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“So think twice before you assume … ”
> I don't believe this.
>
> How can someone with otherwise perfectly normal hearing not know their
> notes?
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“If you can do X, why can't you do Y? [1]” (this is actually a quote from the
video on the page)
Years ago I was hanging out with my friend Eve when the conversation turned
towards Microsoft Office and her wanting to learn how to use the program more
effectively.
“I need to see if there's a class I can take,” she said.
“Class?” I said. “Just sit down and play around with the program.” It seemed
a perfectly reasonable approach to me. Why waste money or time on a class?
“I can't do that,” said Eve. “I won't learn.”
“What?” That was just silliness. I have never heard of such a thing. “Can't
you just sit down and do it?”
“I don't know how to do it, that's why I need the class.”
“How hard is it to load up Microsoft Word and start playing with it?”
“When will I find the time?”
“Yet you'll make the time for a class?”
“Yes. Besides, I learn best when someone tells me how,” she said.
It was my first real experience with different learning methods. I had a hard
time fathoming that an otherwise intelligent person (who could program
computers) couldn't learn on their own. Heck, that's how I learned most of
what I know, and people have always told me I was intelligent. QED (Quod Erat
Demonstrandum (Latin: which was to be demonstrated) anyone intelligent can
teach themselves.
What I've learned since is that not everyone can teach themselves. And that
there are more learning styles than just self-teaching and lectures. A lot
more. And furthermore, I learned that just because I do something one way
doesn't mean that other people do something the same way.
The video demonstrates that point succinctly.
[1]
http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?p=448
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