Phobia's... Manufactured or discovered?

[Shibby]

I think we all know you well enough to know what you meant. :)

[trip]

So it seems that to often it's used as an excuse to be lazy or irrational instead of trying to deal with the problem. One of the reason this all got me thinking is how now that I'm back in school it seems I have a lot of the same problems with learning as before. I know part of it is that I never really learned good studying skills. But it's hard for me to store stuff in my long term memory. I can learn it for the time being, but it's hard for me to retain it and if I don't get the current stuff down pat, I just get so overwhelmed with the next level, that I loose all concentration. My frustration can overwhelm me.

Yup, transfer of info from short to long term is one of the noted problems.

Your smart, so your probably right in that you got to get the current stuff down pat, which is more studying skills and maybe getting help.

I either know most everything about something or almost nil. I often state i'm computer illiterate cause I am. If folks show me things I'm good, yet, reading directions it's all chinese.

Whereas it seems most folks brains go A to B to C

Mine works like this A.1 to A.2 to A.3.........A.10 to B.1 to B.2 etc.

So, in the long run found out it helps me help folks cause I can easily discover if they messed up on b.3 or c.9 and then explain it to them.

There's plus's and minus's to all.

Best bet, is always consistency, set aside specific times, and get er done.

If you try that for several weeks and you feel no progress then maybe seek some help.

Good study skills are usually just sitting down and putting in the time, your smart enought to figure out what to do if you just do it.

In college I noticed after dinner everyone messed around from 6-9 doing diddly, so each night at 6 off to the lib I went, and after awhile, I was back by 8 or 8 thirty. No diferent than trainin.


Do people use as excuses, well, it's kind of hard to judge sometimes. What we do know is that trends are real, the grunge, the punk, hip hop, etc. So, alot of that stuff is people pick up on it, have a bit of knowledge and might have had a struggle or two with something, yet, without real knowledge of the subject and expereince it's hard to know.

Very similar to the famous, "my gentics suck"

[Shibby]

So let's just say after taking a few hours a day for school and one was to still be having trouble. What kind of "help" would be needed?

[hlcn8]

So let's just say after taking a few hours a day for school and one was to still be having trouble. What kind of "help" would be needed?

part of several psychology classes i took, as well as presentations by learning/teaching experts around the world... i'll share as much as i seem to remember...

i used to think we had just short and long term memory, but there's obviously something in between as short term is described at up to 7 seconds, and long term obviously being "permanent."

the last person at a conference who addressed this was an expert in the field, and simply put, stated that in order to transfer things to long term memory one has to repeat the information in their mind at least 7 times over a period of 21 days. (mnemonic (sp?) techniques help as well, for instance ROYGBIV for the colors of the visible light spectrum). These things strengthens the synapses which recall the information etc.

now if you're like any student you don't have enough time to review three weeks worth of information in a one week period. at that point you simply have to prioritize the information, figure out what's most relevant, and repeat that. knowing this, i often write in the margins of the notes I take what I wish to repeat to memory, or highlight it, etc. i often find it's most often a matter of simply finding a system that works best for me.

and as a sidenote, i figure that's the problem with most learning institutions, we are simply bombarded with too much information and glean what we can in order to pass tests, and then forget it. not that i have a solution to this issue, but i've at least worked how to work smarter and not harder. that's probably the only reason I pass tests : )

[hlcn8]

BTW, i don't know of any other forum where we can be so cerebral at times, yet talk about bodybuilding issues. in other words, i'm appreciative of everyone here and this forum, and haven't found anything similar elsewhere.