http://www.thesoapboxers.com/a-mind-laid-bare/ A web magazine that covers a world of topics every week. New articles published daily. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:04:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thesoapboxers.com/a-mind-laid-bare/comment-page-1/#comment-6481 Sharon Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:53:40 +0000 http://www.thesoapboxers.com/?p=575#comment-6481 Me Too!!! My first clue was a test in my senior year for the military. As I remember, I scored above the 90th percentile in all of the tests except mechanics (I didn't care since I knew I knew very little about cars) and that spatial abilty test. I was in the _second percentile_. All those boxes to fold and unfold!! Most of the everyday skills I can reason out. Right and left hand I can do with a moment's thought. A little longer if I am trying to figure out YOUR right and left. Backing up a car while turning was terrifying at first...well for a couple of years. It helps to live where there are large landmarks. Plant a mountain range or just one large mountain to the east and I am okay. If I am in a suburb I am more likely than average to say "turn towards (inset big city here)" than the average local. I don't think I have trouble with the coloring of friends. Shape of facial features are another story. What does her nose look like? I dunno. Roman or pug? Ummm, what is a pug nose? I still don't know if my friend's nose is pug or not. The differences in image quality I understand as well. Yes, I can tell a difference but it doesn't make such a huge difference that I have gone out and bought a flat screen for thousands of dollars. I'm not sure if that tells more about my view of the image quality or my need for money in other areas. Me Too!!!
My first clue was a test in my senior year for the military. As I remember, I scored above the 90th percentile in all of the tests except mechanics (I didn’t care since I knew I knew very little about cars) and that spatial abilty test. I was in the _second percentile_. All those boxes to fold and unfold!!
Most of the everyday skills I can reason out. Right and left hand I can do with a moment’s thought. A little longer if I am trying to figure out YOUR right and left. Backing up a car while turning was terrifying at first…well for a couple of years.
It helps to live where there are large landmarks. Plant a mountain range or just one large mountain to the east and I am okay. If I am in a suburb I am more likely than average to say “turn towards (inset big city here)” than the average local.
I don’t think I have trouble with the coloring of friends. Shape of facial features are another story. What does her nose look like? I dunno. Roman or pug? Ummm, what is a pug nose? I still don’t know if my friend’s nose is pug or not.
The differences in image quality I understand as well. Yes, I can tell a difference but it doesn’t make such a huge difference that I have gone out and bought a flat screen for thousands of dollars. I’m not sure if that tells more about my view of the image quality or my need for money in other areas.
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