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English\u201d. \u201c I canny think of the word.\u201d \u201cIf I am gonna speak from speaking about anything, I have to only be speaking about that subject.\u201d \u201cFor me to start speaking to you about er.. scuba diving.\u201d \u201cI would go into an automatic conversation and there would be no..\u201d \u201cAfter the first couple of minutes, I\u2019d be able to have a very lucid conversation because it\u2019d be a memory.\u201d \u201cMy memory for teaching scuba diving would come into my brain and that would be it.\u201d \u201cI\u2019d be able to tell you anything.\u201d \u201cI could tell you about diving but if someone came into the door and asked me the time, I wouldn\u2019t be able to do it.\u201d \u201cMy brain could not function between verbal or if I\u2019d to pick up a bit of paper.\u201d \u201cVerbal English and written English does not commute.\u201d \u201cIt takes too long for the switch and the same happens with numbers.\u201d \u201cIf I am doing sudukios (sudoku) I\u2019m sitting quite happily, writing numbers, I\u2019ll get away and I can actually focus a good bit now, because my numbers are coming back.\u201d \u201cBut again, if I\u2019ve to change the numbers to ..likes of my son turns round and asks me a simple question about, what\u2019s the square root of nine?.\u201d \u201cIt doesn\u2019t work.\u201d \u201cI\u2019ve got that blank waiting till you go right, what am I trying to communicate here?.\u201d \u201cWhat have I to build up?.\u201d \u201cAnd what I used to say to the boys when they were younger.\u201d \u201cThink of your brain as wee sections and if you are gonna be doing spelling, bring that to the front of your brain.\u201d \u201cDon\u2019t bother with any other part.\u201d \u201cJust focus on spelling.\u201d \u201cWhen we are gonna do anything else, we\u2019ll bring that round at a later stage.\u201d \u201cYou do numbers, bring it round and that\u2019s what I am finding I\u2019m having to do now.\u201d \u201cMy brain is working in a very slow battery and I\u2019m having to focus the communication with Pauline.\u201d \u201cWe\u2019ve worked the same thing.\u201d \u201cI have to \u2026 I can\u2019t have a split conversation.\u201d \u201cIf I\u2019m watching the television, I can\u2019t have the same conversation.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video running time: 03.39 minutes. 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