The third and most important barrier to study is the misunderstood word.
“Mis” means not or wrongly.
“Misunderstood” means not understood or wrongly understood.
A misunderstood word is a word which is not understood,
or a word which is wrongly understood.
She has a misunderstood word.
He has a misunderstood word.
She has a misunderstood word.
He has a misunderstood word.
A misunderstood word can be a big word – alphabet
or a small word – him.
Have you ever come to the end of a page and realized that you did not remember what you had read?
If you come to the end of a page and do not remember what you have read then there was a word on the page that you did not understand.
Going past a word that you do not understand can make you feel blank,
or tired,
or like you are not there.
You might also feel worried or upset.
This does not happen only when you are reading.
This can happen when you hear a word you do not understand.
The only reason a person would stop studying or get confused or not be able to learn is because he or she has passed a word that was not understood.
A misunderstood word can make you seem silly.
It can stop you from doing the things you are studying about.
It can make you want to stop studying.
The way to handle this barrier is to look earlier in what you were reading for a misunderstood word.
Go back to before you got into trouble,
find the misunderstood word and look it up in a dictionary.
A dictionary is a word book. A dictionary contains the meanings of words and other information about them. A dictionary can be used to find out what a word means, how to say a word, how to spell a word, how to use a word and many other things about words.
Symbols can be misunderstood in the same way that words can be misunderstood.
A symbol is a mark or sign that means something.
Symbols also need to be understood.
The misunderstood word is the most important of the barriers to study because it is the one that can stop you from learning anything at all.
So if you are feeling blank,
or tired,
or not there, or worried and upset while you are studying,
it is always because of a misunderstood word or symbol.
