01-24-2013, 06:13 AM
Hard way isn't always the wrong way, that's true. I can't do problems on a calculator, it just drives me up the wall for some reason. I can't focus, and the numbers I get don't seem to do anything for me.
On paper though, I can actually get equations done pretty quickly. It's gotten me some odd looks from other people, and my brain isn't perfect like a computer, but I'll take sense over efficiency.
(Heh. As if to prove my point, I had forgotten the "n't" part there until the last check I did on my post.)
I am one of those kids who doesn't write past the lines though. Even if I'm just doing poetry or notes, it looks so weird to me. Guess I got used to writing after having to rewrite papers so much.
That's also why I never automatically like authority figures just because they're in that position. I won't be upset with them by default, but I won't blindly obey anyone just because I'm supposed to. I'll do it because I can respect them (though I won't always agree with them).
I am pretty rubbish with actually knowing stuff. I can look things up, but only grammar and arithmetic stick in my head. And some element symbols and their masses, but that's mostly irrelevant.
And that "Warm Path" way of doing things is pretty interesting. Seems more like "Worn Path" to me, but I'm not the one learning through it. To me, it seems like one reason it's hard for people to learn that way is that it requires patience, and for the person to accept they'll make mistakes sometimes. I admit not wanting to do that sometimes. But it is true that we make mistakes, and we really shouldn't try as hard as we do to avoid them. Experience only comes after a trial, and regardless of what you did you'll be better next time (unless you're dead. In that case, you're just shit outta luck).
On paper though, I can actually get equations done pretty quickly. It's gotten me some odd looks from other people, and my brain isn't perfect like a computer, but I'll take sense over efficiency.
(Heh. As if to prove my point, I had forgotten the "n't" part there until the last check I did on my post.)
I am one of those kids who doesn't write past the lines though. Even if I'm just doing poetry or notes, it looks so weird to me. Guess I got used to writing after having to rewrite papers so much.
That's also why I never automatically like authority figures just because they're in that position. I won't be upset with them by default, but I won't blindly obey anyone just because I'm supposed to. I'll do it because I can respect them (though I won't always agree with them).
I am pretty rubbish with actually knowing stuff. I can look things up, but only grammar and arithmetic stick in my head. And some element symbols and their masses, but that's mostly irrelevant.
And that "Warm Path" way of doing things is pretty interesting. Seems more like "Worn Path" to me, but I'm not the one learning through it. To me, it seems like one reason it's hard for people to learn that way is that it requires patience, and for the person to accept they'll make mistakes sometimes. I admit not wanting to do that sometimes. But it is true that we make mistakes, and we really shouldn't try as hard as we do to avoid them. Experience only comes after a trial, and regardless of what you did you'll be better next time (unless you're dead. In that case, you're just shit outta luck).
Won't be seeing you through the field of tears I left behind