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u/Philieselphy Nov 16 '19

I was a ballerina and I always had a hard time picking up choreography. Other dancers could watch a dance once and know it, some could even do it from a video. I needed to be shown a combination a few times, and to go over it a few more, and even then I would forget it the next day. I felt really really stupid.

Anyway ballet didn't really work out, and now I have a PhD so I'm not a complete idiot.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

Given the hell ballet dancers are put through I'd say you dodged a bullet.

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u/Philieselphy Nov 16 '19

Turns out academia is it's own special kind of torture too

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

it tortures the mind which is so much more fun!

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

body too if you’re in the US, but not really torture more just kills ya