Old-Fashioned Fruitcake
“Dis-moi ce que tu lis, je te dirai qui tu es”, il est vrai. Mais, je te connaîtrai mieux si tu me dis ce que tu relis.
“Tell me what you read and I’ll tell you who you are” is true enough, but I’d know you better if you told me what you reread.
François Mauriac
Given the choice, would you rather try a new book, or re-read an old favourite?
Do you learn best through hands-on experimentation? Or hearing it explained – by yourself or someone else? Or do you need to see it written down in order to remember?
Does understanding come to you through description? Or diagrams? Or do you need to see it done?
Or are you one of the remarkable few who can understand those instruction booklets translated from one language to another by someone who apparently spoke neither?