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"Sacha" wrote Ah - gifted teachers. I was lucky in that I had good English and French teachers early on but absolutely terrible maths teachers. To this day I can't do or understand Sudoku - it's another language to me and not one to which I have the key. But because I had good *early* arithmetic teachers, I can add up at the speed of light! Funny, but I hate crosswords especially those that don't give proper clues whereas I love Sudoku, it's so logical. But then I was a slow starter at reading, not interested as a kid, and only got interested when the Maths teacher said "read the next chapter and do the questions at the end" .... panic! :-) -- Regards Bob Hobden 17mls W. of London.UK |
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On 28/10/07 16:35, in article , "Bob
Hobden" wrote: "Sacha" wrote Ah - gifted teachers. I was lucky in that I had good English and French teachers early on but absolutely terrible maths teachers. To this day I can't do or understand Sudoku - it's another language to me and not one to which I have the key. But because I had good *early* arithmetic teachers, I can add up at the speed of light! Funny, but I hate crosswords especially those that don't give proper clues whereas I love Sudoku, it's so logical. But then I was a slow starter at reading, not interested as a kid, and only got interested when the Maths teacher said "read the next chapter and do the questions at the end" .... panic! :-) Just shows how early experiences influence us, I suppose. I do wish I'd ever got a grasp of maths but one of my teachers was so wicked and so cruel that I truly believe it frightened me off the subject for ever. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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"Sacha" wrote Ah - gifted teachers. I was lucky in that I had good English and French teachers early on but absolutely terrible maths teachers. To this day I can't do or understand Sudoku - it's another language to me and not one to which I have the key. But because I had good *early* arithmetic teachers, I can add up at the speed of light! Sudoku is a puzzle of logic. The symbols can be any 9 distinct symbols - the fact they are numbers doesn't make the puzzle mathemetical any more than one would regard it as verbal if it used the letters A-I instead. Killer sudoku, otoh, does require a certain facility with arithmetic (though not mathematics) alongside logic. -- Kay |
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On 28/10/07 18:17, in article , "K"
wrote: "Sacha" wrote Ah - gifted teachers. I was lucky in that I had good English and French teachers early on but absolutely terrible maths teachers. To this day I can't do or understand Sudoku - it's another language to me and not one to which I have the key. But because I had good *early* arithmetic teachers, I can add up at the speed of light! Sudoku is a puzzle of logic. The symbols can be any 9 distinct symbols - the fact they are numbers doesn't make the puzzle mathemetical any more than one would regard it as verbal if it used the letters A-I instead. Killer sudoku, otoh, does require a certain facility with arithmetic (though not mathematics) alongside logic. For me, Sudoku is a bit like the slide rule. I have lost count of the times people have tried to explain both to me and given it up as hopeless. I will freely admit that I have an instinctive brain rather more than a logical one, so I suppose that doesn't help in the first place! OTOH, I often see the solution to a practical problem involving the use of time and resources three steps ahead of the rest of the family. But I think that's probably training-by-motherhood! I simply don't understand how you get 'into' the whole Sudoku grid, make it work etc. in the first place. But with crosswords, I often get an instinctive leap to the answer and have to work out why it's right afterwards. How *that* happens, I have no way of explaining. You have a scientific brain, I'd say, I certainly don't. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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On 26/10/07 04:17, in article , "Anne
Jackson" wrote: The message from Sacha contains these words: "Anne Jackson" wrote: The message from "judith.lea" contains these words: On Oct 25, 7:58 pm, Anne Jackson wrote: The message from contains these words: I'm sure they'll be ok and hope it's kept in Devon where it's started. Except that it started in Reading, which is in Berkshire... Hello AnneJ, you always, but always have facts to your fingertips, does your name begin with Encly...... :-)) Hope everything is o.k. with you and yours tonight. Sorry to post off-topic, everyone, but I just need to let well-wishers know that my grandson still has a fever, and is still on antibiotics... Early days, Anne. He's young and he's resilient. I do feel so deeply for you - one of my children had to have a major op of a different sort and I'd have given anything to have had it for them. Your grandson will get there. I just wish Monday was over and done with. Martyn is a strapping lad, and, heart problem aside, as healthy as they come, but I just worry so! Never a good sleeper at the best of times, I scarcely get a wink of sleep at present. Worrying for our young never does stop. But his overall health otherwise is hugely in his favour - really enormously so. It's a good thing this problem has been detected and is being dealt with under controlled conditions of choice. You know, Judith, it occurred to me at a recent school reunion that so much time was wasted at high school because not one of the teachers managed to awaken in me a love of learning. That didn't come until much, much later... I sometimes wonder what percentage of teachers can actually _teach_ and how many merely regurgitate facts? Ah - gifted teachers. I was lucky in that I had good English and French teachers early on but absolutely terrible maths teachers. To this day I can't do or understand Sudoku - it's another language to me and not one to which I have the key. But because I had good *early* arithmetic teachers, I can add up at the speed of light! My 10 y.o. grand-daughter thinks it incredibly funny that her Nana, who can tell at a glance exactly how many tiles will be needed for any particular wall, cannot for the life of her understand Sudoku... it's just totally defeats me! I keep asking 'What is the _point_' of it! Crosswords, I absolutely love, and find them a worthwhile challenge... Yes, I enjoy crosswords and have started doing them again - rarely completing them I must say! But my attitude to Sudoku is exactly like yours. It's a bit like my attitude to wind-surfing - why bother! -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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In article , Anne Jackson
writes Crosswords, I absolutely love, and find them a worthwhile challenge... I can do Suduko but it's an effort whereas crosswords are always fun. I have a book of gardening crosswords that I adapt to put in the Gardening club newsletter. Kay gave me the book years ago as a present. One answer stumped everyone last year. pom pon dahlias! I had to check the spelling in the end! I always thought it was pom pom In the interest of staving off decrepitation of the cerebral kind I have been playing those mind games for the PC. words and logic, no problem but 3d awareness I cannot do easily for love nor money. Same with gardening plans, I really can't imagine in 3d! -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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In article , Martin
writes http://www.forddoctorsdts.com/quizze...alAptitude.php Thank you, I got to answer 6 and got confused with the question. No idea how gears move when attached to others!! I joined the RAC instead -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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In article , Martin
writes Some gave up when they realised they had to count the number of teeth on cogs, I almost did. Oh I didn't mind that, I just couldn't understand a cog attached to another cog on it's side. Janet -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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In article , Martin
writes Some RAC men have the same problem :-) How reassuring Martin! -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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"Anne Jackson" wrote in message ... My 10 y.o. grand-daughter thinks it incredibly funny that her Nana, who can tell at a glance exactly how many tiles will be needed for any particular wall, cannot for the life of her understand Sudoku... it's just totally defeats me! I cannot understand the interest in Sudoku at all, I am addicted to the codewords. I keep asking 'What is the _point_' of it! Crosswords, I absolutely love, and find them a worthwhile challenge... |
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In article ,
says... "Anne Jackson" wrote in message ... My 10 y.o. grand-daughter thinks it incredibly funny that her Nana, who can tell at a glance exactly how many tiles will be needed for any particular wall, cannot for the life of her understand Sudoku... it's just totally defeats me! I cannot understand the interest in Sudoku at all, I am addicted to the codewords. I keep asking 'What is the _point_' of it! Crosswords, I absolutely love, and find them a worthwhile challenge... I agree sudoku is pointless, but killer sudoku thats another matter, I have no doubt I would gain several hours each day if I could go cold turkey and stop ( www.killersudokuonline.com ) check out the greater than killer at the bottom! -- Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and Lapageria rosea |
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