Learning from our peers goes back to a very early stage in our lives. The people who have been around us since this early stage have helped shape the person we are today. In Nancy Mairs’ “I am a cripple”, she talks about her life with multiple sclerosis. Nancy defies everything politically correct and blatantly states that she is a cripple and she doesn’t want people to pretend she’s not. She takes her life and turns it into a comical story though it still has didactic effect. As a professor she has a major impact on

Teaching, learning and education is not just about sitting in a classroom or getting a perfect score on a test. These three essays show the ways in which knowledge is acquired from places other then a teacher or a textbook. Children in the school system these days are so preoccupied with getting good grades and pleasing their parents and teachers that they are missing out on the pure joy of learning. They don’t enjoy learning anymore because it is such a stressful task. In many cases the only times they can truly appreciate learning is when they do it in ways like described in the essays. Without other means of gathering knowledge the world would be such a boring place.

her students. When Nancy said “One immensely cheered by the information that I paint my own fingernails; she decided that If I could go to such trouble over fine details, she could keep on writing essays”, she was showing her effect on the students. Not only did Nancy teach her students in the classroom but also taught them just by being herself. They learned that if she can go through all these difficulties and do things just like everyone else then they can to do things that might be hard. Nancy also admits “I’d take a cure; I just don’t need one” and shows that she’s human and would want to rid of the disease but can deal with it as well. She reveals the honest truth when she says “I may at any time get worse, but no amount of worry or anticipation can prepare me for a new loss. My life is a lesson I losses. I learn one at a time.” She shows that she won’t give up and this helps encourage others to pursue on in troubled times. Nancy is one of those people that no matter what will have an effect on you. She will teach you things just by example and show you that unspoken words are sometimes stronger then the ones spoken by educ

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