I myself am FAR better at understanding things than explaining things. What about you?
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| Poll: Are you better at understanding things or better at explaining them? This poll is closed. |
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| My comprehension skills are more advanced than my explanatory skills. | 2 | 33.33% | |
| My explanatory skills are more advanced than my comprehension skills. | 0 | 0% | |
| Jello is best JellyKnight. | 4 | 66.67% | |
| Total | 6 vote(s) | 100% | |
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Explaining/Comprehending: Another random poll.
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I think i can understand things better than i can explain things
"He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. For if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes unto you."
 RE: Explaining/Comprehending: Another random poll.
August 31, 2016 at 8:48 am
(This post was last modified: August 31, 2016 at 8:52 am by Edwardo Piet.)
Problem is my ability to understand often seems only as good as my shitty lack of ability to explain things. Because I often don't allow my brain to fully access information until I am capable of putting it into words. It's an O.C.D. thing I think. I also think it's something to do with the fact I'm not a visual person at all and I like to know why I understand things rather than to just understand them. I'm ambitious that way. And to know why or how I understand something, as far as I know the best way to do that is to be able to explain it to myself first (because I am unable to visualize it to myself)... and also then I am able to explain it to others.
However, overall, I'd say this is far more unhelpful than helpful to me. So it's a habit I am trying to break. When I break it -- and I am confident I will break it in time -- I am certain that it will do wonders for my mental health 
Academically, I'm good at both, when it comes to the everyday life, I'm shit at both. I don't know how that works.
Jesster
Your friendly neighborhood heathen  Religious Views: I am the creator goddess. Prove me wrong.
Can you restate the question please?
I don't believe you. Get over it.
Anyway, don't you need to be able to comprehend it first before being able to explain it well? I'd say they go hand in hand.
Jello is indeed the best JellyKnight.
(August 31, 2016 at 8:58 am)RozKek Wrote: Anyway, don't you need to be able to comprehend it first before being able to explain it well? You absolutely have to successfully understand something in order to successfully explain what you understand. However, you are able to successfully understand something without being even remotely capable of explaining it. My brain gets these mixed up though for some reason. It's kind of like how all dogs are animals but not all animals are dogs. In this analogy then: explanation is to comprehension as dogs are to animals.
Jesster
Your friendly neighborhood heathen Religious Views: I am the creator goddess. Prove me wrong. (August 31, 2016 at 9:02 am)Alasdair Ham Wrote:(August 31, 2016 at 8:57 am)Jesster Wrote: Can you restate the question please? Forget it. Either you can't explain this well or I can't understand it.
I don't believe you. Get over it.
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