What does being qualified really mean?
At times I’ve wondered how I could ever communicate as a professional about what I do now. Where’s my degree? What courses have I done? What qualifications do I have?
I’m in the process of reviewing last year’s journals and writing up the results of the Phase 1 of the experiment, and I found this paragraph which I rather like…
There is no course or University or teacher (that I know of) that could’ve taught me about the combined subjects I speak of in the way I’ve amalgamated them. If I was to have learnt about them all in a way that gained me qualifications or certificates I’d have spent a lifetime sitting in classrooms doing courses, acquiring degrees – in order to say I’m qualified. And then all I’d be good at is regurgitating information, it wouldn’t guarantee that I truly know what I’ve been taught.
Sometimes the best way to learn is to be open and experience life… be open to learn through people you meet, read books you’re drawn to, see what you’re compelled to consume on the internet, watch movies, join groups, attend workshops… but above all, create space for yourself to just be… and see what comes to you. And as you ‘do’ and ‘feel’ see what this gives you.
Learning through experience is called transformational learning, memorising words that someone tells you or you read from a book is informational learning. What does being qualified really mean?
