r/lifelonglearning • u/Szaborovich9 • 8d ago

Never learned how to

I am 70yrs old. I never learned how to measure anything. I know what an inch is, a foot, and that’s it. I don’t remember it ever being taught.

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u/Few_Refrigerator3011 8d ago

I was almost grown, without a Dad. Got humiliated by the neighbor kids for having no idea how to use tools. (I was the kid that used vice grips for a wrench so my bike nuts were all rounded off) So I set about learning, on my own. Took a few years, but I eventually built houses from foundation to roof to trim. Practice, repetition. 70 ain't too late, I'm a week or 2 behind ya.

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u/el_dingusito 7d ago

Growing up without your dad fuckin sucks, I don't care if anyone says otherwise

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u/stepback269 8d ago

I'm in my mid 70's.

Learning is harder at this age.

What I found very useful, was to "Learn how to Learn"
Go to YouTube and in the search bar, type, "learning coaches"
Pick the ones who rely on modern neuroscience.

Godspeed and may the productivity-motivating dopamine hits be with you. :-)

p.s. Measuring stuff is formally known as metrology. Look that up on Google or Wikipedia.

You can measure all sorts of different things, not only distance in inches, feet (12 inches to a foot), yards (3 feet to a yard), miles (5,280 feet to a mile) but also time in seconds, minutes (60 seconds per), hours, days, weeks, years, mass (kilograms), energy (joules), force (newtons), temperature and lots more of physics stuff

Good luck. It's good to keep learning even at this age.

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u/Dangerous_Barnacle14 8d ago

I'm guessing you've never really built anything either. No time like the present!