Successful and Unsuccessful Learning Experiences Skiing When I was about fourteen years old I wanted to go on a skiing trip to Austria with my school, my parents said they would pay for the for the spending money I was saving my wages from my part time job helping the milkman. I had one major problem, I couldn't ski!!! I didn't want to travel all the way to Austria and then learn to ski, my …showed first 75 words of 3135 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3135 total…learn. This positive approach to teaching really worked for me. Also the fact he didn't know me seemed to help, whereas I found that people who do know you seem to lose their patience with you quicker. This experience also learnt me at an early age to have patience with others that may not be able to do something that you find easy. So I actually managed to learn something from failing to learn something.