Not only do I want clear and concise written instructions, if you want it done a certain way, don't leave any guesswork or decisions up to me - specify exactly what you want. I can guarantee that if you leave it up to me to improvise, you won't like the way I do it.
As for something like a TV remote, however, I don't have the patience to stand and listen to a clueless sales associate explain something that A) he or she doesn't really fully understand themselves, and B) isn't going to interact with my own home system the way it works there in the store. That's what the manual is for and I'd rather read it for myself.
nyxjord wrote:
I am taking Calculus right now- and the professor just shows us how to do problems, without actually giving step-by-step directions for every single problem.. and this is a real issue for me.
This is why I was never able to pass a higher math course. People who are good at math (like math teachers) just assume that you understand and follow it as easily as they do, and tend to demonstrate, without really explaining that they're doing. If you ask a question, they demonstrate again, but don't make the logic any clearer. Its obvious to them, and they can't even seem to imagine how anyone could not see what they see.
I could never grasp math when it got harder and harder and then I couldn't do algebra and was never able to learn it. I am not sure if I ever did calculus. I couldn't do geometry either because I cannot visualize an image in my head without seeing the sides for real, I can't do that in my head.
Some people just see it and I don't think they even know how they do it, they just see the answer so they are not able to explain the steps.
27 Mar 2015, 4:30 pm
