【分享】在manhattan上看到ron说的一段话，钻牛角尖的时候大家看看

neverland1021 · 发表于 2014-8-1 13:18:43

今天做题目的时候去网上搜解释发现Ron说的一段很经典的话和大家分享，特别是做到自己觉得和自己总结出来的所有知识点（逗号+V-ing的用法，比较，but/and的用法）有所出入的时候就想想下面这段话，
"MUCH MORE IMPORTANTLY

You should not think in terms of "generalizations".

If you formulate a "generalization", you should think of it as, at best, an extremely ugly intermediate. Your goal is to...
... convert the generalization into EXAMPLES
... remember the examples
... forget the generalization.

To do otherwise"”i.e., to think in terms of the generalization itself"”is basically impossible, unless you have unlimited time. (It took me six minutes to have any idea what your generalization was even saying in the first place. Not because the writing is bad"”the writing is fine"”but because the human brain just doesn't work like that.)

This is not just an SC thing. This is the way humans understand ALL ideas that have any complexity whatsoever.
E.g., think about "being a jerk".
If someone asked you what "jerk" meant, you would almost certainly not try to give a general definition. Instead, you'd just start listing examples of "jerky" behavior. (Slamming doors in people's faces. Insulting people. Etc.)
Putting those examples together mentally is easy. Creating a general definition is just about impossible.

Work with your brain, not against it."

http://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/post58397.html#p58397

awillleadaway · 发表于 2014-10-20 15:19:09

确实跟中国教学思路不一样。

【分享】在manhattan上看到ron说的一段话，钻牛角尖的时候大家看看

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