[CS-FSLUG] OT Memory (was Hosea)

[Josiah Ritchie]

On Thu, 2004-08-19 at 10:43, Ed Hurst wrote:
> Josiah Ritchie wrote:
> > Do you have any kind of reference materials to read up on this
> > "non-standard memory"? Who differentiated you from "standard memory"?
> > Nowadays, if I complained about it, I'd expect to get labeled "learning
> > disabled" but I think that's a cop-out. I expect if I could gain a
> > better understanding, I could wield this gift more aptly (hopefully to
> > God's glory and not my own).
> 
> Oddly, the best references are in the field of Special Education. Y have 
> to wade through a lot of trash to get the real goods. The theoretical 
> work is rather deep and hard to follow without a good foundation in 
> Psychology. From time to time I've seen excellent discussions, as 
> something dropped on the reader in passing, in books about something 
> else. I have yet to find any really good online references.
> 
> It is technically a "learning disability," but is actually a recall 
> disability. Learning = input, recall = output. We know we have it, but 
> cannot reliably bring it forth by the standard path. However, most who 
> are affected by this have a compensatory advantage in the area of 
> creativity. That's where the alternate framework comes from. We can 
> adopt and adapt an existing framework that initially had no bearing on 
> the material at hand.
> 
> Much of my best writing comes from people asking just the right 
> question. In the process of producing a response, I will will be 
> surprised by associations that come with it, which most folks would miss. 
> In this, I too learn a great deal. God certainly has His way of doing 
> things, and I am proof of His subtle sense of humor.

That helps me some, thanks. I tend to think of myself as normal and get
frustrated when things that go together so well for me don't connect to
others. I hadn't thought of it as creativity, but I can see why that
would be the case. It probably also explains the side of my humour that
I've learned not to burden others with. :-) It also helps me to
understand why observations that have been unconsciously gathering in my
head (unbeknownest to me) often pop into my consciousness. I almost
always trust them, but couldn't recall how I came to the conclusion.

Maybe I can go dig something out of my wife's learning disabilities
textbooks from college.

This is really fun Ed. Thanks for sharing this. :-)

JSR/