tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3632878082669459487.post2919055487581449942..comments2023-10-21T07:30:22.394-04:00Comments on A Million Blogging Monkeys: Say What?Alan Orloffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03695574442723430347noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3632878082669459487.post-40706389082605474542009-10-20T11:03:26.350-04:002009-10-20T11:03:26.350-04:00I'm a very vusial person, so observation is on...I'm a very vusial person, so observation is one way. Repetition is another as I am not always the brightest crayon in the box when it comes to interpreting what I have observed.<br /><br />Stephen TrempAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3632878082669459487.post-72150257950014335922009-10-19T14:08:43.493-04:002009-10-19T14:08:43.493-04:00Elizabeth - Ah, you probably aced all your courses...Elizabeth - Ah, you probably aced all your courses. Funny you should mention eavesdropping. I never seem to have a problem retaining info when I'm doing that!<br /><br />Galen - Avoiding trouble is an excellent survival skill--glad to see you've mastered it. I'm not so sure I was a word person back then--all I took were math, science, and engineering classes. And bowling.<br /><br />Margot - Yes, Gardner and his MI work. Nice to see there's an academic in the crowd. BTW, I'm working on a new kind of "intelligence" - couch potato intelligence. Requires fresh batteries in the remote and a full bag of chips.<br /><br />Crystal - I am so bad with names. I might try your method of associating a characteristic with a persons's name, but I'm afraid I'll end up calling someone Mr. Hairy Wart on the Chin.<br /><br />Elspeth - We could have club meetings. Unfortunately, we'll probably forget the names of our fellow club members!Alan Orloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03695574442723430347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3632878082669459487.post-42011946944181196532009-10-19T12:05:45.299-04:002009-10-19T12:05:45.299-04:00Here's another member of the best-learned visu...Here's another member of the best-learned visually club. I admit I didn't have too much trouble in university, but I was a rabid note-taker. My only problem (which still makes me shudder in horror) was an economics prof I had in 1st year who would say "now to explain this algebraically..." and I was lost.<br /><br />I must be okay with words; I've memorized thousands of lines when I was acting. (unfortunately I also memorized everyone else's as well)!<br /><br />ElspethElspeth Futcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10330102545384369360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3632878082669459487.post-21471826576033722572009-10-19T09:20:59.273-04:002009-10-19T09:20:59.273-04:00Alan! OMG you are just too funny! Once again, you ...Alan! OMG you are just too funny! Once again, you take a mundane topic and I'm ROFLMAO!<br /><br />I too, love that cartoon - blah blah blah...With me, it's names. On one hand, I have no problem at all simply stating, "I'm sorry, I'm terrible with names...what is yours again?" But it's become a "thing" with me - something I've been very proactive about for the past several months. I try to think of something - a characteristic, someone else I know - anything that will help me to remember that name!<br /><br />Thanks for another entertaining and <i>Welcome to Another Week</i> Monday post!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04855818112935929377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3632878082669459487.post-26649538677470443122009-10-19T09:19:19.594-04:002009-10-19T09:19:19.594-04:00Alan - A lot of people are visual learners like yo...Alan - A lot of people are visual learners like you. They process best what they can see, and often have difficulty if they're asked to remember what they've heard. Howard Gardner did some interesting and groundbreaking work on the way we think and learn. He developed the concept of multiple intelligences. That's the theory that we all know and learn in different ways. Some of us learn visually, some learn through doing things, some have musical knowledge and so on. <br /><br />If Gardner's right, then it makes sense that you've got a lot of visual intelligence and that's what you prefer to learn. I think most writers have a lot of linguistic intelligences, too, which explains why writers love words.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3632878082669459487.post-26797021221812469432009-10-19T09:03:30.716-04:002009-10-19T09:03:30.716-04:00Had to smile at the "sitting in the back of t...Had to smile at the "sitting in the back of the class and doing crossword puzzle" line. I did Hangman. We were both word people. I clearly remember this from freshman Calculus. That was so long ago that, at the time, Caculus was considered a new science! Anyway, that little trick—along with other indolent behaviors, earned me a ticket to Vietnam…thankfully, it was roundtrip. I’d like to think I have some kind of learning pattern, but, after 60 years, I don’t know what it is. I suspect I simply don’t learn things in the traditional sense, but know how to avoid trouble…maybe that’s even better.<br /><br />Best Regards, Galen<br /><br /><a href="http://www.galenkindley.com/blog.htm" rel="nofollow">Imagineering Fiction Blog</a>joe doaks-Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05283066862112820202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3632878082669459487.post-38580639546881522902009-10-19T08:14:48.492-04:002009-10-19T08:14:48.492-04:00I always took a lot of notes in college, but I nev...I always took a lot of notes in college, but I never really had to look at them, unless it was a class I was really bad at (Algebra.) As long as I was listening and reinforcing it on paper, I was okay.<br /><br />Odd. I haven't really thought about this, but I'm also one of those people who can hear other people's conversations all around me when I really just want to listen to whomever I'm with.<br /><br />Maybe I'm a screwed up learner! Or a dedicated eavesdropper?<br /><br />Elizabeth<br /><a href="http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> Mystery Writing is Murder</a>Elizabeth Spann Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625595247828274405noreply@blogger.com