Comments on: I’d Love To, But I Can’t

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:11:45 +0000

my intolerance for loud noise means i really have never enjoyed concerts, especially in smaller clubs and venues. i’m probably one of the few people who would rather sit way up at a concert rather than close to the stage.
and i am a terrible dancer, though i love it when i’m by myself.

By: Erin

Erin — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:34:49 +0000

How interesting to read this now – Anna just came home from school with a piece of work that looked like she was confused while completing it. She got all the answers wrong, and my friend suggested that it might be because she was overwhelmed by the different stimuli – having to listen to verbal instructions, filter out surrounding noise, look at the paper and solve the puzzle, and then circle the correct answer while remembering the original question and the right answer. There is so much more to a successful learning experience than watching and listening, and not enough allowances for learning differences.

By: John Dale Lyons

John Dale Lyons — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:19:51 +0000

I’d simply love to, but I can’t:

Be a macho man.

Be good with numbers.

Have an exacting memory for details.

Never make annoying mistakes.

Never get “emotional.”

Be “normal.”

By: Intern in Israel

Intern in Israel — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 09:09:19 +0000

Everyone at my school contra dances. And I always go to the garden and play with my plants, so I can watch, but only through the big windows from afar. Too much noise and too many people! But I did take tango lessons, years ago. And enjoyed it immensely. I think because I only had to deal with one partner (one of the instructors as I did not bring my own!), and because everyone was lined up in rows so the instructors could watch us. Also, I was being taught what to do and when to do it as was everyone else in the room, which felt more structured than just watching and learning or figuring it out as the night went on while everyone else knew what was going on. Classes are also usually capped at a certain number. The music for tango lessons was also more forceful and less chaotic for me.

By: camilla (millie)

camilla (millie) — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:59:01 +0000

People i know from 12 step programs go to SALSA.
i can learn some dances through mimicry when on my own. But i simply cannot take in the complexity of verbal instructions relating to bodily movements, coupled with following visual directions and having a crowd of people around.

it sounds like a nightmare.
i’ll leave it to others and make pictures of dancing (in my brain!)