For some reason, I think lisah is out of town. Did get an alert that Cold Spring was closed which pretty much sucks as it is part of my drive home and I hate Northern in bad weather.

But hopefully it'll be clear by the time I leave. While a lot came down in a small period of time, it isn't that bad. OTOH, other people...well, they are that bad.

Oh & thanks!

We've found that especially in the Gifted/High ability magnet a fair number of kids have what the author would deem a set mindset, that kids think they should be able to do something because they are smart or good at it. When they struggle then it means they are not smart or good at that skill set.

Too true. I rush to state that it wasn't my parents' fault: they did TRY to get me to push, and they did TELL me that, but it was so frustrating for me when mental things didn't click in an instant like everything else did. Areas where I know I suck (physical activity) I'm able to push through the frustration barrier, but mental areas, it's much harder to do that. As a kid, I never felt accomplished when I finally figured out X, Y, or Z tough mental task. Just relieved that it was over. Which as it turns out was probably a combination of mild learning differences and being so-called profoundly gifted. Recipe for disaster! Woo!

It's easier now, and the click makes me happy, but I'm also much less high-strung and prone to tantrums than I was in my childhood.

Scrappy, I know I've seen that link before, and for some reason I swear it was from you.

Which I guess makes sense because language can be very mathematical and some people just aren't good at math.

I have a hard time retaining both unless I have a practical application, no matter how many hours I spend on the homework. It's why I didn't get math until logic and statistics, which made perfect sense to me, and why I've been told by language teachers that I can learn, but probably best in an immersion setting.

Signed, still wishes she had the knack for retaining languages not her native ones, will some day see about this immersion thing.

She sent it to me yesterday and I know I meant to post it, but I don't remember doing it. I might have, though, and blame the cold meds fo making me loopy.

Shockingly enough, Plei is me.

Also, Scrappy's link made my day.

Nothing has helped me get over my "Didn't get it the first time, it's hard, I'm no good at it" like teaching myself how to draw.

It's been fifteen years and I *still* struggle. And I cannot (yet) draw actual objects...that is, not superheroes...very well.

But I keep pluggin' away at it.

Take a look at HEMA's product page. You can't order anything and it's in Dutch, but just wait a couple of seconds and watch what happens. [link]

It's a Rube Goldberg Web page!

Plei is much like me. I really want to learn French, the better to help me do my research (not least because British authors, even recent ones, tend to assume an educated reader knows French, and will leave lengthy quotations untranslated, and it drives American me who only ever learned Spanish CRAZY). But I don't know how I'd make it stick in my brain.

I've been told by language teachers that I can learn, but probably best in an immersion setting.

This is mostly me with languages. I tried to study some Hungarian words and phrases, but until I heard it spoken around me, I didn't get it. Once I did hear it, I started picking up other words.