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.
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.
I didn't know they'd shut down CSL - just that there were accidents at 1pm already. eiyiyi.
safe drive.
I'm definitely in the camp that was told early that I was smart (and talented and gifted and whatnot) and therefore expected everything to come easily. Still today I am interested in lots of things and have no fear about trying it, but then want to be instantly good at it.
Even things like laying tile. I was eager to learn, learned to be adequate, but then instantly wanted to be able to do it with the mastery and speed of the guy who has been doing it every day for his whole life.
OTOH, I was fighting prejudices, so I hated the assumption that I did well in school because I was naturally smart. I was always, how the hell do you know if I'm smart or not? Maybe I just give it a higher priority than you do and work really hard.
