Life In 19x19

billywoods wrote:

oren wrote:However if your teacher taught you the wrong way to do fractions, you might have some problems. There's a 10k I see teaching on KGS a bit, and it can make me cringe.

There is that. Most people equally well reach an "asymptote" in their mathematical education, though all I really mean by that is that they have a panic attack every time they see numbers, and run far away as quickly as they can.

To be fair, that mostly originates from the typical teaching style employed in public schools:

Student: "I don't understand this."
Teacher: "You're not trying hard enough."
Student: "I've tried, but I still don't understand."
Teacher: "Do your worksheets."
Student: "The repetition doesn't help; it doesn't make sense to me."
Teacher: "I can't help you if you won't help yourself."

not to be conceited, but i don't feel like i have one

later on the things to improve will get finer and finer grained such that it might require more effort, but most people at that rank have that same problem, so it's not like i'll be the only one. and improving at that point is still improving

if we're talking rank graphs, then of course it will look asymptotic due to less people to play and also how the lines of strength seem to blur.

improvement at the dan level is the same as improvement at the kyu level. the "leaps and bounds" you make in the beginning are the same "leaps and bounds" you make as a dan, it just looks more dramatic when you're at the kyu level because it's something everyone is able to easily identify.

in the very end, your improvement in go is only limited by how much work you put into it, not by age

often wrote:
in the very end, your improvement in go is only limited by how much work you put into it, not by age

Says the youngster! (and maybe someday 9d?)