How do I know what I know?

Everyone has their own way of learning. Some are auditory learners, some are visual learners but I personally learn from touch and experience. I'm a kinesthetic learners. I can sit in a classroom for hours, take notes and listen attentively for hours and still manage not to learn a single thing. Well I guess that's a bit of an exaggeration, I do learn something but it isn't until I experience or do what was just taught that I really understand the concept at hand. Take math for example, math teachers usually talk about how to do a problem and then show how to solve the problem on the board. What helps me the most, however, is doing the problems myself. If I get it wrong, I find out what I did wrong and try again, making sure not to make the same mistake again. Even in this class, there are many things that we talk about that are interesting, but they don't resonate with me unless I can make a true personal connection to it. Of course most topics discussed are relatable, but those topics that are more sensible and important to me are the ones that stay with me the most and leave e pondering for days. Same is true for other subjects and for other aspects of life as well. When I’m at work, my supervisor can explain to me how to do something, but It isn’t until I sit down and do it that I truly understand what it is that I’m actually doing. Many times I have to figure it out myself: I navigate through several programs and web links until I find what I am looking for. The good thing about that is that the next time I need to find it, I know exactly where it is. Everything that is taught and said to me has to be analyzed and tested in my mind before I actually accept is as being true. I guess the moral of the story is that I learn from experience, but more importantly I learn from my mistakes.