According to Kolb, “the process by which knowledge is created through the transformation of experience. Knowledge results from the combination of grasping and transforming experience” (Kolb, 2009). There have been studies that show that hands-on learning helps you retain information. One such study was conducted by Purdue University in 2009 in an article titled “Hands-on Learning vs. Lectures” by Katie Ash. This study discusses what researchers found when students who actually did hands-on work understood on a deeper level than students who took lectures (Ash, 2009). Alfie Kohn asks the question in his article: “The expression well educated refers to a quality of education you have received or something about yourself. Does it denote what you have been taught or what you have learned (and remember)” (Kohn, 2003)? When I talk about formal education, I agree that I focus less on lessons and books. In 1996 I took an English class and passed with a C. Now, nineteen years later, I'm auditing that same English class because I can't remember anything I learned. I had no reason to use it