This is my life philosophy. Above love, above friends, above family, above care for myself. It may be unwise to value learning so highly above all else, but I can’t help it. I have an insatiable curiosity about nearly everything. It lessens for matters of pop culture and many hobbies, but that doesn’t mean I am uninterested. Learning fights ignorance. Learning helps you develop as a person and helps develop your culture. Scientific advancements, ethical advancement, philosophical advancements… The more we learn, the more this becomes possible. The best advice I can give anyone is to never stop asking questions. However, learning has to be a balance of asking and believing. If you believe nothing, you will learn nothing. Questioning others is an important concept, but if you disbelieve everything they say, then what is the point of questioning? As a future physician, I hope all my patients ask questions; not only to me, but to others. I hope they ask questions to friends and family, textbooks, the internet… Doctors are not all-knowing and most of them realize they never will be. Take an interest in your own education. Read the newspaper. Read wikipedia. Watch documentaries. Write a research paper. Never stop asking questions. Never stop learning.
