On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Deepa Mohan <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 10:56 PM, Thaths <[email protected]> wrote: > > In other words, if I had had teachers who gave me the context for why we > > were studying something it would have made a world of difference. I would > > extend such teaching of the context to things beyond the natural > sciences. > > It would have been nice to understand the context in which _Daffodils_ > was > > written. > So, Thaths....you too (like most other people I know) are laying the > aversion at the feet of bad (or at best, unimaginative) teachers. I'm only blaming my lackluster teachers for my then lack of interest. In many cases (like the Biology and Chemistry examples I gave) I've gotten over my aversion and developed an interest. > This is > something I am still pondering about. Even allowing that I had bad > teachers, why is it that I have made no effort in the years thereafter, to > re-learn some mathematics, and see if I fare better? Is there a genuine > lacuna in my brain with regard to this subject...or has the bad teaching > created a lifetime mental block? > Among the subjects I was disinclined towards when I was in school, Hindi is probably the one subject for which I continue to have a disinterest. It is probably because I feel like I'm not missing much by not pursing it. Thaths -- Homer: Hey, what does this job pay? Carl: Nuthin'. Homer: D'oh! Carl: Unless you're crooked. Homer: Woo-hoo!
