I got an idea..

FalloutFox · 4 Weeks Ago

This might have already been said somwhere but here goes.

Awhile ago somone on here suggested how learning a language through being a TB would be fun and interesting as, if you think about it, you dont understand it any more then a baby does. So naturally you can Learn a language, step by step, just like a baby. Cool idea no?

Well what if take this and do it for writing. Alot of people are only dominant with one hand and cant use the other for the life of them. so why not learn to use the other hand? Buy some of the old dotted line paper that we all used in kindergarden-2nd grade to learn and get a "daddy/mommy/teacher" to help you write. Pretend your relearning your alphabet or even better, learn to write a completely different language!

Just a thought..

Mesmerale · 4 Weeks Ago

That sounds kinda cool...

oblivionxi1 · 4 Weeks Ago

Great idea. I wouldn't do it because of how it would remind me of school as a kid, I know for some this is a wonderful experience but I had bad experiences, really bad experiences.

I like the idea of doing stuff with your other hand though, I might try drawing with my other hand so it would look 5-year-old-ish.

FalloutFox · 4 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by oblivionxi1

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I like the idea of doing stuff with your other hand though, I might try drawing with my other hand so it would look 5-year-old-ish.

hehehe, ive already done that with crayons and color in books. it really looks like a 2 year old did it XD

oblivionxi1 · 4 Weeks Ago

Cool, and the funny thing is that I have color books around because my mom likes them. Weird huh? She has always been into coloring and things like that.

tk7432 · 4 Weeks Ago

It is a very interesting and a method that I am interested in. It would be very convenient to be ambidextrous.

RadGravity · 4 Weeks Ago

That sounds great and all, but to the best of my knowledge (which is admittedly limited) on the subject that isn't how the brain works. Once it's set it's pretty much set. Of course it can learn things, but not at all in the same way a baby or child's brain can. Not even by acting like you had one.

oblivionxi1 · 4 Weeks Ago

Oh yeah.. Damn... I forgot about the whole we get dumber as we get older thing...

Fire2box · 4 Weeks Ago

Young children can learn REALLY fast. That slows down with age, a lot by puberty.

Tygon · 4 Weeks Ago

That would be awesome but, as someone said, I don't know if an adult brain can 'absorb' language as easily as a baby. There is, however, something to be said for 'immersion learning.' I've known native Spanish speakers who understood/spoke very little English when they came to the U.S. as exchange students. After a year of going to high school and living with a family where the only language spoken was English, they picked it up and are now fluent.

I, as a native English speaker with little knowledge of Spanish, spent only two weeks in a country where only Spanish was spoken. Out of necessity, I picked up enough Spanish to get by (the basics--food, drink, bathrooms, money) and enough to be polite. I tried memorizing word translations before the trip, but it was a lot easier to pick up on (and remember) the words when I was surrounded by the language.

I do the 'writing with my non-dominant hand' thing a lot, just to amuse myself. I'm currently more practiced with my right hand, though I was more inclined to use my left hand as a child. Whenever my parents saw me using my left hand, they would correct me and make me use my right. When I use my left hand, it looks remarkably like my handwriting when I was in the second grade.

4 Weeks Ago	#1 (permalink)
FalloutFox Regular Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Washington, USA Age: 17 Posts: 308 Threads: 28 Reputation: 5	I got an idea.. This might have already been said somwhere but here goes. Awhile ago somone on here suggested how learning a language through being a TB would be fun and interesting as, if you think about it, you dont understand it any more then a baby does. So naturally you can Learn a language, step by step, just like a baby. Cool idea no? Well what if take this and do it for writing. Alot of people are only dominant with one hand and cant use the other for the life of them. so why not learn to use the other hand? Buy some of the old dotted line paper that we all used in kindergarden-2nd grade to learn and get a "daddy/mommy/teacher" to help you write. Pretend your relearning your alphabet or even better, learn to write a completely different language! Just a thought..

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Mesmerale Simply Mesmerizing Donor Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Maryland, USA Age: 17 Posts: 2,347 Threads: 21 Gallery Uploads: 3 Wiki Edits: 1 Blog Entries: 3 Reputation: 70	That sounds kinda cool...

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oblivionxi1 Regular Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Age: 15 Posts: 423 Threads: 11 Blog Entries: 4 Reputation: 5	Great idea. I wouldn't do it because of how it would remind me of school as a kid, I know for some this is a wonderful experience but I had bad experiences, really bad experiences. I like the idea of doing stuff with your other hand though, I might try drawing with my other hand so it would look 5-year-old-ish.

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oblivionxi1 Regular Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Age: 15 Posts: 423 Threads: 11 Blog Entries: 4 Reputation: 5	Cool, and the funny thing is that I have color books around because my mom likes them. Weird huh? She has always been into coloring and things like that.

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tk7432 Regular Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: In my hood Age: 17 Posts: 842 Threads: 34 Wiki Edits: 2 Blog Entries: 5 Reputation: 6	It is a very interesting and a method that I am interested in. It would be very convenient to be ambidextrous.

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RadGravity min trampolin Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Vancouver, Canada Age: 22 Posts: 553 Threads: 13 Reputation: 12	That sounds great and all, but to the best of my knowledge (which is admittedly limited) on the subject that isn't how the brain works. Once it's set it's pretty much set. Of course it can learn things, but not at all in the same way a baby or child's brain can. Not even by acting like you had one.

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oblivionxi1 Regular Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Age: 15 Posts: 423 Threads: 11 Blog Entries: 4 Reputation: 5	Oh yeah.. Damn... I forgot about the whole we get dumber as we get older thing...

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Fire2box Regular Donor Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Stockton, California Age: 22 Posts: 4,597 Threads: 62 Gallery Uploads: 13 Wiki Edits: 2 Blog Entries: 6 Reputation: 39	Young children can learn REALLY fast. That slows down with age, a lot by puberty.

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Tygon VIP Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Up North, USA Age: 23 Posts: 236 Threads: 11 Gallery Uploads: 1 Reputation: 13	That would be awesome but, as someone said, I don't know if an adult brain can 'absorb' language as easily as a baby. There is, however, something to be said for 'immersion learning.' I've known native Spanish speakers who understood/spoke very little English when they came to the U.S. as exchange students. After a year of going to high school and living with a family where the only language spoken was English, they picked it up and are now fluent. I, as a native English speaker with little knowledge of Spanish, spent only two weeks in a country where only Spanish was spoken. Out of necessity, I picked up enough Spanish to get by (the basics--food, drink, bathrooms, money) and enough to be polite. I tried memorizing word translations before the trip, but it was a lot easier to pick up on (and remember) the words when I was surrounded by the language. I do the 'writing with my non-dominant hand' thing a lot, just to amuse myself. I'm currently more practiced with my right hand, though I was more inclined to use my left hand as a child. Whenever my parents saw me using my left hand, they would correct me and make me use my right. When I use my left hand, it looks remarkably like my handwriting when I was in the second grade.