But let me say this about learning experiences: they're weird. Or put it this way: what you learn from a learning experience is generally something else.
Peg Brackentravel never made a bore interesting; it only makes for a well-traveled bore, in the same way coffee makes for a wide-awake drunk. In fact, the more a bore travels, the worse he gets. The only advantage in it for his friends and family is that he isn't home as much.
Peg Bracken