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<blockquote data-quote="Signorina" data-source="post: 561453"><p>I have synesthesia. I never knew I had it until I read about it in Time years ago. I thought everyone saw numbers letters etc in color and form, saw time spatially and gave material characteristics to feelings, sounds and tastes! I was stunned that my kids and husband did not. For months after learning I had it, I asked relatives and friends "what color is the letter F?" And I was always surprised when they looked at me like I am nuts. (It's green by the way!)</p><p></p><p>No seizures and I'm not on the spectrum to my knowledge. I did take an extensive online test for it and did test positive. I made my h and my kids and my mom take the test too and they were not. I still can't believe most people don't think this way!</p><p></p><p>What I did learn about myself - and I was in college by then- is that I learn by seeing. I can take a million notes- paying attention- yet they won't help me learn the material. I need to pay strict visual attention to learn things. I finally stopped struggling in math (as a college senior in basic algebra 101 which I needed to graduate) when I stopped taking notes and started sitting up front. After learning the material thru watching it literally being drawn on the board - I would then illustrate it to myself in my notebook after class. And I am not an artist! Economics too. If i could associate a color with a portion if a formula, I could understand it and work it. I did well in literature classes because I saw the words - I didn't read them. I excelled in and loved art history because it was well suited to my visual learning style. (It was intended to satisfy my 3 credit art requirement and became my minor)</p><p></p><p>To this day, I need to see things to understand them. I create visuals when necessary because I NEED a visual representation in order to "own" any new information. I had middle & hs teachers grow frustrated with me because I did well when I seemed to be daydreaming when in fact I was seeing their lecture. I actually received A numerical grades with D "effort" grades. (Catholic schools gave both grades) When I struggled in math and science, I was told I needed to take better notes & that always made things worse. More notes meant less visualization which was a disaster fur me. </p><p></p><p>So never tell me something- you need to SHOW me something! </p><p>Hth</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Signorina, post: 561453"] I have synesthesia. I never knew I had it until I read about it in Time years ago. I thought everyone saw numbers letters etc in color and form, saw time spatially and gave material characteristics to feelings, sounds and tastes! I was stunned that my kids and husband did not. For months after learning I had it, I asked relatives and friends "what color is the letter F?" And I was always surprised when they looked at me like I am nuts. (It's green by the way!) No seizures and I'm not on the spectrum to my knowledge. I did take an extensive online test for it and did test positive. I made my h and my kids and my mom take the test too and they were not. I still can't believe most people don't think this way! What I did learn about myself - and I was in college by then- is that I learn by seeing. I can take a million notes- paying attention- yet they won't help me learn the material. I need to pay strict visual attention to learn things. I finally stopped struggling in math (as a college senior in basic algebra 101 which I needed to graduate) when I stopped taking notes and started sitting up front. After learning the material thru watching it literally being drawn on the board - I would then illustrate it to myself in my notebook after class. And I am not an artist! Economics too. If i could associate a color with a portion if a formula, I could understand it and work it. I did well in literature classes because I saw the words - I didn't read them. I excelled in and loved art history because it was well suited to my visual learning style. (It was intended to satisfy my 3 credit art requirement and became my minor) To this day, I need to see things to understand them. I create visuals when necessary because I NEED a visual representation in order to "own" any new information. I had middle & hs teachers grow frustrated with me because I did well when I seemed to be daydreaming when in fact I was seeing their lecture. I actually received A numerical grades with D "effort" grades. (Catholic schools gave both grades) When I struggled in math and science, I was told I needed to take better notes & that always made things worse. More notes meant less visualization which was a disaster fur me. So never tell me something- you need to SHOW me something! Hth [/QUOTE]
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