Flower of War: What Flame Leaves Behind

( Jade looked impassively down at the dying man at her feet... )

what it's like in here, part one: movement

I have to say, I lucked out in many respects with the family I was born into. My mother is an inveterate reader and was, when I was a wee sprout, something of an accumulator of books. She was also in school when I was young, which led to some very interesting books taking up residence in our attic.

This is how I discovered psychology, and linguistics, and anatomy, among other things. One of the things I was drawn to when I was reading about learning styles was the description of kinesthetic learners. I got excited when I first read the description, thinking, "hey, that's like me!"

Then I read the checklist of signs that you're a kinesthetic learner, and sighed. I fit almost none of them. I looked at the visual learner checklist, and I fit more things there. It didn't feel quite right, but it was okay. I closed the book and went about my business, having acquired a new classification for myself: "visual learner".

What I didn't know then, and wouldn't until later, is that the checklist is just a suggestion.

( this gets long, right through here... )