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Xander
06-15-2005, 06:53 PM
Is there anything you had trouble doing when you were younger, or that took you a long time to learn. Like maybe reading, writing, riding a bike? Or anything more unusual.

For me, I couldn't pronounce the sound of "C" or "K" until I was in Year 3 at school, so I was about..7 or 8 I guess? I had to go to a speech therapist to learn and one day I just got it =D Before that I said "dat" instead of "cat" and basically everything began with a D and not a C. xD Some people would tease me at school, asking me who my teacher was because her name was Mrs Cooper. >_< Meanies.

Strider
06-15-2005, 06:59 PM
Oh, man, riding a bike...

I hated that when I was younger because I'd always fall off and slam into the mailbox on our street. I didn't truly learn how to stay on both wheels until I was about... 17.

Social Moon Firesky
06-15-2005, 07:00 PM
I still have a bit of trouble with my alphabet, and left and right. :) But that's only when I have to think really fast.

Rye
06-15-2005, 07:00 PM
Math was so difficult for me when I was little. I was awful at subtraction and multiplying. When I was 7 the teacher suggested I get a tutor. I never did. Call me stubborn, but I'd just feel so embarassed with myself if I did. And I can subtract and multiply good now.

YasuKaida
06-15-2005, 07:01 PM
i had a hard time laerning not to talk back...still havent learned.

ZuZu
06-15-2005, 07:02 PM
I did have trouble remembering right and left. Honestly, I still have that problem :rolleyes3

Resha
06-15-2005, 07:03 PM
Hmmm...I still can't ride a bike. :) But then again; no one ever tried to teach me and neither do I have a bike.

...? :)????

Never mind. :( I'm a slow learner. xD

44 caliber
06-15-2005, 07:04 PM
I did have trouble remembering right and left. Honestly, I still have that problem :rolleyes3
ME TOO! I always have to make L's with both of my hands and the one that makes an actual L is my left hand.

XD

Jojee
06-15-2005, 07:04 PM
I couldn't pronounce Vs (I pronounced them as Ws!) or Ths (as Ss!) until like... third grade ^_~ I had to go to the school speech specialist person every week. But that was probly cos' I just moved to America and was learning English :p

theundeadhero
06-15-2005, 07:47 PM
I couldn't pronounce my R's or S's right. I had to go to speech at school too. The teachers name was Mrs. Brown and she was really nice. Sometiems she would make us cookies :)

vegasoad
06-15-2005, 07:51 PM
i still have a hard time breathing

Apollo
06-15-2005, 07:57 PM
It took me a long time to learn how to spell correctly. >.< I'm still bad at spelling some words though. :/

Dixie
06-15-2005, 08:02 PM
I don't know how to ride a bike. And I don't know how to do fraction dividing thingy...

Dr.K
06-15-2005, 09:23 PM
I couldn't pronounce my 'R's flawlessly until around year 2 or 3 I'd say. My sister always asked me to say "Roger Rabbit Ran Around The Rickety Road". Pfff.

disapointedchild
06-15-2005, 09:28 PM
Driving a standard vehicle. Damn that clutch.

I still mess up from time to time, especially with my mom right there.

Old Manus
06-15-2005, 09:31 PM
No.

Chris
06-15-2005, 09:33 PM
Math. I still don't understand a word of it. :cry:

Cless
06-15-2005, 09:35 PM
It takes me a while to read a clock, over five seconds, as I was off school the week we learned how to when I was 7 or 8. I need my time in numerical form to avoid embarrassment!

Old Manus
06-15-2005, 09:35 PM
Math. I still don't understand a word of it.
That's because there are not many words.

Chris
06-15-2005, 09:37 PM
Are you asking for a good ol' ass whooping? :mad2:

Miriel
06-15-2005, 09:52 PM
It took me ages to learn how to tie shoelaces. Something about bunny ears. :confused:

Doomie
06-15-2005, 09:54 PM
Vectors. I just couldn't get those damn arrows.

nik0tine
06-15-2005, 10:58 PM
To this day I still cannot ride a bike without training wheels.

BabyVixen
06-15-2005, 11:02 PM
I couldn't pronounce my Ls until I was 8 :D. I'd always say "yearn" instead of "learn" and "bahyoon" instead of "balloon" awwww! I was sooo cute!

Chris
06-15-2005, 11:03 PM
Babyvixen what a name. xD

BabyVixen
06-15-2005, 11:09 PM
Oi! What's that supposed to mean? :greenking

Shoeberto
06-15-2005, 11:16 PM
I had a lot of trouble with basic math in my head, mostly subtraction and division. I still do, though it doesn't matter as much since calculators are encouraged in math classes.

Yamaneko
06-15-2005, 11:23 PM
It took me ages to learn how to tie shoelaces. Something about bunny ears. :confused:
Haha, yeah me too. I think I was in second grade when I finally learned.

Cruise Control
06-16-2005, 02:39 AM
It took me till 3rd grade to realize people don't like it when you sstab them through the hand with a pencil (I was 5). I still do it anyway though!


It took me ages to learn how to tie shoelaces. Something about bunny ears.
I still cant, I have shoes that haven't been untied since I bought them, and I almost always wear flip-flops, cuz I dress like a bum.

Cybele
06-16-2005, 03:30 AM
I can't ride a bike...I remember people trying to teach me...but I just couldn't do it.


...Stop laughing.

Kilrane
06-16-2005, 03:53 AM
it took me a long time to finally learn...english ...partly cuz i'm from mexico. i was told that it would take me 4 years to learn it suffeciently like all the other kids. i forced myself to learn it in half the time. now i have problems telling the difference in nouns, verbs, and things like that. i'm also having trouble learning al bhed. its a bit hard but i'm getting it down.

Rusty
06-16-2005, 04:14 AM
I've always had trouble telling right from left ever since I was little. I still have trouble with it :(

Madame Adequate
06-16-2005, 04:37 AM
Took me about twelve years to figure left from right. I only learnt in the end because my eyes have different capacities for seeing, so eventually I knew that 'bad looking = left'. xD

Also, I'm hopeless at French. I mean, I know more Latin than French, and my Latin education consists of one semi-serious dictionary. I suppose I shall always be, at heart, an Englishman.

Jewels
06-16-2005, 04:38 AM
I can't ride a bike...I remember people trying to teach me...but I just couldn't do it.


...Stop laughing.

Yeah, that was like me, too :mad:

I was slow in learning maths and slow in learning how to tie my shoelaces.

The Anarchy Angel
06-16-2005, 07:34 PM
Any language other than my own i find impossible, confound you verbs! I hate you all *goes mad about verb* other than that, i have problems with drawing sometimes, that's a real pain

fire_of_avalon
06-16-2005, 09:07 PM
I had a lisp I went to speech therapy for. Still do sometimes, especially when I'm trying to speak very clearly. Also, I couldn't really tie my shoes until second grade because I found a shortcut to do it in first grade and didn't see the point.

Craig
06-16-2005, 10:07 PM
Well, when I was younger it took me a little while to pronounce th right, I'd say words like "they" as "day". It also took me a little while to learn to ride a bike and tie my shoelaces.

Reles
06-16-2005, 10:57 PM
I've always been a slow learner, but I've never had anything in particular I couldn't do. I'm good at a lot of things, but not talented at anything. It bites.