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ciroccojDays like today I really can't deal with Justin's memory. So many things are so easy for him to learn... and so impossible to keep. And the things that are difficult to learn are agonizing, because it takes him forever... and he still forgets them almost instantly.
He spent so, so long learning the first line of his Christmas carol last week. Over and over and over and over and over and over till I just wanted to scream.
Spent even longer learning the second line this week. Finally got it, went to practice both lines together... and found that he'd forgotten the first one completely.
It's not so bad in math, though I could've done without the fifth time I taught him how to multiply. And the (so far) at least seven times he's learned long division have not exactly been a picnic either. But at least he gets those, and does so quickly. Music and languages are like a special form of torture for both of us. He wants, so much, to learn them, but it's so painful to see all that effort expended to no avail whatsoever that I've dropped French altogether and massively scaled back Spanish and music.
Why can't he retain anything? How can he be so incredibly bright, and so slow at the same time?
He spent so, so long learning the first line of his Christmas carol last week. Over and over and over and over and over and over till I just wanted to scream.
Spent even longer learning the second line this week. Finally got it, went to practice both lines together... and found that he'd forgotten the first one completely.
It's not so bad in math, though I could've done without the fifth time I taught him how to multiply. And the (so far) at least seven times he's learned long division have not exactly been a picnic either. But at least he gets those, and does so quickly. Music and languages are like a special form of torture for both of us. He wants, so much, to learn them, but it's so painful to see all that effort expended to no avail whatsoever that I've dropped French altogether and massively scaled back Spanish and music.
Why can't he retain anything? How can he be so incredibly bright, and so slow at the same time?
