Blog 1

My informal education curriculum has been ongoing since I was at a very young age. I consider all of the things that my parents taught me even before I was enrolled in the school system to be part of my informal education. Even before I was in school, my parents taught me how to talk, walk, and I was even toilet trained. I consider this educational because it is something that is learned. If I hadn’t been taught and shown how to do all of these things, there’s a pretty good chance, I wouldn’t be able to figure them out on my own. Another thing that I would consider to be part of my informal education would be when I volunteered last year at Jordan Acres Elementary School in a kindergarten class. This was not really formal education but I did learn a lot from this experience. Being around all of the children helped me to learn more about how children think, learn, and act in certain situations in the classroom. I think that I have had many different types of informal learning throughout my life. I would consider formal education to be the type of education that takes place in a classroom, like all throughout elementary school, middle school, and high school, and even in college. My friends and family have helped to contribute to my informal education. They have changed my life and showed me many things throughout the years.I would consider informal education to be anything that would be learned outside of the classroom, such as life lessons. I think that in a way, informal education could be more important and effective than some parts of formal thought.