Your post sounds extremely cogent and articulate. You are probably being very hard on yourself. I find it interesting that they equate ‘education’ with cleverness/intelligence. There is no true correlation. Some of the most intelligent people I have ever known are only high school graduates.
Very intelligent people tend to be that way.
I completely understand TheWriterTX's predicament and can empathize. When you've lived most of your life being able to speed-read "War and Peace" in the original Russian, while simultaneously solving the New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle on the fly, suddenly having to occasionally struggle to recall, e.g., a line of poetry by some obscure, second-rate Roman poet can be worrisome.
Regards,
I don’t disagree that there are a lot of educated idiots out there. My husband graduated from a trade school and is a brilliant man in ways that I am not.
In the past, I could have a phone call with a prospective client and remember everything about them even days later. Now, I have to refer to my notes within an hour. If I don’t write it down, it’s gone.
I was also very good at multitasking. Now, I have to focus on one thing at a time or it’s gone.
I’m utilizing coping mechanisms to get by; this was never required before.
My immediate family is noticing the difference. My husband is brushing it off as us both getting older, but I know it’s something more. Testing confirmed there are dead spots on my brain that did not exist pre-COVID.
It’s disheartening, to say the least.