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For Our 66th Season, We’re Coming Out Swinging.
Join us for another fantastic season of professional theatre and exciting special events for families.
We kick things off with Tarzan on Sept. 20; other season highlights include Miracle on 34th Street, Hansel & Gretel, Petite Rouge: A Cajun Red Riding Hood, Billy Jonas, Too Many Frogs, The Reluctant Dragon and more.
Imagine your new best friend Bailey moved into your neighborhood. The only thing separating your house from her house is a small but dense forest. Of course you could walk around the forest to get there, but it would take twice as long. What you need to do is cut a path directly from door to door. It won’t be easy; you will have to clear branches, remove rocks and brush spider webs out of the way. If you visit her the next day and the next, your trips will become successively easier and faster. Just the act of walking your path regularly will clear it. If you skip a few days or more, the path will start growing again and you will have to work hard again to ease your way. Did you know it’s just like that with your memory? When you create a memory, a .. pathway is constructed 10. . in your brain. The 5 . . ..20 more frequently you 15. “travel that pathway” or in other words, ... .10 repeat a particular 5 . . ..20 thought or series of 15. thoughts (such as your multiplication ... tables, a new poem, .10 lines from a play or 5 . . ..20 even riding a bike), 15. the more likely you will be to recall that information.
Repetition helps to improve speed and increase confidence. It is often used to master math and series of numbers, anatomy in medicine, statutes of the law, learning a foreign language and even guitar playing. Repetition has been called one of the most intuitive principles of learning, dating back to ancient Egyptian and Chinese education around 4,400 and 3,000 B.C., respectively. In ancient Greece, Aristotle once said “It is frequent repetition that produces a natural tendency.”
Be aware though, that repetition by itself isn’t the only learning tool available and will not necessarily increase one’s comprehension of a complex subject. For example, if you pay attention in Biology class all semester, take notes, do your homework and 5 ... 10 ... study using repetition then you ...20 will likely do very well on 15 your exam. However if you 5.. .10 don’t necessarily listen and 15. ... practice the material along ..2 0 the way, repetition will only get you so far. Preparing 5.. quickly for exams in this . 15. 1 0 . . . manner is what that kid ..2 0 means when he says “I stayed up all night to 5.. cram for my exam.” He . may possibly do well on 15. 1 0 . . . ..2 the exam, but he definitely 0 would be too tired to go to Blake’s birthday party the next day. Ah, maybe next time. Maybe next time.
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46 – My School Rocks! | September 2013