It’s become popular of late to “collect sentences”. As though this is a goal unto itself.
There have even been a few discussions on the interwebs. Some have even blossomed into organized efforts with semi-elaborate controls on copyrighted works.
I did my own experiment with these a while back because I thought this was a good idea [...]
There are three words that can form a formidable opposition to learning:
supposed, should, and discipline
Maybe not the words you were expecting, but allow me to explain:
When you’re “supposed” to maintain the “discipline” to do something everyday, what happens when you miss a day? It means you lack discipline. You didn’t do what you’re supposed to [...]
We all have a tendency to think like this. We find something and call it “good” and with that, we imply that it’s always good.
But we know that isn’t true. Exercise is good, too much exercise causes injury. Food is good, too much food will damage your health. Water is good, but too much Dihydrogen [...]
For those who don’t know, an SRS is a Spaced Repetition System. It creates longer and longer intervals between reviews when you get the answer correct. The idea is to review just before you forget, to encourage long-term memory retention.
And in this technical statement from supermemo’s Theoretical aspects of spaced repetition in learning, [...]
Burnout is the greatest enemy of learning any language. It takes a goal like fluency that motivates you, that drives you, and turns it into something you hate.
I think most of us have had that moment when we’ve worn ourselves down trying to memorize as much as we can in as little time as [...]
