made were the right ones or if we would do it differently. Ultimately, we can both agree that the decisions we have made have brought us to a really great place in our lives.