I should also say that my 24 year old youngest son now attends Arizona State University and does quite well. Learning how to learn is a learning curve for some of us. Maintaining our state of inquiry helps.
On Sep 9, 9:44 am, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > Congratulations of the impending birth of a son, Ash. How > miraculous. Quite a gift. It is interesting that my second a (and > youngest) son understood in second grade that he was having difficulty > with learning and told me he was "never going to make it at that big > school across the street (Intermediate School.) We spent a 4 hour > session each week over the course of a summer The Center for Learning > at National Louis University in Evanston, Illinois, USA, where they > evaluated his learning processes. It was fascinating, really, to see > how the experts evaluate our intelligence and creative ability. We > all have highs and lows on the scales. One thing they found for my > son was his significant difficulty getting information from short term > to long term memory. Their report gave us strategies to accomplish > this for him. There may be some for you somewhere too! > > On Sep 5, 2:12 am, Ash <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On 9/2/2010 10:33 PM, gruff wrote:> "... On Sep 1, 9:55 pm, > > Ash<[email protected]> wrote: ..." > > > >> My memory is a torturous wreck I apologize for leaving our discussion > > >> hanging. Is there a term for mental tunnel vision? Finding my way back, > > >> and with luck and some stamina, a reply you will have tonight my friend. > > > Thanks but if you're feeling poorly, no need. May I inquire the cause > > > of your wreckage? Re mental tunnel vision, to me it is obsession. > > > I'm sure you'll find your way back because you basically seem like a > > > rational and level headed person. > > > Lets say next time I have the urge to talk with a coworker about > > disaster prevention I will immediately run manual backups. > > > I have a few days to integrate what I learn into long term memory as > > part of a workable system or it is lost. Most days I have no idea what > > happened the day before and that makes personal progress difficult. > > There is so much more, but our second son is due next month and I must > > present hope and trust. If difficult times come again I will have no use > > for concern over my self just pure determination and single outcome > > orientation. So hope and trust, illogical and irrational, my nemeses I > > will consume in a very pragmatic affair (necessity).
