Experience Counts

One Hundred Sixty Seventh Post: Experience Counts

The thing about writing, art, science, or practically any other profession is that to get an opportunity for a job it is helpful to have some experience by oneself. Meaning all the drawings made, stories or poems written, science experiments made are all part of experience even though it may be non-professional. The young high school student learns this when applying for college. The college wants to know how much the student is serious about their profession by seeing what things they have done so far.

On page 120 of the “Harris’ Farmer’s Almanac 2006", Rob Simbeck, the author, writes about keeping a nature journal. But the interesting fact of the article is when he describes how he keep a journal of events until one day he decided to write a story. That is how his writing career began. So the lesson to learn is that all the work you do in the field you want to get into is valuable. Also, it is important to record that work.

On another note is something I learned from surfing Amazon. There is a couple of books on the different types of mechanical movements. This would be useful when designing a machine or building a robot. I haven’t got the book, but as an idea I may start my own collection of mechanical movements. When shapes are used in the design there is tons of possibilities. In a class a teacher could have the students design a machine based on the mechanical movements. The possibilities are there.

But in the meantime.... May the Creative Force be with You