Comments below.

Doug
s/v Callista

"James Johnson" wrote in message
...
Anybody who has worked in the training or educational fields knows of the
problems that "test anxiety" can cause. They also know that people learn
in a
variety of manners and have various strengths and weaknesses. And don't
stereotype everyone in a category based on the experience of a few. You
sound
like someone for which morse code came relatively easy when compared to
others'
experiences.

Actually, code did not come to me easily at all. It took weeks of practice
to
barely get up to 13 WPM. I was never ever to get to 20 WPM. Peaked
out at maybe 18.

I worked religiously for one and half hours a day, every single day
without
exception for over three months and the best I could do was 4 1/2 WPM, not
enough to pass the exam.

As you said earlier, people learn things in different ways. It sounds like
the
way you were trying to learn was not appropriate for the way your
brain is wired. I was an educator for many years. I have found that in most
instances when a student is having trouble with a concept, presenting it
in a different manner does the trick. Perhaps finding someone to work
with may help.

I am a visual learner, those who do well on the code tests are probably
auditory
learners. My brain is just not wired the way to make the learning the
code
possible in any reasonable fashion. After that failed attempt work and
family
demands stepped in to prevent me from spending that kind of time for
several
years. By then I was moving into the programming field and haven't had
the
desire (or time) to make another attempt like that.

I had the same problem. I am mostly a visual learner as well.
JJ


On Sun, 30 May 2004 21:34:25 -0400, "Doug Dotson"
wrote:

And if you have a bonifide learning or physical disability,
you can get an exemption from the FCC. My experience has
been that most that cry foul about learnig code do so because
they failed to learn it after two or three evenings of trying. It
takes work, some more than others.

Doug, k3qt
s/v Callista

"LLongiii" wrote in message
...
If you ASK the Volunteer Examiner at the time of testing, they can and
will
arrange for lights, bells or ANY other device to take the code test.

I had the same problem, but eventually passed the 13 wpm test.

The people administering the test will bend over backwards to help.

Leonard, KJ5DL
Advanced Class Accredited Volunteer Examiner (ARRL & W5YI-VEC)
"KJ5DL @ N34 38.253 W092 07.177"
"Do illiterate people get the full value of Alphabet Soup?"


James Johnson
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