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nick1985

nick1985

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my whole life i have had a tough time remembering things that just happened. my short term memory is completely god-awful. ive been able to get by, i never really thought much about it, just that i had a bad memory. but now im thinking it could be more. i find myself asking people "what" a lot, not because i cant hear them, but because i cant remember what they just said. its my first year in college, and im having a real rough time remembering lectures. i try and take notes, but i miss things. its almost unbearable how bad my memory is, i just wish i could remember things. i was able to scoot through high school ok, but college is getting really really rough for me, its not that i dont study my ass off, i just have the hardest time in the world retaining information. i hate to feel sorry for myself and making up excuses, but now im beginning to think that i could have a problem. im thinking about telling my parents, but i dont think they would take me seriosuly and they might think im just trying to make excuses for college:(
 
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Ameesh

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stop making excuses for yourself cause your doing bad in college

edited: for the spelling nazis
 
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Amorphus

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could it be that you're getting distracted? thinking about too many things at once?
 
nick1985

nick1985

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Originally posted by: rudeguy
how is your spelling/handwriting?
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my handwriting is real real real crappy. people relate it to chicken scratch, or arabic. my spelling is fairly good for the most part i think.
 
rudeguy

rudeguy

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Originally posted by: nick1985
Originally posted by: rudeguy
how is your spelling/handwriting?
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my handwriting is real real real crappy. people relate it to chicken scratch, or arabic. my spelling is fairly good for the most part i think.
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what kind of grades do you get?
 
FoBoT

FoBoT

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Originally posted by: Amorphus
could it be that you're getting distracted? thinking about too many things at once?
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sounds like AADD , i have heard/seen the commercials, take some ritalin
 
nick1985

nick1985

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Originally posted by: Ameesh
stop making excuses for yourslef cause your doing bad in college
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listen buddy, i study hard. im not doing BAD in college. after first term i had a 3.2 GPA. its just that i have to work a lot harder than most people to retain information, you have no idea what i go through to master a new math concept. take your thread crap somewhere else.
 
rudeguy

rudeguy

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Originally posted by: nick1985
Originally posted by: Ameesh
stop making excuses for yourslef cause your doing bad in college
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listen buddy, i study hard. im not doing BAD in college. after first term i had a 3.2 GPA. its just that i have to work a lot harder than most people to retain information, you have no idea what i go through to master a new math concept. take your thread crap somewhere else.
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it sounds like you could be a more oral learner than a written one. I am sorry I dont know the technical names for them. For me to learn I have to hear it, or figure it out myself. Seeing something in writing is worthless to me. When I read, I actually whisper quietly, that way I can comprehend what I am trying to learn.
 
nick1985

nick1985

Lifer
Dec 29, 2002
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Originally posted by: rudeguy
Originally posted by: nick1985
Originally posted by: Ameesh
stop making excuses for yourslef cause your doing bad in college
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listen buddy, i study hard. im not doing BAD in college. after first term i had a 3.2 GPA. its just that i have to work a lot harder than most people to retain information, you have no idea what i go through to master a new math concept. take your thread crap somewhere else.
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it sounds like you could be a more oral learner than a written one. I am sorry I dont know the technical names for them. For me to learn I have to hear it, or figure it out myself. Seeing something in writing is worthless to me. When I read, I actually whisper quietly, that way I can comprehend what I am trying to learn.
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no, thats the thing, i dont learn orally at all(insert oral sex joke). when my professors talk, i scramble to try and write everything down that they say, because i know its just in one ear out the other. but even when i read over my notes, its incredibly hard to retain. when i read, i finish a paragraph and im like "what the heck did i just read?!" i have to read things over and over and over before i can remember what something is about. trying to learn spanish in high school was a joke. i couldnt remember a damn thing, i felt like a complete idiot. oh well i guess, some people are better that others at certain things.
 
nick1985

nick1985

Lifer
Dec 29, 2002
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Originally posted by: Ameesh
stop making excuses for yourslef cause your doing bad in college
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and if you guys feel like posting crap here, go somewhere else. thanks.
 
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daveymark

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I agree, ADD would be my guess. Have a chat with a psychologist and see what he thinks. Do you multitask your thoughts?
 
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Ameesh

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Originally posted by: nick1985
Originally posted by: Ameesh
stop making excuses for yourslef cause your doing bad in college
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listen buddy, i study hard. im not doing BAD in college. after first term i had a 3.2 GPA. its just that i have to work a lot harder than most people to retain information, you have no idea what i go through to master a new math concept. take your thread crap somewhere else.
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BONG!


no seriously, just dont be so stupid and everything will work out.
 
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