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Learning about learning

It's All in the Details

7/1/2017

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Recently, I decided that I wanted to turn one of the rooms in my house into a studio, so I purchased this nifty artist's desk at Jerry's Artarama. It was everything I wanted for my watercolor work and even better, I got a discount as a frequent shopper. The bad news was that my purchase came with a few major challenges. I learned a bunch about learning in this process, so let's see how this all fits together.

Hurdle #1 - Getting it home

Said desk came in a very large box that I couldn't pick up so the nice people at Jerry's wrestled it into my compact car, which in and of itself was no easy task. When I got home, the box was neatly wedged into the back seat of my car and wasn't budging when I tried to extract it, so I called my neighbor to see if he could help.
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My neighbor Paul is a pretty smart guy so we managed to get it out of the car after a lot of pulling, pushing and shoving. He had a dolly to make it easy to get upstairs, which was a great idea until we got to the door. It didn't fit.

HURDLE #2 - Getting it to where I needed it

Being the smart guy that he is, Paul suggested we bring it upstairs in pieces, so we began dissecting the box and its contents. Who knew that this puppy would have a GAJILLION pieces! Kudos to the engineers in charge of packaging though. Between the masonite stablilizers, and lots of styrofoam, they'd sandwiched something that covered most of my walkway into a 36"x40"x6"box.

Hurdle #3 - Putting it all Together

Now the fun begins. Putting it together. Easier said than done! It came with 5 pages of illustrated directions. All of the pieces were numbered with little stickers, and the numbers matched the diagram in the directions. Easy peasy, right?

WRONG.

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