Does anyone know why after learning unrelenting shout and whirlwind or whatever, i am not able to learn any of my new shouts i have found, i have like 4 or 5 that it says i need to absorb dragon souls to use, i kill dragons and absorb their souls but it still wont allow me to use them and still says i need to absorb a soul...

not sure if your'e doing this or not but just to be on the safe side, you press X not A

you mean to equip it?

To unlock it. I thought it was kind of dumb to not just have dragon souls automatically unlock any available shouts on absorb but if you wanna role play your character a certain way it makes sense to do that. You've gotta hit x to unlock the power then you can equip it afterward.

Are they still teaching kids how to read in school?