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A different path

by Henk ter Heide on Friday November 11, 2011

I never really considered it a problem, but I have been
wondering the last couple of years. Why is it that I
always have so many problems. And why is it that almost
everybody I know has a lot of problems.

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Bored….
Bored….?
Bored….!
Bored!

It always takes me a few weeks to figure out what it is
that I’m feeling.
A month ago I realized that I was feeling bored.
I had nothing left to think about.

So my first reaction was to go out and find me some kind
of problem to solve.
But after a few days it dawned on me that this is why I
always have so many problems. I search them out.

I love solving problems. Whether they are personal
problems, work related problems, problems of other
people or just problems I’ve read about.
People who worked at boarding houses group homes
where trained in recognizing problems by the way
people behaved. So it actually happens that I know
what is wrong with people with whom I’ve never talked.

I love figuring out what is wrong and finding a
way to solve the problem.
But there is a down side.
When problems get solved people run of in search
for a more happy life and I go out and find the next
problem. Which leads to a somewhat depressing life style.

On further thought I concluded that it isn’t the finding
of the solution that I love. It’s the thinking process
that precedes it. But this thinking process isn’t exclusive
to solving problems.
So I’m done with solving (other people’s) problems.
Now I’m going to work on my own future.
Let’s see how much fun I can get out of writing
stories for this blog.

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Changing Education Paradigms

by Henk ter Heide on Saturday October 16, 2010

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This animate was adapted from a talk given at the RSA by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned education and creativity expert and recipient of the RSA’s Benjamin Franklin award.

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Paying attention in school

by Henk ter Heide on Saturday February 23, 2008

Dealing with the feelings I get when I change my plans.

Do you ever have the feeling that you wish you had paid better attention in school? I have that feeling regularly.
In the drawing course I did early last year I was advised to practice hashing and cross hashing but since I thought I wouldn’t need it I didn’t listen. So now I’ve reached the point that I have to learn the technique I don’t know how I’m supposed to go about it and what my goals should be.

But I also have the feeling that this isn’t the real problem. If I only wanted to know how I should go about practicing hashing I could look it up on the Internet or find a book about it.
I won’t.
I won’t because this is a feeling I have quite often. Usually after I had to change my plans. Which has me suspecting that this has something to do with being autistic. I just need a few days to get used to the fact that I’m going to do a lot of practicing and blog about practicing.

If I still have this feeling in a few days I still can find information on the technique.

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