Re: Visualizing

In article <2hpodj9tc92k0l94amlhb58uoo2khg8b3n@4ax.com>, john larkin
says...

 
I was great at math and science, terrible at english, and basically
helpless in French.
 
I know for a fact that the staff met and fudged grades to retain the
kids with asymmetric talents.
 
It's tragic to force kids to do things they can't, and tell someone
that they are a failure because that don't understand the symbolism in
Moby Dick, when they could be dynamite engineers or airplane
mechanics.
 
 
 

You sound like me.  I tried French and Spanish and just barely got by.

In jr high I wanted to play  the drums but there were 4 others that had
some previous training.  I then mentioned another instrument but could
not play it due to having braces and could no blow correctly.  I was
forced to take up an instrument for 2 ears that I really hated but got
by.  Gave it up in high school as we did not have to take band or
chorus.
The band was more interested in putting on a good show instead of
actually teaching.

I went to a tech school and did well.We had an english course or two but
it was to teach technical writing and public speaking no reading of
novels that I had no interest in.