EARLY BIRDS

When it comes to acquiring knowledge for oneself, I always subscribe to doing it as early as we can. The earlier you know about something, the earlier you can take action and make the most of it or avoid it to get into trouble later in life. Growing up, I had so many limitations and till date, I still suffer for it but luckily for me, I’m someone who is opened to learning so I have been able to acquire some knowledge about things for myself (but it is way harder now).

But one disadvantage of learning about something late is that you will always be selective of what to learn because you know you have limited time to focus on the necessary and unnecessary things. There are some knowledge we will find unnecessary as we grow old even though they might come in handy at some point in our lives but because we started investing in learning about it late, we start seeing them as unnecessary which might actually be true because we missed learning it when we should.

For today’s hivelearners topic, we are asked to share our thoughts on when we think is the right time to learn about coding and tech seeing how important it has and is becoming these days. And as most of us already know, tech and coding is moving on a whole different level these days. It is one skill that a lot of companies and firms are in demand for because it is the core of so many software projects we have out there. As a child, learning at a very young age opens him or her to different opportunities and experiences. I have heard a lot of persons say coding is not easy at all and for me, that’s because they started trying to acquire that knowledge when they are already too busy trying to juggle from one job to another.

Teaching the basic concepts about coding and tech in schools will give children an idea of what it is and make it easier for them to follow that line of skill if they want to in the future. And also it will help them stay informed about the things going on around them. Making it compulsory might be a little too compelling but then, it is something that I believe will get children to be interested in wanting to learn.

These days we find a lot of young people losing interest in learning skills but yet they are very money minded. They have started seeing learning some certain things as a waste of time and that is really alarming. So at this point and as we have always encouraged, it is always best to catch them young. When they start learning about things as early as is possible, the earlier they start understanding how important learning is to our very existence.

So, besides coding and tech, if there are other productive and informative things that are worth learning, it is always good to start teaching it to our children at a very intentional age to keep them informed and powerful because as we always say, knowledge is power. By teaching our children the things worth learning, we fortify them against every form of ignorance and that is something they will appreciate a lot as they grow up. Children are the leaders of tomorrow but we don’t wait until tomorrow to imbibe them with the qualities that make them leaders, it is done today.

And also something I learnt some time ago, for everyone to enjoy living, we have to keep learning and acquiring knowledge for ourselves. A wise man once said that the moment we stop learning is when we die. And I believe when we keep making our children learn how to keep learning, it is a gift that will keep them going because learning opens us to so many opportunities and possibilities. So, be it coding, tech, or any other good skill out there, learning them at a young age is a huge opportunity and it is worth giving to our children.

Thank you for reading through. ❤️