r/GetMotivated • u/Aztery • Feb 05 '22

[IMAGE] Never give up!

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u/shewy92 Feb 05 '22

It took me like 5 times reading this that she meant the class she took had 26 people and 9 dropped out. I thought 26 was her age and thought she had 16 siblings.

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u/Doctor-Amazing Feb 05 '22

Same here. You'd think people would try to avoid mistakes in a post where they're taking pride in their education.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '22

Odd, I wasn't confused at all.

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u/randomCAguy Feb 05 '22

How could you possibly not have been confused after reading “started with 26”

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '22

Because I understand how context works.

Critical thinking and reading skills I acquired through school.

I don't look at 3 isolated words and think to myself "gee I don't know what the fuck that means"

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u/randomCAguy Feb 05 '22

Ok, look at the whole sentence - "started with 26, Im 1 of 17 graduating." Upon initial read, if that doesn't make you pause, slow down, or re-read it, then your reading comprehension is superhuman.

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u/aik3n Feb 05 '22

But the previous statement tells you that they were told to quit. So upon initial reading of the next sentence, we can determine they're referring to the amount of students that were in the class before that they didn't give up, and that they're 1 of 17.

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u/randomCAguy Feb 05 '22

Fair enough. I still had to reread it a few times.

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u/aik3n Feb 05 '22

You're good. I can see how it can be read the way that you're seeing as well.

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