Applying+past+knowledge+to+new+situations

//Often students approach each task as if it were for the very first time. Its like each experience is independent, has no relationship to what has come before or what comes after. Psychologists call this an “episodic grasp of reality” (Feuerstein 1980)//
 * __Applying past knowledge to new situations__**

In my freshmen year, I had my science class with Ms. Jordan. During our physics unit, we had to do a self-taught layer unit, identical to what we did this quarter. This enabled me to be more familiar to the situation and requirements of the layer units. Through this past experience, I was able to prepare myself more thoroughly, completing more points than was required, just in case I don’t fulfill Mrs. Knowles’s requirements. Luckily I applied my past knowledge to this situation, because I saved a lot of time.

If you look at the past, you will learn and benefit from it tremendously. Experience is what makes up your successes. The black and white picture above represents the past, and the scenery represents the present.