justTripn wrote:@ WarpGirl: About Trip and Alzheimer's, yeah I used some kleenex on that one, lol . . . On the other hand I cheated slightly to show a best-case scenario of someone with that disease.
@WarpGirl and Brandyjane: I understand Trip's frustration with language and I don't have any official disability. I used to get A's and B's in most of my classes and C's in languages. Then when I did learn a language it was alot easier to speak than to understand what was coming at me, the opposite of most people's experience. Although I did meet one or two others like me. I just chalk it up to brain wiring. Oh yeah, and plenty of teachers told me it was only my "fear" that was preventing me from understanding.
Well jT, I think I'll skip reading about Trip and Alzheimer's. No offense, I'm just not sure I can handle such a tear jerker. As for Trip, as I've said before... Even deaf people without the cochlear implants can learn different languages. I'm not saying it's the actual being born deaf, that gives Trip trouble learning languages. But the psychological impact that hampers him... And that is actually quite common... My unconscious mind keeps me from doing many things that are physically possible for me to do. But you are also right about brain wiring... For example my brain isn't wired for math, or gammar and punctuation. I'm not lazy, I'm not dumb, it just doesn't connect for me and then I panic.