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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Tbh you also about lost me when you started taking about rectangular prisms, too, and I'm a 30-year-old former voracious reader. So. Maybe take it a lil easier on them, and come up with simpler verbiage when introducing new concepts?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think there is a significant difference in two skill affinities at play here. Vocabulary and spatial visualization are both important to solidifying geometry skills but some people just tend to have a lot of difficulty projecting 3-dimensional shapes in their minds, whether or not the words to describe the concepts are in their lexicon.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

I personally feel like my Nintendo 64 helped me form the wild geometry and visualisation skills that I have. There's some studies that show a strong correlation. I can visualize a running petrol engine in my mind, create structures and understand the engineering/physics of it's supports. I don't do it for a living anymore, but I'm really good at building things without a blueprint. ADHD probably helps with this too.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Avoid prism at all costs