Learning is an effort. Passion that lacks effort shows results in sloppy learning. For example, Malcolm X memorized words in order to get a better understanding of the things he would read. X said, “I could for the first time pick up a book and read and now begin to understand what the book was saying” (X 2). He was left in amazement. The effort he put in opened up his word base and he became inspired by the potential he had. Likewise, in “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer,” the narrator sought out the astronomer because he wanted to be inspired. The tone of the first stanza of the poem reflects inspiration. The astronomer inspired the narrator to go in the last stanza and gather information on his own. If both X and the narrator were not passionate about their learning, neither of them would have gone out their way. As scholars, information that a student learns becomes fodder to increase their knowledge and make
Learning is an effort. Passion that lacks effort shows results in sloppy learning. For example, Malcolm X memorized words in order to get a better understanding of the things he would read. X said, “I could for the first time pick up a book and read and now begin to understand what the book was saying” (X 2). He was left in amazement. The effort he put in opened up his word base and he became inspired by the potential he had. Likewise, in “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer,” the narrator sought out the astronomer because he wanted to be inspired. The tone of the first stanza of the poem reflects inspiration. The astronomer inspired the narrator to go in the last stanza and gather information on his own. If both X and the narrator were not passionate about their learning, neither of them would have gone out their way. As scholars, information that a student learns becomes fodder to increase their knowledge and make