Mr. President

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by timmgirvan

He's an aural llearner! Give the kid books on tape and he'd rule the world!

It's SO interesting you mentioned that, timm-- reading everyone's posts, I was thinking of a book a friend of mine read that was exploring different ways of learning and said you can basically dissect learning into three different types-- visual, aural and kinesthetic. Everyone learns using all three methods, but individuals will have a natural affinity for one method over the other two. Visual people learn by seeing, aural by hearing, and kinesthetic by doing. I do well visually, and can manage aurally, but my preferred method is definitely kinesthetic.

And pgardn was right about the SATs-- they don't show a darn thing other than how well someone takes tests. (And I say this as someone who did well on them.) Very little practical use to them at all, other than to give SAT tutors a job.

And Oracle, you did a good day's work, giving that kid the opportunity to get into accelerated learning. Good on ya!