I tried to reconcile all of this with my learned appreciation of the banality of grandparental death, the draining monotony that precedes it, the sad predictability of the stories that surround it.
Whereas only the elite, who had a learned appreciation for it, would understand the abstract meaning of modernist buildings, everyone could understand Las Vegas's references to "our great commonplaces or old clichés".
From Fifa, he has learned an appreciation not only for the beauty of this most beautiful sport, but also its agony, its ecstasy and, in the hated form of Jordan Pickford, a football fan's ability to hold an everlasting grudge.
She went swimming every day, learned music appreciation and worked with clay, creating a purple hump-back caterpillar and a snow globe that Mrs. Hernandez displays proudly in a glass-front cabinet.
How else are they going to learn an appreciation of the finer aspects of motoring – like not sweating at red lights as you wait for the inevitable stall; the dreadful slow bump of a dying battery.
The prescription is a richer personalisation of learning – an appreciation of the diversity of intelligence; the need to adapt teaching schedules to different learning speeds; a flexibility that allows learners to pursue their interests and strengths; and a different model of assessment.
A number of themes have emerged out of the data as extracted by our native researcher, such as the special importance of learning technology, appreciation of the common project goal, the intrinsic pleasure of participation, frustrations about exclusions and other concerns, as well as immediate rewards and expectations of gaining resources.
From them Jefferson learned a keen appreciation of supportive mentors, a concept he later institutionalized at the University of Virginia.
Chris Dodd, of Connecticut, who retired in January of 2011, said in his farewell speech to his colleagues, "In my years here, I have learned that the appreciation of the Senate's role in our national debate is an acquired taste.
Over time, American forces learned that an appreciation of the fears, interests and sense of honor among Afghanistan's and Iraq's citizens was critical to breaking cycles of violence and helping to move their communities toward making political accommodations that isolated extremists.
Howard eventually learned that the appreciation isn't always reciprocated.
