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As the topic says : share your learning experience. It can be anything about life, I am definitively not limiting this to school. I did not find similar thread so I decided to make a new one.
I learned today that children are extremely logical. Usually far more than adults.
Today I learned that polarization of plane electromagnetic waves in most cases can be described by the difference in amplitude and phase of two harmonically oscillating vectors that are orthogonal to each other and the direction the wave is travelling.
you saw that bus thing?Quote:
Originally Posted by Unelias
Depends on their age. Some children show signs of being psychopaths. For example, they will say "I like vanilla icecream better than chocolate icecream, I like strawberry icecream better than vanilla icecream, I like chocolate icecream better than strawberry icecream."Quote:
Originally Posted by Unelias
I was talking about ie. logical learning of words and grammar. This is a little hard to explain in English, but I'll try.
Verb for go boom is "pamahtaa" in Finnish. The imitation of sound is made by taking the first part of it. So Boom Boom is "Pam Pam"
My brother who is three knew this and he was playing that he was fishing. Verb for fishing is "onkia" so naturally he simulated the action of fishing by saying "onk onk" while he played. It is very logical way to shape the language within the rules you have already learned, even if it is incorrect. It is just ignorance of the exceptions, but it is logical.
This probably was not very clear. There are many other things that children show their way of deducting connections between things.
I completely agree with you, as usual, unelias. Children are often more logical than adults, but in my view it is mostly because adults allow themselves to be trapped in the world like a bird willingly flying into their cage. perhaps children are more logical because they have not yet grasped the distractions of adulthood?Quote:
Originally Posted by Unelias
Anyway, what i learned today is no matter how hard one tries, they will never be as good of a person as they'd like to be, because they've had to try so hard in the first place. Find me someone who has tried hard to become exactly what they'd like to be, and succeeded. i tell you they are impossible to find. oh, and i'm not just talking about careers here, obviously.
I learned today that the old saying "best way to man's heart goes through his stomach" is pretty much true on me.
Today I learned basic "decorate" coding in Slade for skulltag. I'm making playable classes for doom.
Today i learned that i don't need as much sleep as i had previously believed.
good to know.
I learned yesterday that there are cases in which pathetically begging and inducing pity instead of keeping silent actually can get you places - like onto a train 3 minutes before it leaves after being told that they stopped boarding and there is no way to get on anymore.
Today I learned that (in my college at least) there are almost no females in higher level Computer Science courses.
Today I learned how surprisingly many people actually look up to me. I have always discarded those thoughts are my own thinking. I'd hate to disappoint them with my actions.
I think the Wug test is an excellent example showing what you're talking about.Quote:
Originally Posted by Unelias
An excellent point Squishdiboo, thank you for sharing that. I was not aware that kind of test, since I do not know if it translates to other languages as well :) very interesting.
Good thread, but it's a bit too general for the ask/tell me about section. Moving it to the lounge.
I learned that everything is easier if you accept yourself. Not that it "makes things good" it just makes bad things easier to deal with.
I learned that I actually need to do something to feel good. Instead of just entertaining myself with movies and games and all that.
That is so true!! You know, I just learned it from you!!
Glad I could help :D
I learned, that I can't even read about blood before getting ill, and that I'm going to a concert tommorow IN schooltime IN the school. Whoa.
Awesome! Hope you did a few RCs when you learned that!!
I learned how to give a really good back massage
I could really use some back massage right now..Quote:
Originally Posted by Omnis Dei
Your avatar looks ready for it.
I learned about this guy
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Today I learned that I can retake a class, and bullshit it as "independant studies" and get grad credits for it.
I learned today that just a little thing can reconstruct your motivation and take you to the plateaus that you used to gaze from far below.
Also, massaging is real fun. I have taken many courses although I am not yet certificated I enjoy it. Both ways. I am very kinetical person so touch is one of my primary senses. :)
Vanilla beats chocolate, strawberry beats vanilla, chocolate beats strawberry.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marvo
I blame Pokémon.
Today I learned that washing your hair with baking soda and apple cider vinegar actually works, and doesn't make your hair stink like vinegar.
Today I learned that getting vinegar in your eye is even worse than getting shampoo in your eye.
I today learned that I can catch many food items in succession in my mouth, whether I, or someone else is throwing them.
Today I learnt how to write here with my phone.:cheeky:
Today I learned that I can only get a boring yet pressing task (like cleaning my room) done if there's an even more boring and pressing task (like a huge math assignment due in little over an hour) that I'm trying to avoid.
Experience talking, but peroxide is the worst substance to get in your eye.Quote:
Originally Posted by ♥Mark
TIL, if you take initiative, you will go far, fast.
You can just use baking soda by itself.Quote:
Originally Posted by Somniloquist