Re:Never mind talent: Practice, practice, practice
by unoti on Sunday December 02, 2012 @04:08PM
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I had to look up "walking a slackline"... fascinating! How long did it take you to learn?
Re:Never mind talent: Practice, practice, practice
by swah on Sunday December 02, 2012 @04:19PM
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About 5 days I think to be able to mostly walk without falling.
(The crazy tricks I won't even try, because that kind of agility doesn't go well with my body weight/motor coordination - I'm one of those kids who could never do ollies :P)
Re:Never mind talent: Practice, practice, practice
by JadeNB on Monday December 03, 2012 @02:32PM
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> (The crazy tricks I won't even try, because that kind of agility doesn't go well with my body weight/motor coordination - I'm one of those kids who could never do ollies :P)
While I have no doubt that this is a carefully considered evaluation, I think one has to be careful making this kind of remark; just imagine the student who says "The crazy mathematics I won't even try, because that kind of thinking doesn't go well with my mindset --I'm one of those kids who could never do algebra."
I noticed something similar happens when I want to pickup some basic skill I wish I had, like juggling, shuffling decks of cards, or emacs or walking the slackline: first it seems impossible, then I insist for a few days, many hours per day, sleep on it, and then its trivial.
But most people won't go to youtube to learn how to shuffle a deck of cards, and probably consider that very nerdy.