>>> So don't expect to do a 2 hour class for 52 weeks and become like them!
>>
>> Well, sure. But you would expect that spending time on something would
>> result in *some* improvement...
> 
> Interesting discussion. It parallels something a friend at work was 
> saying to me the other day. He was talking about how its fascinating how 
> the mind works when learning. When learning a new skill, initially you 
> gain ability quickly, then suddenly just when you're thinking you're 
> getting it, you actually decrease in ability. After a while when things 
> become automatic and you're not consciously thinking about them, you'll 
> then begin to get better at that skill again. I've experienced this many 
> times. It's usually when I hit that valley that I feel like giving up 
> (and often do give up) I think this applies mostly to motor skills, 
> things like playing a sport, driving a car with a manual transmission, 
> playing a musical instrument, drawing ... etc.

I don't recall any time when I got worse at dancing. Then again, I don't 
have any objective way to measure it; it just enjoy doing it. Any 
increase or decrease in skill is so gradual as to be completely dwarfed 
by the day to day variations in performance.

Hmm, maybe that's why I suck at drawing. Because I don't like doing it.

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