This isn't spoken about enough. All of a sudden I'm struggling cause I physically don't know how to learn cause I've just naturally been smart and an A+ student. I always thought I was like Rory Gilmore but turns out I'm Paris
i ate up every word of this - it hit me so hard. i didn’t realise until i got to uni how ive never actually learned how to learn, i just know how to copy and paste from textbooks, and even now i still struggle but reading this has genuinely encouraged me to keep trying and know that at least im not alone in this experience.
looking forward to the analysis pieces! can’t wait to read them :)
abbieee!!! it means the world that you took the time to read such a long, personal piece and that it resonated with you in this way. i felt so alone in those feelings for so long, so hearing that it made you feel a little less alone too is exactly why i wanted to write it in the first place.
the pressure to perform, to memorize instead of understand, really shapes us more than we realize — and unlearning that is so hard. i’m right there with you, still figuring out how to actually learn for myself. we’re trying, and that counts for something.
so excited to share more soon, and so grateful to have you reading along <3
Similar experience except that the Canadian education system made me really not care in grade school. It's good at that. And most kids in grade school are the exact same way. Pretty cool to have a country whose kids don't care about their education at all. Good stuff
This isn't spoken about enough. All of a sudden I'm struggling cause I physically don't know how to learn cause I've just naturally been smart and an A+ student. I always thought I was like Rory Gilmore but turns out I'm Paris
the rory-to-paris pipeline is so real… but honestly? there’s so much power in being paris. thank you for engaging so deeply with the piece <3
i ate up every word of this - it hit me so hard. i didn’t realise until i got to uni how ive never actually learned how to learn, i just know how to copy and paste from textbooks, and even now i still struggle but reading this has genuinely encouraged me to keep trying and know that at least im not alone in this experience.
looking forward to the analysis pieces! can’t wait to read them :)
abbieee!!! it means the world that you took the time to read such a long, personal piece and that it resonated with you in this way. i felt so alone in those feelings for so long, so hearing that it made you feel a little less alone too is exactly why i wanted to write it in the first place.
the pressure to perform, to memorize instead of understand, really shapes us more than we realize — and unlearning that is so hard. i’m right there with you, still figuring out how to actually learn for myself. we’re trying, and that counts for something.
so excited to share more soon, and so grateful to have you reading along <3
Similar experience except that the Canadian education system made me really not care in grade school. It's good at that. And most kids in grade school are the exact same way. Pretty cool to have a country whose kids don't care about their education at all. Good stuff
ugh yeah, i’ve heard that from people. and its wild how the system manages to make you disengage so early.
but now look at you! learning all the things and caring about them!