I need it for even tiny things, like if you tell me a name or a phone number it's - pfft - out of my head in seconds, but if you've got a name tag, or I write it down, I actually have quite a good memory.
Hmmm, I think I was bad at it as a kid as well, to be honest? I mean, I've always been hopeless at sport, but I also needed someone to explain the rules of games, even the kind of really simple boardgames you play as a kid. I could never play a bit and pick up on the rules based on what people told me to do/not do next. And some adults clearly can pick up hockey by watching what everyone does until it makes sense. But yeah, these things do change over time and kids learn quite differently.
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Date: 2013-09-06 12:24 am (UTC)Hmmm, I think I was bad at it as a kid as well, to be honest? I mean, I've always been hopeless at sport, but I also needed someone to explain the rules of games, even the kind of really simple boardgames you play as a kid. I could never play a bit and pick up on the rules based on what people told me to do/not do next. And some adults clearly can pick up hockey by watching what everyone does until it makes sense. But yeah, these things do change over time and kids learn quite differently.