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most kids have no natural talent at whatever thing they pick up, they just have the luxury of being treated gently as they repeatedly fail at it and gain experience

@hikari
>most kids have no natural talent at whatever thing they pick up

that's not really true; children have an easier time at picking things up than adults (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/11/221115113922.htm).

@miko well, that's something, but it's not talent nonetheless

@hikari @miko

It is easier picking up stuff as a kid but that doesn't make it impossible as an adult.

New languages, new skills. Happen all the time. Its just rare that adults get the hours of practice in.

Conversely, if you've been lucky enough to learn your learning style then you gravitate to picking new things up.

@hikari @miko I mean this just proves we should be less patient with children

@hikari@social.noyu.me my dad taught me how to linux. I sucked at it

@hikari they do? must be a mistake

@hikari including - or maybe especially - if those skills are something like kindness or whatever!

@hikari
I find adults have the benefit of drawing upon prior life knowledge. But I think many of them are embarrassed that they are "still learning at my age", so that actually inhibits their learning. Like that meme of someone putting a stick in their front bicycle wheel.
They easily get frustrated and say "I'm so bad at this *embarrassed laugh*."

I dont know how to reduce this behavior, as I have taught adults in the past and may teach them again in the future. I'll figure it out...

@hikari This is my teaching process with roller derby. Endless kindness and patience, constantly reminding them it's fine, this is unnatural, and their brains are learning when it doesn't feel like it.

@hikari

1. I know what you mean and agree completely, but

2. that's one of the reasons I didn't become a teacher.