I have recently made the alarming discovery that I do not truly know my alaphabet. Oh sure, I can sing the song (even in french) but when it comes to indepentdently knowing that "I" comes after "H" or that "W" comes after "V" there is a hitch in my mental recall. This realization was eased upon me when I noticed that I am constantly muttering portions of the alphabet whenever I have to file something alphabetically. It seems that my memory can only recall this information in sing-songy snippets of the alphabet song.
This is a startling realization for me after a good 28 years of feeling that I really am pretty damn intelligent. Silly me.
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I find myself doing that all the time! I know that when I was preggers, my IQ dropped a few points. Apparently I haven't picked up those points yet...will I ever?
Where'd you learn the French alphabet?
Amy,
Don't you know that's why they teach us those songs?! And hey, the older your brain gets, well, take it from me, the more you need it.
Judi
It's comforting to know that I'm not alone!
Tessa -
Canadian school system = french alphabet.
I'll take that to mean you're not in competition to break the world record for most digits of pi memorized.
so...I have always thought that a good working knowledge of the alphabet and of left and right were useful in life! but I struggle with both those things!
Marilyn B
ha, ha and I thought i was alone in this plight!
I am the same way! You just don't learn it in groups of two or three, you learn it as a whole group! I used to have to file a lot, and I was glad that was over!
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