Posted by fayeroe on August 15, 2008, at 18:44:51
In reply to Something good, posted by Nadezda on August 15, 2008, at 14:05:35
> Okay, I have reservations about going that far, but this last few weeks, I 've been stymied with soldering in my jewelry class. It's been extremely discouraging, with my doing it over and over again, and the two pieces just wouldn't join.
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> I was even working at home, for hours every day.
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> Then after Monday, after spending another few hours without success, I was really depressed about this, and about my always getting scared when soldering, and how I never learned how to learn things-- either I could do them right away, or not do them at all. I felt like it was almost hopeless.
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> The next day, I worked at it really hard, and I was really careful to pay attention to everything that was happening, and I finally figured out what I was doing wrong. And then I found a solution that worked-- and I kept on doing it and the soldering actually started working out--
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> So now I can really do it! I mean not that I won't have trouble with other soldering challenges-- but I feel as if I turned a corner, and am learning how to learn something, and surmount difficulties without giving up.
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> So I'm really kind of happy about that.
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> NadezdaNadezda, i am very impressed!
that is my next thing to learn and i hope that i can ask you questions when i get to it.
i have started making really teensy black and white photographs and i want to frame them with metal. i have to solder. i have the gun and don't have a clue about the rest. :-)
pat
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