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clevermanka) wrote2012-03-30 07:36 am
clevermanka) wrote2012-03-30 07:36 am
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Go figure
My life:
Properly explained, however, I understand math theories. I took a class at KU with Saul Stahl that was titled something like "Theories of Mathematics" where we studied game theory, statistics, etc., and we got to use calculators. I earned an A--my first A in a math class since (I shit you not) first grade.
My math difficulties stemmed from a variety of issues. My parents never played any math games with me (like flash card things), although my mom read to me, like all the time. I have honest-to-god issues with dyscalculia (please, when you leave me your phone number, speak slowly). In grade school, I frequently finished every other subject early and would occupy myself by reading while everyone else was still working--and none of my teachers (seriously, none of them) ever called me out or tapped me on the shoulder to interrupt my reading when the next lesson began. As a result, I missed out on probably a third of all my math classes for five years. Not an exaggeration.
So. Math. Comic. Relevant to my life. Kudos to the parents and teachers who fight for balance in a child's education.
My brain likes rote memorization, application of learned techniques, and discussions (but not arguments) about textual analysis. In addition, I am not an independent learner. Book learning: not my bag. I need to be shown or told things in person, preferably in a one-on-one environment. When shown how to do something (properly hit a drum, attach a set-in sleeve), I'm a quick study. But when I try to learn something on my own, I frequently give up before the attempt ends in tears and frustration. Also, discussing things makes them stick in my brain (I don't think this is uncommon). It's why I want to form a local horror reading group of people who can talk about books with literary critical analysis/theory intent--not just discussions about how much we liked it.
I'm playing around with a major life-goal-change thingy, and it's important for me to consider (which means first understand and analyze) how my brain works. What it likes best, and what bores it. What can keep it pleasantly stimulated and what it finds tedious. So, thinky-thinky time about how I think. This in itself is a rather abstract concept, something at which I do not excel, and that makes it difficult and annoying. But I need to change something about how I'm living my life, and I think it needs to be big.
Properly explained, however, I understand math theories. I took a class at KU with Saul Stahl that was titled something like "Theories of Mathematics" where we studied game theory, statistics, etc., and we got to use calculators. I earned an A--my first A in a math class since (I shit you not) first grade.
My math difficulties stemmed from a variety of issues. My parents never played any math games with me (like flash card things), although my mom read to me, like all the time. I have honest-to-god issues with dyscalculia (please, when you leave me your phone number, speak slowly). In grade school, I frequently finished every other subject early and would occupy myself by reading while everyone else was still working--and none of my teachers (seriously, none of them) ever called me out or tapped me on the shoulder to interrupt my reading when the next lesson began. As a result, I missed out on probably a third of all my math classes for five years. Not an exaggeration.
So. Math. Comic. Relevant to my life. Kudos to the parents and teachers who fight for balance in a child's education.
My brain likes rote memorization, application of learned techniques, and discussions (but not arguments) about textual analysis. In addition, I am not an independent learner. Book learning: not my bag. I need to be shown or told things in person, preferably in a one-on-one environment. When shown how to do something (properly hit a drum, attach a set-in sleeve), I'm a quick study. But when I try to learn something on my own, I frequently give up before the attempt ends in tears and frustration. Also, discussing things makes them stick in my brain (I don't think this is uncommon). It's why I want to form a local horror reading group of people who can talk about books with literary critical analysis/theory intent--not just discussions about how much we liked it.
I'm playing around with a major life-goal-change thingy, and it's important for me to consider (which means first understand and analyze) how my brain works. What it likes best, and what bores it. What can keep it pleasantly stimulated and what it finds tedious. So, thinky-thinky time about how I think. This in itself is a rather abstract concept, something at which I do not excel, and that makes it difficult and annoying. But I need to change something about how I'm living my life, and I think it needs to be big.