Fun

When I think about the word "fun" and what it means to me I think about something that is enjoyable and exciting. If something is fun then you should want to take part in whatever the activity may be. But even though the winding road of education is not always fun there are many ways that you can help to make them fun. I found found that I always enjoy playing study games or doing certain activities with learning. Theses activities not only help me learn but they allow me to better be engaged in something exciting. When learning becomes fun you often find yourself wanting to do it more times than not. This can be true for any aspect in life especially sports. Conditioning is never the fun or easy but is essential if you want to be a top athlete in whatever sport you participate in. But there are many types of games that you can play that even though they make you tired they are fun. Playing games for your conditioning is helpful because it gets your mind off the hard part. wouldn't you rather want to participate in something where you can use a ball like in soccer. Things are always more enjoyable when you can actually use the ball instead of just straight running. The concept then becomes a mental thing. If you are focused on how much you hate just running then you are going to dread every moment of conditioning. This also takes place in the class room. If all you can think about it how much you don't like the teacher or how boring the class is you aren't going to want to participate, therefore you won't learn. One of my personal favorites for study games is called trash ball. In trash ball there are two teams. Whenever your team gets a question right you get the opportunity to chose from one of three spots marked each further away from a trashcan then the other. The further the spot away the more points the shot is worth. You then proceed to shot a ball made of wadded up paper and try to make it in the trashcan. If you miss then you get no points. This game can get very competitive and is very exciting so you always want to make sure you get your questions right.