"They are teaching us" (C)
Jan. 12th, 2022 01:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tigrenokIn general, you can learn from Professor Duo not only German, French, or any other language. The special values I'd give to his/their(?) stories, even they have removed "morality" (O Duchess, I love you!) from them.
You can also learn from the German exercises of free DW website - https://learngerman.dw.com.
How many times do they remind me about a very rational grain in the theory of V.Zeland, even if you don’t believe the theory itself? He is absolutely right when he says that "a person often reacts like an oyster."
They give an exercise: "insert the missing words". I immediately start with filling like an automat, I am furious and growl when my answers are highlighted in red. Of course, I should stop and listen to given audios, or to look for/at the list of words below the exercise, or just to read a hint at the bottom of the exercise. However, I don't do anything of that.
Well, it's not only me. When I used to teach, I met many students dealing with the problems at the same way - "a person often reacts like an oyster."
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By the first glance the game "Candy Crash" is not the cleverest one, but it can gives its lessons either. For example, we should first read the assignment, i.e. the goal of the level.
Or understand that if I use the opportunity of few free extra moves at this moment just because I don't want to concede/lose now (although I realize very well that there is no chance of passing the level at this try), then I have no chance for these free moves next time, when my chance to win could be much higher.
The other important thing about "Candy Crash" is if you still stay at the same level after many tries, while spending less time with this "fun", then the game pass the level by itself.
Once my clever friend used to tell me: "Sometimes you just need to be patient and to allow tranquillement to the river to carry nearby the corpse of your enemy."
I have already forgotten this advice, but suddenly remember it when I saw a cat on the bank of one little river in our town - the pure embodiment of this advice. I saw her several times during the summer and even took a few pictures, but, unfortunately, now I cannot find them. I know I need to clean my cell phone. When and if I find the cat's pictures, I will definitely post it here to share this wonderful smart cat with you.
However, I know very well how it's difficult to follow this simple advice.
You can also learn from the German exercises of free DW website - https://learngerman.dw.com.
How many times do they remind me about a very rational grain in the theory of V.Zeland, even if you don’t believe the theory itself? He is absolutely right when he says that "a person often reacts like an oyster."
They give an exercise: "insert the missing words". I immediately start with filling like an automat, I am furious and growl when my answers are highlighted in red. Of course, I should stop and listen to given audios, or to look for/at the list of words below the exercise, or just to read a hint at the bottom of the exercise. However, I don't do anything of that.
Well, it's not only me. When I used to teach, I met many students dealing with the problems at the same way - "a person often reacts like an oyster."
* * *
By the first glance the game "Candy Crash" is not the cleverest one, but it can gives its lessons either. For example, we should first read the assignment, i.e. the goal of the level.
Or understand that if I use the opportunity of few free extra moves at this moment just because I don't want to concede/lose now (although I realize very well that there is no chance of passing the level at this try), then I have no chance for these free moves next time, when my chance to win could be much higher.
The other important thing about "Candy Crash" is if you still stay at the same level after many tries, while spending less time with this "fun", then the game pass the level by itself.
Once my clever friend used to tell me: "Sometimes you just need to be patient and to allow tranquillement to the river to carry nearby the corpse of your enemy."
I have already forgotten this advice, but suddenly remember it when I saw a cat on the bank of one little river in our town - the pure embodiment of this advice. I saw her several times during the summer and even took a few pictures, but, unfortunately, now I cannot find them. I know I need to clean my cell phone. When and if I find the cat's pictures, I will definitely post it here to share this wonderful smart cat with you.
However, I know very well how it's difficult to follow this simple advice.
