05/30/2026
Jacob and I are down at Ida Hammers for a five day hoof protection class.
Yesterday was a lot of listening and today was more hands on.
Jacob was talking at lunch about learning and how hard it is for him to just sit and listen. He said he has a hard time retaining info that way.
Thankfully Ida’s classes have a lot of hands on.
It made me think about learning and how different each of us are.
-listening
-listening and taking notes
-watching
-doing
-doing while someone talks you through it
-feeling it
All of us are so vastly different. I taught a clinic on equine anatomy and gave a few exercises once. At the end of the clinic, I did a shoulder release on every human participant. After I did a shoulder release on one lady, she stated “now this all makes sense” because she felt it. That was eye opening for me as a teacher.
Other people have asked to watch and then it makes sense. I’ve had people color in class so the anatomy really sets in. For some people that was a great exercise. For others not so much.
If you are learning and it isn’t sinking in, talk to your teacher about how you learn. If you’re a teacher and a student is struggling, ask them how they learn.
We’re all different and thank goodness for that. What a boring world it would be if we were all the same.
On a side note, Ida is an awesome teacher and will be in our area in August and September!!!
A photo of my cute dogs just because.
