tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post7042491521773839004..comments2023-08-10T01:09:49.154-07:00Comments on Saints and Spinners: Further afieldSaints and Spinnershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08532215042953620628noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-17860426739263295052008-08-16T17:48:00.000-07:002008-08-16T17:48:00.000-07:00And algebra just makes complete sense to me - you ...And algebra just makes complete sense to me - you just have to be able to be analytical, with which I have no problem. It seems so unfair to have to get through geometry to get back to it!Lone Star Mahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14339475499304565638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-49442328936211216642008-08-16T10:26:00.000-07:002008-08-16T10:26:00.000-07:00LSM: I took geometry in 10th grade, and was social...LSM: I took geometry in 10th grade, and was socially passed. The next year, I found myself in geometry class again. I went to the guidance counselor to cpmplain of the mistake, and she put me in Algebra II, but said, "Hmmm, it was recommended that you take geometry again." And yet, somehow no one ever notified my parents or recommended I take summer school.<BR/><BR/>"Hmm" indeed!<BR/><BR/>Lori: I can sympathize. Streets can be tricky here-- they change names without warning, and the maps don't always accurately reflect where you can turn.Saints and Spinnershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733517166056974501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-48996790066968147822008-08-16T09:15:00.000-07:002008-08-16T09:15:00.000-07:00Spatial over-compensation is my life. I do best w...Spatial over-compensation is my life. I do best writing out turn by turn directions. I also keep myself far away from other cars. I passed high school geometry because half of our tests were about being able to spit out the theorums and I aced all of those, thus averaging out the flunked ones where they wanted us to work the proofs. I also had a real sweetie-pie pre-cal teacher in college, who gave me a B for effort, I think.Lone Star Mahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14339475499304565638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-29365996234929435952008-08-14T21:38:00.000-07:002008-08-14T21:38:00.000-07:00Good luck with your new geographic buddy! I too wa...Good luck with your new geographic buddy! I too was born without a sense of direction, and have regularly gotten lost going someplace I've been multiple times. Seattle was brutal. Look to the left: mountains and water. Look to the right: mountains and water!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01991800837067251878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-70769495101674275712008-08-14T21:31:00.000-07:002008-08-14T21:31:00.000-07:00P.S. The GPS unit arrived today! It is a Garmin nu...P.S. The GPS unit arrived today! It is a Garmin nuvi 350, in case anyone cares. It's as cute as a speckled pup.Saints and Spinnershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733517166056974501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-64986636949250139912008-08-14T21:30:00.000-07:002008-08-14T21:30:00.000-07:00LSM: I hear you. I think my brain got rewired afte...LSM: I hear you. I think my brain got rewired after I had a baby, because all of a sudden, despite my fatigue, I could hit pool balls accurately and visualize parallel parking. There have been studies done examining who does better with spacial awareness-- according to the studies I've read, a higher percentage of men have done better than women, yet on my side of the family, the women have done better than the men in terms of directions. I myself have had to over-compensate over the years (i.e. study maps, make little map drawings of my own, write out turn by turn directions, write out alternative directions if I miss my turns, etc). Overcompensating works, but it is most fatiguing. The bright side is that I am usually pretty good at giving directions to other people.:)Saints and Spinnershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733517166056974501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-65910384550362468942008-08-14T19:21:00.000-07:002008-08-14T19:21:00.000-07:00I have a truly terrible sense of direction. Actua...I have a truly terrible sense of direction. Actually, I am bad with everything that is spatial - geometry, directions, hitting balls, parking - it's like a disability that isn't recognized or something. I can kind of feel where the neural connections stop...there are just no electrical impulses going past certain points.Lone Star Mahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14339475499304565638noreply@blogger.com