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They were clear to me intellectually, but the way he explained it made me SEE the ratios. Instead of just being abstract functions, there was a clear relationsh
by hungryforcodes 5y ago
They were clear to me intellectually, but the way he explained it made me SEE the ratios. Instead of just being abstract functions, there was a clear relationship between the angles in the triangle. After that I was able to reason about them, where as before they were just things I plugged into my calculator.
- mixmastamyk 5y agoSometimes we are not ready for specific bits of information. i.e. brains have a "limited bandwidth." It's possible back in the old days the math teacher did mention it, but we couldn't understand it at the time because we had little sense of the subject. A common take on this phenomenon is discussed here occasionally: http://habitatchronicles.com/2004/04/you-cant-tell-people-anything/ http://habitatchronicles.com/2004/04/you-cant-tell-people-an... For a demonstration, go back and watch a good movie that requires focus, say three times in a row. Every viewing should uncover details you didn't notice the first time, because we can't take them all in at once. It's also why repetition is a good learning technique. Unfortunately few people have the patience to start over from the absolute beginning.
- r00fus 5y agoThis is very true. You are not the person you were in HS - everyone is a "Ship of Theseus" [1] therefore you can only guess at what HS version of you was like based on fuzzy remembrances. At your current age, you are more capable in some ways, less in others, and thus your learning capacity is different. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus