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"But there are smart people who get all this stuff "easily" (previous practice, exposure)." I believe you meant to say "(studying)"
by themitigating 4y ago
"But there are smart people who get all this stuff "easily" (previous practice, exposure)."
I believe you meant to say "(studying)"
- IIsi50MHz 4y agoPrior practice/exposure does not have to be "study".
- marmetio 4y agoI doubt that. If the materials are limited, then by definition there's less to study. You can choose other things to study, but it's a gamble whether it will be useful.
- LarryMullins 4y agoThere are different sorts of studying. To some people, studying means downloading the lecture notes, reviewing their own class notes, getting the slide deck from the professor.. To other people, studing means they actually crack open the assigned texts (which many students didn't bother buying in the first place.)
- hahajk 4y agoAnd then to others it means spending going out and building things using concepts they're learning, not because they want to pass the course but because they're obsessed. I just started as a teacher, I don't know if that kind of obsession can be cultivated in students through a specific environment or if it's something they bring with them into the class. Or if even trying to bottle that lightning alienates less willing students.
- eli_gottlieb 4y agoYou're in grad-level classes where there are assigned textbooks? Bless!
- tnel77 4y agoSometimes. There were certain topics that I didn’t have to do any studying for and others that took a lot of effort.
- fshbbdssbbgdd 4y agoYeah, I had a similar experience. I was bad at some areas no matter how hard I worked, and good at others. To me this seems like solid evidence something like “aptitude” exists. Although, it doesn’t answer questions of nature vs. nurture, whether those different skills result from different experiences earlier in life.