» Sun May 13, 2012 4:51 am
hmm superpowers...
I'm pretty good at cramming and learning stuff by heart. I remember that for a Russian history class I just learned by heart all the notes (more than 20 pages) from the semester in one sitting. I could recite everything I had written using the exact same words. Of course once the exams were over I forgot everything, but still a useful skill I think. I also learned a text in Russian without understanding a single word of it: I just knew that our professor was going to extract some sentences from the text to make grammar exercices for an exam, so instead of trying to understand Russian grammar rules I learned the whole text. This way I didn't have to think about declension rules at the exam, I just filled the holes by reciting the text in my head.
Also, I can wiggle my left ear! Not the other one though, it's like my right ear is completely dead: I know how I should be able to move it (as I can wiggle the left ear), but nothing happens when I try: I don't feel the muscles moving.