I have a hard time with reading. Not that I cant read, it just that my mind wonders. Thats why film works out for me so well. I can be engaged while having enough room in my head and time in the viewing to wonder and ponder through thought. When I get into a really good book this happens a small bit also, but thats only with a really good book.
This lack of controlled ability has plagued me and would explain why I took so many years off of the structured learning circuit. This also translates directly to a poor paper writing ability. I hate writing papers. One may ask, "But Dave, if you want to write films and make films you are going to have to write a lot. Isn't that going to be a problem?" Id say, "No, leave me alone and bother someone else you nosy bastard!" I say this because I have many many note books and word files full of single scenes. These scenes are going to be the structure of my film career (Or so I hope).
Long story short, I am bad at writing papers and am hating writing this paper that I am so eloquently avoiding right now. I shouldn't say that, Im not "bad" at writing papers, Its just a struggle to do it for me. I know Im not the only one.
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I sympathize with you Biesel, I am an easily distracted ADHD child myself and found plenty of things to distract myself with while writing my paper as well. Thankfully I did a final rereading before printing it out! I know what you mean about reading, but when I was younger I would read upside down to slow myself down. I read so much and so often that if I had an in class reading assignment I would be done in five minutes and the rest of the class would take 20 minutes or more. Rather than sit there for 15 minutes with nothing to do I'd read upside down and finish in 12 minutes. It would drive the teacher crazy thinking I was goofing around. But, I'd always prove myself and then they'd send me off to the library to do "special projects". I was the only 3rd grader that was on a first name basis with the librarian! That being said I think that there are many of us creative alternative learner types in this department and that makes it very fun. :) Have a great spring break.
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