Re: how hard is this?

["Celia Krall" <celiak@pcrs.net>]

So, now I understand what my life has been for the last couple years!

Immersion learning.  

Love it.  (sort of)

Cel

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> From: Tivers@aol.com
> To: horseplay@ratedg.com; RIDECAMP@endurance.net
> Subject: RC:   how hard is this?
> Date: Thursday, September 07, 2000 10:01 AM
> 
> In a message dated 9/7/00 4:42:49 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
> horseplay@ratedg.com writes:
> 
> <<  have to admit that I am thoroughly intimidated at the care of an
>  endurance horse.  All the supplements and special feeds and equipment
>  and training.  I know they are serioius athletes and I really do want
>  to get involved in this...I have an insatiable appetite for riding and
>  for my horse.  I'm really nervous that I am going to hurt him or not
>  care for him properly.  How hard is it to get the hang of all of the
>  care?  What are the best books on this topic?  Thanks!
>  Shannon >>
> 
> 
> There is a technique called "immersion learning". It is used in the
Berlitz 
> School of languages, the Suzuki violin method, and in a lot of 
> less-recognized teaching situatons. It works like this:
> 
> The fastest and most effective way to learn is to expose the brain to
huge 
> chunks of data very quickly and from all sides. This forces the brain to
turn 
> on more neurons and to keep operating well into the night. It's somewhat 
> painful and disorienting at first, because you feel overwhelmed and
confused. 
> But olnce you've been through it a few times, it becomes comfortable
because 
> you know what your brain is trying to do and you know what the result
will 
> be. The result is that you learn extremely complicated things very
quickly.
> 
> To put yourself in an "immersion mode",  you have to focus on exposing 
> yourself to as much challenging input as you can, all at once. So, what I

> would do if I were you is to buy Adams' Lameness in horses--the big
edition, 
> and buy Lewis' Equine Clinical Nutrition, and Wollinsky's Nutrition in 
> Exercise and Sport, and all of the Equine Exercise Physiology series from
the 
> ICEEP, and start reading them all at the same time--when you get bored to

> death with one, switch to the next, then the next. 
> 
> And then, as you become confused, keep on reading while asking questions
of 
> those who have already been through this peculiar kind of pain--Susand, 
> Sarah, Beth, myself, and several others on this forum--to claify some of
the 
> issues. You don't have to ask these questions in public and be
embarrassed by 
> them. I try to keep at least a dozen of this type of intellect in my back

> pocket at all times--they really come in handy. And you will find them
all 
> delighted to help, because each of them knows that the exercise of having
to 
> write out their thoughts gives them a better understanding--they learn as
you 
> learn. 
> 
> So jump right in. Have no fear. It only hurts for a little while. 
> 
> ti 
> 
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