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014: What My Students Taught Me about Hieroglyphs
In this episode, Dr. Melinda shares a behind the scenes look at her teaching experience, revealing a transformative lesson she learned from her students about the right and wrong ways to study hieroglyphs.
She shares the story of her student Darren – who went from "killing it" to being completely overwhelmed – exposing the flaws in traditional academic methods that often drain the excitement out of learning. And you’ll learn how Darren got back on track, rebuilding his confidence and accelerating his skills.
In this episode, you will learn:
• The Academic Trap: Why traditional grammar-heavy textbooks and starting with complex literature like the Shipwreck Sailor can actually zap your confidence and make you feel disconnected from the ancient world – and what to do instead.
• The Step-by-Step Secret: Why leaping ahead 10 steps too fast is the leading cause of frustration, and how taking intentional, small steps ensures you never lose your spark.
• Artifacts vs. Textbooks: Why working with real artifacts is significantly more effective than studying typeset examples in a book.
• The Power of the Right Text: How focusing on the specific types of inscriptions allows you to make rapid progress and start recognizing hieroglyphs on social media and in museums.
• A "Lotus Flower" Experience: How to transition from struggling with jargon to having the ancient language "open up for you like a lotus flower" and create a meaningful dialogue with the past.
• The Quick Course-Correction: A simple strategy to use whenever you feel overwhelmed by the minutiae of the language, so you can regain your momentum.
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Scribal School is now open! 🎉
Scribal School is my robust program that gives you everything you need to walk into a museum or up to tomb and temple walls and read the texts there.
Be among the first 25 to join before 11:59pm ET Friday (May 15) & you get:
😮 AN EXCLUSIVE Hieroglyph-a-Day Planner to help you LEARN MORE IN LESS TIME! 😮
Learn more and register for Scribal School here: https://scribalschool.com
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By Melinda Nelson-Hurst, Ph.D. (Voices of Ancient Egypt)In this episode, Dr. Melinda shares a behind the scenes look at her teaching experience, revealing a transformative lesson she learned from her students about the right and wrong ways to study hieroglyphs.
She shares the story of her student Darren – who went from "killing it" to being completely overwhelmed – exposing the flaws in traditional academic methods that often drain the excitement out of learning. And you’ll learn how Darren got back on track, rebuilding his confidence and accelerating his skills.
In this episode, you will learn:
• The Academic Trap: Why traditional grammar-heavy textbooks and starting with complex literature like the Shipwreck Sailor can actually zap your confidence and make you feel disconnected from the ancient world – and what to do instead.
• The Step-by-Step Secret: Why leaping ahead 10 steps too fast is the leading cause of frustration, and how taking intentional, small steps ensures you never lose your spark.
• Artifacts vs. Textbooks: Why working with real artifacts is significantly more effective than studying typeset examples in a book.
• The Power of the Right Text: How focusing on the specific types of inscriptions allows you to make rapid progress and start recognizing hieroglyphs on social media and in museums.
• A "Lotus Flower" Experience: How to transition from struggling with jargon to having the ancient language "open up for you like a lotus flower" and create a meaningful dialogue with the past.
• The Quick Course-Correction: A simple strategy to use whenever you feel overwhelmed by the minutiae of the language, so you can regain your momentum.
_________________________________________
Scribal School is now open! 🎉
Scribal School is my robust program that gives you everything you need to walk into a museum or up to tomb and temple walls and read the texts there.
Be among the first 25 to join before 11:59pm ET Friday (May 15) & you get:
😮 AN EXCLUSIVE Hieroglyph-a-Day Planner to help you LEARN MORE IN LESS TIME! 😮
Learn more and register for Scribal School here: https://scribalschool.com