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Originally Posted by unbreakablej
I think I am more 'creative' than most people (good with coming up with out of the box ideas) but my memory (both short and long term) is just so bad. I can remember absolutely useless and random facts but not the crucial information that I need (whether for work or school).
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I am too but it's only been useful if I'm doing things on my own. As I've grown older, I've become increasingly hesitant about sharing my ideas on how to do things better/faster/more efficiently. No matter how awesome I think my ideas are, most people don't want to explore every possible way of doing things like I tend to do.
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I can calculate fast, but I do not even have enough REM to remember the numbers as they go through my head. Sometimes I cannot even register the numbers in my head if they are said out ot me orally. WTF.
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Interesting. I'm the opposite there. I know perfectly well
how to calculate things, but I'll take forever doing anything that takes more than one or two steps, because I either can't mentally keep the number I'm working on in my head long enough, OR I forget what stage of operation I was on, OR I forget the answer I had partially formulated so far. Between the three of these, I end up starting over a bunch times. But if someone says a number to me orally and all I have to do is remember/write down/call the number? Most of the time that'll stick with me fine.
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Despite people/teachers etc. telling me my entire life that I 'have potential to do better', I am just plugged down by a sense of under achievement. I know I am not stupid but at the same time, I am unable to use my brains for anyhting useful.
It is starting to get slightly depressing.
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I'm sorry this has been so discouraging for you. If your teachers are seeing it in you, then please believe them (because a good teacher
will know): you ARE an intelligent person.
