That Weird Kid.

Yes, once again, I have messed something up. Since Mr. Whiting and Mrs. Narsiman came to help us take the test about what type of learner we are, I have thought that I was left-ear dominant. I wasn't sure about it, but then again, it couldn't have mattered that much, could it? Wrong. I learned today that it made a huge difference in my learning profile. So what is this learner profile thing? It's a few short test you do to determine what type of learner you are, so that in the future, you know what to do if you are stressed or there is a huge frustration going on.

I know. It sounds... different. Like, why would we need to know that? And most of all, who cares? That's what I thought when I heard about it as well. But I dealt with it, and after figuring out my true profile, I found out some things that will really be able to help me.

So. What did I figure out about myself? I learn best when I am able to move around, and when I am not stressed I am good at retaining information from things I have learned in the past. But, once I get stressed, its all over. Total shut down. So, to help these things, there are a bunch of exercises I can do, and to remember to keep balanced in movement things as well as 'cognitive endeavors' like math and language. Keep balanced? That's all good, I mean you can't ever get me off the stage, and I have always enjoyed you humanities, but math? Yeah right. Good luck with trying to get me to do that. But then I thought, and figured, you know what, I bet even my usual math homework helps. So no more to say about that. I'll keep working on it.**

To help me in the classroom? Movement. I am a Gestalt, and if I can remember something from moving, doing it and reading it, but only if I am not stressed. If I am stressed, and like I said, this is really bad for me, everything shuts down. I can read a whole paragraphs sometimes and have to reread them several times just to get the message to me. If I calm down though, then things come easily to me, so if I am calm and comfortable with my surroundings in a classroom, then I will learn quite a lot.

Teachers? I think that the main thing that's important is to know that if I am getting introduced to a new subject, especially in Math, it will not come easily until I am calmed down and even possibly on my own, trying to piece everything together. So I need time, I need to be calm to take in new ideas. I need the time to question.

So that's me. That weird kid. And my profile. The typical Drama Geek's profile, where movement and action appeal and totally engage me.