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> What kinds of tests are you acing? k-12, college. College was more mixed for me; learning happened in my C D and F subjects. I'd remember material trivially

• mrguyorama 3y ago
  This is very much my experience but all the stuff I "didn't retain" is actually there, hidden deep, waiting for the right reference or trigger. It's deeply upsetting as my memory is both incredible and impressive, yet utterly useless to me if it doesn't "want" what I want. The hardest for me in college was simply having zero strategies to deal with my diagnosed ADHD. "Oh I'm so lazy and procrastinator but I get everything done well" doesn't work so well for your 400 level CS project. It sure is humbling going from "everyone believes you are literally a genius and teachers gossip about your standardized test scores that you max out the scale on" to "well I might at least be average intelligence". Internally I wish I could "unlock" that kind of just knowing things again, but the reality is that this is probably my actual potential and it was just easy for me to reach. The one counterpoint is that the 400 level algorithms class that started with the professor spending an hour explaining that most of the class fails every year and we need to take this seriously was super easy and fun and was nearly an A for me despite having no time management and project management skills.
  • WarOnPrivacy 3y ago
    > The hardest for me in college was simply having zero strategies to deal with my diagnosed ADHD. Ah yeah. Mine wasn't diagnosed (yet) but I wound up on Ritalin during my last year. Doing college with a job, 2 young kids and a disabled wife had it's own demands.