Forgetting and learning are just two sides of the same coin: change. Forgetting is just a form of change. If you can forget, you can change. If you can change, you can learn. I guess this must be what them experts call “neuroplasticity“. Or not. I don’t know. Not an expert here. All I know…
The First World Problem is Choice, Or: Which Language Should I Learn?
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 1 of 7 in the series The First World Problem is ChoiceLook closely at any of the problems people bring you (or you bring yourself) and you’ll see that at the core, what you’re stuck not between a rock and a hard place, but between a sofa and a beanbag. If…
Good Immersion, Bad Immersion
by khatzumoto
Bad: All or nothing Good: Most or something “All” is just “most” rounded up.
The Dumbest Idea Ever
by khatzumoto
Learning certain languages as “prerequisites” for learning other languages. Dumb. FFS, this isn’t school. No one not high on laudanum would suggest you learn Latin and Greek (or even Italian and French) and Frisian before learning English so that learning English would be easier and your English “purer”. But somehow there’s an idea in the…
AJATT Twitter Tweets for Week of 2013-03-09
by khatzumoto
RT @tomoakiyama: How Real Is Anime Japanese? t.co/YxkKzHE1qi via @ajatt < I learned English watching Beavis & Butt-Head. 17:40:52 RT @ciel2freesia20: ピーピングライフおもしろすぎるよかほw 20:52:29 HK discussion show, topic is the pros and cons of cram schools: 放馬過來2012 03 016補習成瘋 t.co/GdN7Clpv4L #cantonese 02:07:08 RTHK放馬過來01：同性婚姻 – YouTube t.co/BdqaY41jZN 02:30:19 New @ AJATT Plus: MonoTran Session 1 t.co/DLjXhNNqzI 09:59:40…
Don’t Feel. Measure.
by khatzumoto
When to think. When to feel. When to measure. When acting, don’t measure. Feel. Just wing it. When you’re speaking is not the time to be thinking. After acting — when tracking your progress — don’t feel. Measure. When you’re measuring is not the time to be feeling. Just get the data. When planning, don’t…