Ribh's D'Coopage

That must be very difficult every day. I use math constantly. :hugs:hugs
And now you see how reading all over rather than lineally affects an ability to think in the straight lines required for math. It is very good for lots of humanities thinking. Very poor for most science.
 
Yesterday's issue was Olivia. She wanted in. Missy figured out if she opened the door Olivia would shoot in & she could then pick her up & tell me *Libby* was being bad.

We had a to~do about it in the end. Missy was told she was either in or out but she wasn't to encourage Olivia by standing in an open door. Olivia was told she was out! She wasn't getting to sit in the cat carrier & contemplate laying her egg there.

She adores you! Oh goodness that’s cute!
 
Yep. I have heard of it & always wondered if that's my problem. Like Dyslexia it seems to manifest in different forms with different people. Most teachers haven't heard of it but it is debilitating & calculators are a godsend for people like me even for simple math. Anything complicated & I can't even remember the procedure so can't apply it on the calculator. Pages of figures are so overwhelming I can become physically ill. And like a dyslexic I have a whole heap of hacks to get around mathematically. For me, I don't learn in *straight lines* ~ which is how math operates. I tend to see the big picture & work backwards from that & that doesn't work for math.
Ribh, they are actually teaching Math differently now! My understanding is they start with the big picture before drilling down into details.
 
Ribh, they are actually teaching Math differently now! My understanding is they start with the big picture before drilling down into details.
I wonder if it works? As a homeschooler I taught Math [cue horrified extended family]. I started with very concrete things, never abstractions. Numbers were always tied to something real & when we began music I chose piano to start because you can see the patterns on the keyboard. Later, we chose not to do things like algebra & calculus. I didn't want to teach it & the girl didn't want to learn it. I copped a lot of flack for it but when YD wanted to go into the navy & needed that for her entrance exam she taught herself in a couple of weeks so I figured I did something right & it gives me great pleasure to tell all the doubters that she passed high enough to qualify for pilot training. :gig
 
She adores you! Oh goodness that’s cute!
Yep. I have a problem keeping her out of the house. If it was just me I wouldn't care. She could come & go as she pleased but the lad freaks about chickens in his house so out she goes.
 
WEDNESDAY WHEREVER.
The unicorn blocks was finished with a deep border, which I think goes surprising well with it . I am now working a moss stich from a cake. I am liking this one. It is working up fast. The stitch is easy & it's not full of big holes, as crotchet patterns tend to.
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You do beautiful work.
 
Yep. I have heard of it & always wondered if that's my problem. Like Dyslexia it seems to manifest in different forms with different people. Most teachers haven't heard of it but it is debilitating & calculators are a godsend for people like me even for simple math. Anything complicated & I can't even remember the procedure so can't apply it on the calculator. Pages of figures are so overwhelming I can become physically ill. And like a dyslexic I have a whole heap of hacks to get around mathematically. For me, I don't learn in *straight lines* ~ which is how math operates. I tend to see the big picture & work backwards from that & that doesn't work for math.
I have had a math disability my whole life. Fortunately I made up for it in the English and biology department.
I took Probabilities & Statistics in college TWICE. The first time I failed it. The second time I got a C. With tutoring.
Very depressing.
 

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