Comments by "Solo Renegade" (@SoloRenegade) on "Anne of All Trades" channel.

  1. the pursuit of perfection is evil. (I'm a Mechanical Engineer, among other things)
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  2. 34:00 that's also a reason why humans eat spicy foods.
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  3. I prefer, "Perfect practice makes perfect.". But I like the "practice makes permanent" version for some things. Math in particular. Most people complain, "I'm not good at math!", to which my thought is, because you haven't done enough practice yet. For something like math, the only way to get good at it, aside from the rare people who it comes to naturally, is to do it enough that you start to recognize the patterns in what is going on. And then, once you've struggled through enough practice problems to finally understand what is going on, now you need to practice it a bunch more to lock that into your long-term memory.
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  4. ​ @AnneofAllTrades  Yes, I agree completely with this. I actually tutor many people in math because of this. I'm of the opinion that people with degrees in math and physics should not be allowed to teach math except in topics beyond Calculus 3 and Differential Equations (the highest math most engineers and other Bachelors in STEM require). They tend to be too good, too intuitive at math, and have insufficient empathy with their students' struggles. They cannot relate to their students struggles and cannot present the material in an effective manner as a result. I'm a Mechanical Engineer and a Flight Instructor, who was always top of my class in math, but still struggled with it and had to learn it same as everyone else. I never feared math, I've always done well at math, but I'm not a natural at it either. But more than that, I have a talent for seeing the world through other peoples' eyes, and understanding why they are struggling, and tailoring my instruction accordingly on the fly. I've always attributed this elevated level of empathy of mine to being an avid reader of books, both novels and technical. I've been going through math curriculum from the basics all the way through Calc3/Diff Eq. I think I could teach kids all the math you need up to Algebra in only 2 years of school. The rest of the time would be spent practicing. I've also been able to teach kids basic Algebra as young as 2nd grade, and Calculus 1 to high school freshmen who are still in Algebra 1. Over the years I've come across key areas and skills students struggle with, and a series of easily remedied common mistakes people make. I focus on building these skills, avoiding the easy mistakes, and teaching real-world math and applications to help with reasoning and problem solving. But at the end of the day, sufficient amounts of practice is the only way to really get it and make it stick long term.
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  5. more than overrated. the pursuit of perfection is quite literally evil. it causes all manner of problems.
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