However One Might Try, One Can't Be a Genius in Everything

In psychological and educational circles alike, there has been a grand debate about the idea of "native intelligences", the basic idea being that some people are better visual learners than are auditory learners, or that they are better mathematical learners than linguistic learners. 

An article I recently read talked all about this theory. A few believe that these native intellects should define how we teach our students. The linguistic learners ought to be taught linguistic skills, while the mathematical learners ought to be taught mathematical skills. Unfortunately for these few believers, no evidence exists that shows such a method to be beneficial in any way.

There is no doubt in my mind that different people learn in different ways. I personally am a much better visual and mathematical learner. I can comprehend complex equations and I can find the equations I need to solve numerical sequences. But where I begin to struggle quite a lot is on word problems in my math class. Even when I read a whole paragraph describing a mathematical operation, I can't easily grab the numerical concepts it's asking me to interpret.

In conclusion, I think that the way kids learn best ought to have some way in how they are handled in school. I wouldn't go so far as to teach linguistic learners ONLY linguistics and mathematical learners ONLY mathematics. But I do believe that visual and auditory learners ought to be taught in those ways specifically.

Now, if only we could find some sort of proof that such a method would work. Without the evidence, the idea is worthless.