My son was 4′10″ as a high school senior, but with motivation and practice he was able to become an NBA player and win the Slam Dunk Competition. Who says you need to be born with talent to become great at something?

“Most people are using such sub-optimal learning methods it’s almost ridiculous.” remembers me of my schoolmates…they think writing down everything the teacher writes on the blackboard is most important, instead of quitting chatting and listen, think and understand what the teacher says. Because they don’t learn anything (or at least not much) by just writing down all the stuff, they have to learn quite much at home.(which of course they do late at night (-> tired) and in front of the TV)

That learning method makes me more and more crazy because it’s really not necessary, and I wonder why people still do it… (maybe it’s because of all those book-controls and marks for good notes you get in primary school)

Another stupid learning method is doing exercises by just applying rules. Especially one girl in my class “loves” to learn maths or electronics at home by doing more or less the same exercises, but with different numbers for hours. She doesn’t really understand all those exercises but thinks because she learned so much she has to be good at what she learned…