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Nick McIvor —

In the Chinese language, two characters represent the word “learning”

The first character means “to study”. It is composed of two parts: a symbol that means “to accumulate knowledge” is placed above a symbol for a child in a doorway. 

The second character means “to practice constantly”, and it shows a bird developing the ability to leave the nest. 

The upper symbol represents flying, the lower symbol, youth. For the Asian mind, learning is ongoing. “Study” and “practice constantly”, together, suggest that learning should mean “mastery of the way of self-improvement.”

Peter Senge in “Schools that Learn, 2012.