Hi Alexandra. Thank you so much for sharing! I thoroughly enjoyed reading about your educational journey and how it took you from Calgary to UVic. It added such a personal touch to your introduction and made your account interesting. I also appreciated how you described your learning style so elegantly. Your point that you learn things more easily when you are able to see them and discuss them resonate strongly with me, since collaborative work tends to foster understanding. Your observation about how your own working definition of learning evolved over time was also useful. I liked the contrast between the way you used to think about “street smarts vs. book smarts” and the way you now value both formal education and life skills. All in all, your entry was reflective, intimate, and inspiring to read, and it helped me have new perspectives on my own learning experiences.