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Originally Posted by King_of_orchid_growing:)
Growing orchids is a learning process. Sometimes you succeed. Sometimes you fail real hard. However, you will find out what your limits are or you will eventually break through major barriers. It’s all in the individual’s orchid growing journey.
As long as you try, it is not a waste of time. Somewhere down the line, there will be some wins. Just take those wins and run with it. Sooner or later there will be more wins than losses.
Find your own path. Nobody else is judging your success or failures except for you.
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Wise words
... especially if you substitute "growing orchids" with the word "Life."
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Originally Posted by Dollythehun
... People are different and that should be understood and celebrated. The fact I received what I believe is TMI, doesn't mean I don't care. It means my brain works differently.
Any teacher will tell you, some students learn best by video (watching) some by reading, some by doing ( hand to brain wiring). Teach me personally the basics and let me dig for the rest if I'm interested. But don't tell me I don't care... I am only clarifying how some might think.
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I come from seven generations of teachers/scholars and shout out Amen Sistah to this thought.
I'm old. Had I been born in the seventies or eighties, I'd likely have been one of those kids diagnosed and drugged out with Ritalin or some similar ADHD type drug.
Fortunately, I was labeled more as a disruption to the classroom and learning environment, then later as a total "right brain" individual. Spent a lot of time sitting in the hallway and principal's office. Graduated top of my high school class, BTW, and never looked back. Or forward for that matter...college lectures would surely have made for an early demise. And the whole left-brain right-brain thing I will avoid going in-depth about here, as it's not the subject matter. See, I've learned something.
I don't like "teaching" or "learning" videos or spoken anything, regardless of the presenter or subject matter. For the most part, I cannot comprehend the spoken word when being "taught." If you show me, or let me read it, I'm great. AND don't get myself in trouble. If my eyes glaze over, or I don't care about what's being said, my eyes can skip down the page until something catches my interest. No one is offended, and I'm not in hot water or offensive.
Recently I was gifted a 100+ year old sourdough starter. (stick with me, it's relevant). Being an excellent baker
I figured no problemo. It's an art, even though there's a science behind it, so I've learned. I watched numerous YouTube videos repeatedly, fast forwarding through the "boring for me" parts. And couldn't for the life of me make a good San Fran sourdough boule.
I found out my daughter's neighbor was a renowned baker. I stalked outside his house until he came out to mow his grass and begged him to help me. With one trip into his kitchen, I learned the "art" part of sourdough. The part that was missing, for me.
And that's more than y'all probably wanted to know about me.
The "learning" and how we "learn" part just struck a chord with me, and I couldn't shut up.
Miss Orchid Girl
Hybrid Mode
