12-29-2015, 10:00 AM
hiddenalias Wrote:My history with learning is shitty to be quite honest; I wasn't ever diagnosed with possible learning disorders that I might have had becuz my parents never took it into consideration....might still be suffering from it as an adult; I was never a honors class student or AP classes in high school; I remember I was one time at a english course made for 'english is students' 2nd language' group class room setting. Then in college, being suspended and dropping out; "trying" to grasp what is lectured to me by professor in school and not connecting the dots, failing 2 stats courses back to back and failing both (waste of tuition, hello!).....after being in a situation of dropping out of a prestigious university and then just barely graduating just cuz I was taking online college classes from a community college.....
then there is the side of not holding down a job properly becuz I kept getting fired within weeks to months and thought I was "trying" to grasp directions and responsibilities and still getting kicked to the curb or threatened to get kicked to the curb.....my comprehension of instructions I wasnt even comprehending....so all this has to do with some plausible learning disorder that I am not diagnosed with yet cuz the parents never decided to take me to find out whats really the matter with me; all i remember as a kid is getting pulled out of public school and being put into a 'community (special)' school and for a few years I was there don't really know the point of why i was and then just put back in public schools again.......didnt know it was a special school back then and parents never said a word about it either.......
Sounds alot like me. I was let go of from my first job, went through hell for a while in my second job, all because it took me a while to grasp how to do the job (mainly doing it fast enough). I was in AP/Honors classes in high school but I've always suffered from laziness/procrastination. So in my case the talent was there, but it was being driven in the right area and improved upon. I ended up having a shitty semester in the Fall due to a buuuunch of BS but I admit that it was self-inflicted.
For you though, I would recommend looking at some videos that demonstrate learning techniques but I'll give you some tips that have helped me.
1.) Find out what your learning style is
I'm a visual/tactile learner most likely due to years of sports. When I study for a class such as physics i often did a lot of practice problems or in the case of something like statistics I would redo assignments and/or recopy the practice problems from the notes to see if I could do them correctly.
2.) Try to teach it to someone else
This is tricky. For one, if you prefer studying alone this may be harder but what I've found is that when I have a white board in front of me and I try to "teach" to an invisible audience by talking aloud I actually remember stuff better. This is because you are incorporating more than one sense into the learning process.
3.) Give yourself time
I can't stress this enough. I continue to struggle with this at times but when I am able to dedicate quality hours to studying my performance improves significantly. Even for a job i will sometimes go over certain things or techniques and write them down and do this at least 20-30 minutes (when I'm not working of course).
There's a youtube video that sums up a lot of this much better than me. I'll try and get you the link. But regardless, when MLS was in high gear for me things were clicking. I do believe though (for me) that Overcome Procrastination is a necessity. Having a supercomputer in your brain isn't worth much if you have zero desire to use it. According to the MLS description page motivation is tackled but I don't know if its through Ultra Motivation or Overcome Procrastination.
