Remember

What a wonderful thing memory is. I wish mine were better.
Here, for your interest, is where you can find that Ukrainian video on the subject:
Antement's video on Memory: Індивідуальні відмінності пам'яті

http://www.youtube.com/user/Antement#p/u/2/UhIZPLSlS68

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[ozmoroid]

I love it when you talk Latin to me!! I've had a hard time with names all my life. I've resorted to, "I'll let you two introduce yourselves," more times than I'd care to admit.

[tenneral]

@ozmoroid That's a good way of avoiding the difficulty: I'll remember that (I hope) for future use!

[johncrwarner]

My mother-in-law who was fluent in Polish, German, English, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese and taught Romance Languages at university now she is 91 cannot remember what she did last week etc.

But if she uses her English (my partner is German) she can speak clear as a bell about 1945- 1946 in occupied Germany where she as a Polish citizen was the English translator for the British army of occupation. It is clear as a bell.

[tenneral]

@johncrwarner How great. Get her to make a video for YouTube recalling those early days. She - and we - would enjoy it very much.

[Danmill23]

By the way, I'm a teacher as well. (10 yrs now) When I meet up with old students faces, skill level, personality are all easily remembered, but names are a different matter.

It seems to rude to forget someones name. It's like you have forgotten "them" completely or don't care. In reality you can list 100 things about them, it's just the name you've forgotten.

Anyway that my perspective.

[tenneral]

@Danmill23 I think we teachers all suffer in the same way. We see pupils & students for a few years; then they leave us, grow taller and fatter, dress differently and become complete strangers. I can usually recognise the faces but no much besides.

[metsfanal]

Omg the Prof was right! This guy is fucking great. Subscribed.

[ProfMTH]

No potential "pillar of the salt" laying about when you said that, Tenneral? Your description of the cell passing on memories was hilarious.

I forget at least 1/2 my students' names about 5 minutes after I put in the final grades for a course. It's always been the case. Invariably, of course, a couple of months later I'll run into one of the students whose name I've forgotten and, like you, I do the "Oh, hi there" bit. But it's a real kick in the jittles when they forget MY name. ;-)

[RustyTube]

Well, I'm sixty and just earlier today I was thinking how annoyed I was at my long dead aunt for calling me "You Why" when I was at the age kids ask a lot of "why" questions. I was quite offended when she did it and I'm still annoyed. I even remember the exact location: A streetcar stop which ceased to exist about fifty years ago.

[tubester4567]

I was going to post a comment but i forgot what i was going to say.......

[MikeOfKorea]

I teach in Korea, and Korean names sound SO similar to one another (to non-Korean ears), but I really do try to learn my students' names! It's hard, but the learners beam when they hear their name from me, and that it makes it all worthwhile.

[johncrwarner]

@juliuschas A formidable character - even if she has forgotten some things like the fact they have built a motorway near where she lives - so she always talks to us about travelling to Bielefeld by an old and very busy road as the best route - she also always insists on give my partner money for the train fare - which he pays back into her account when we get home.

[Hockeygod98]

This is actually somewhat encouraging. If I see one of my old teachers and they don't give me the time of day, it may be entirely possible they just don't recognize me, rather than remember something which I may have said/done.

[juliuschas]

@tenneral Alas, the plot is drearily familiar. Just my luck it was a penniless camp counselor instead of a well-bankrolled priest!

[juliuschas]

@johncrwarner Sounds like your MIL made better use of her brain, while it was fully functional, than most of us do! And now, she demonstrates how the brain can compensate for the waning of its power.

[Hereticbooks]

I can't remember 10 names in ANY class I've ever had. 

[johncrwarner]

@tenneral I was hoping to do it for posterity - for the family but I might edit it down for here. She and her husband married on 8 May 1945 and the man who married them didn't know whether he was supposed to give them Mein Kampf anymore and just said they could have one if they wanted and they declined.