"Or, physically demonstrate that…" That's what I would have said to you, as I always thought that's how I learned stuff. 

"Just, tell me, and I will get it"… apparently, not so much. So sad to learn that. My well honed excuse for why I am not understanding what new information you are imparting has been, poof, dashed.

At least that is what I think I understood…note the think part. A noted cognitive psychologist named Daniel Willingham has somewhat refuted the conventional wisdom that some people are auditory learners, some visual and some kinesthetic learners. He proceeds to explain why. I listened raptly, attentively, and really focused on what he had to say.

I still didn't get it.

This is why I love ATM machines. They tell you exactly what to do. I can read my next steps. If they only spoke to me, I'd never deposit or withdraw or transfer anything. Or my GPS device. Glancing at it, no doubt potentially wrecking havoc behind me as I slow down to see where the turn is coming up, works better than being talked to about making that turn in 500 feet. We have already established, only avid football fans have any sense of how far 500 feet might be.

Put together a disassembled cabinet. Comes with a video…no problem. Comes with a carpenter, better. Comes with a written description, it is hammered into submission, if it holds things afterwards, that's a bonus.

So then. Listen, read and view Dr. Willingham's page. Then, make me an illustration so I know what he said.

Thanks.