Playing Favorites

So, okay, so that's what I kind of want to talk about today, too, is, like, our favorite things.

Like, things that we remember.

Things that become part of us.

Like, we know where we were when we did things and heard things and who was with us.

And, like, why do those things become so important to us? And this kind of goes to memory.

Like, I know that we've talked a lot about, like, what makes kids remember things.

And...

I always go back to its connection, like the relevance of it.

The memory of it is rooted because of some sort of personal relevance, personal connection.

It's something that they loved.

And I started thinking about all of the times like in throughout my education where the teachers let me choose the thing that was important to me.

And I could think of lots of them.

Okay.

OK, I loved it.

You and I would have thrived in those moments like you choose what you want to learn.

I had a whole list.

I let me pull something out that I want to learn about.

Like I was all over that.

So whether it was right.

I remember in fifth grade, I remember the teacher saying, write your own thesis question and and write an essay based on your own whatever topic you want to write about.

Like I was like, what? Yeah.

So I wrote about, I was in fifth grade and I remember this.

We didn't get a lot of choice when I was a kid.

So I remember this and I remember who I wrote about because I wanted to write about a person.

So I wrote about a person that was important to me and why that person was important to me.