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[Kiki]

Here Carp.
https://www.amazon.com/How-Strong-Healthy-Happy-Original/dp/1467930253

 

[Kiki]

Verbal and nonverbal cognitive ability, NV has more to do with nonverbal reasoning and solving problems without words, etc. I was only 79th percentile NV. The test didn't have a spatial subtest, though, so it's possible that I am stronger in that domain, but I don't have enough information to make a conclusion, since later testing was botched due to the sleep disorder.

Also, I wouldn't want to be a medical doctor, LOL. I'm more interested in research.

No, LOL. https://www.understood.org/en/learn...issues/processing-speed-what-you-need-to-know

Tests are not real.
Forget about them.

 

[CarpCharacin]

Tests are not real.
Forget about them.

They are real.

 

[BantyChooks]

Mental math has more to do with working memory and processing speed, IMO.

You're right, but a relative weakness can still feel very crippling, even if it the weak area isn't considered particularly weak normatively.

You're absolutely right about that. It'll drag you down forever unless you learn to quit worrying about your relative abilities and simply have fun.

I was like you for a while. I learned to let go eventually and not let my ambition dig me deeper into a hole. You'll come to the same conclusion; you're a smart kid.

 

[casportpony]

NO...
He will convince himself he has it.

He's smarter than that.

 

[BantyChooks]

Verbal and nonverbal cognitive ability, NV has more to do with nonverbal reasoning and solving problems without words, etc. I was only 79th percentile NV. The test didn't have a spatial subtest, though, so it's possible that I am stronger in that domain, but I don't have enough information to make a conclusion, since later testing was botched due to the sleep disorder.

Also, I wouldn't want to be a medical doctor, LOL. I'm more interested in research.

No, LOL. https://www.understood.org/en/learn...issues/processing-speed-what-you-need-to-know

What kind of research? I'm currently on a bit of a obsessive streak over quantum physics. It's the maddest, most delightful thing. I truly loved John Gribbin's description of the wave form of subatomic particles being a form of probability field for the location of that particle. I sure won't pretend to understand it, but boy, is it fun.

 

[CarpCharacin]

I wish math came easy to me, so I could just know what I needed without having to work, but that isn't realistic for most people. Math in Elementary school made me feel very dumb and below-average. I also refused to wear glasses in Elementary school, despite pretty bad nearsightedness, because I didn't like how they felt, so that may have been part of the problem, I couldn't see what was being taught in math. Teachers weren't too concerned about my struggles in math, because I was still able to score like 80-90 percentile rank-wise on end of year math achievement tests, even if they were "out of level", i.e. comparing the scores to kids who were a few grades ahead, but that relative weakness still caused me a lot of internal turmoil, and it continues to do so.

What kind of research? I'm currently on a bit of a obsessive streak over quantum physics. It's the maddest, most delightful thing. I truly loved John Gribbin's description of the wave form of subatomic particles being a form of probability field for the location of that particle. I sure won't pretend to understand it, but boy, is it fun.

I'm mostly interested in molecular biology, especially the structural aspects of it, but I've heard that studying biology consists of a lot of memorization, which has made me fear that I wouldn't be able to do well. I don't know a lot about physics, but it was something that I was more interested in when I was younger, I used to watch documentaries about it when I was in Elementary school.

 

[ShrekDawg]

...those topics seem rather at odds with each other.

She means health/nutrition books and murder mysteries
.

You mean the one on my book shelf that I didn't even know I had.


One day.

how do you have a book and not know you have it!?

Actually, wait, I’ve done that before cause I forget about them.

I just can't do cartoons, dinosaurs, made up monsters, aliens, TARDIS things, Star Wars.... apes....

You’re missing out on a lot of really great stuff!! Most of it isn’t childish or stupid or anything at all and is really well done and/or well written. Especially nowadays. Not all of it of course but a lot of it.

 

[CSAchook]

No.
I'd rather read about not dying.
Or murderers.

Not much of a middle ground there, huh?

One day I'll try them.
Not today.

You might like The Hobbit. It's shorter.

Pun intended?

I just can't do cartoons, dinosaurs, made up monsters, aliens, TARDIS things, Star Wars.... apes....

You know apes are real...right?

 

[ShrekDawg]

It has been many years since I've finished a book that I've started.

Same.

Try reading less boring books, then.

All books are boring.

Kidding.

Gross. I'd totally hate it.
I honestly don't read much anymore. I used to read a lot. I still like murder trash or horror for the beach and such, but I have a hard time sitting still long enough to read. I very much prefer watching television. I LOVE tv.

I am the same. It’s boring now combined with the fact I am so damn slow at it and take forever to even read a few pages and I just gave up.