General beta feedback regarding difficulty



I see that this course is still in beta, so I just want to give a bit of general feedback (intended as constructive criticism, not just plain criticism):


For me, at least, this is much, much more difficult than any other Duolingo course I've tried. 


I imagine that at least some of that is because Klingon was designed to be "alien". But I don't think it's all because of that: I'm OK at French (and was so before Duolingo), so it makes sense that would be easy for me, and Duolingo Spanish has been mostly easy probably due to similarities with French and also due to general exposure that you can't help but get a bit of in the US. But I'm also trying Russian, which is in a lot of ways totally foreign to anything else I know. Duolingo Russian is much easier than Duolingo Klingon.


It really seems to me that there's just so much jammed into a small number of lessons (relative to the other Duolingo courses). I'm constantly wondering, about lots of different things, "When did I supposedly learn *that*?!". But regardless of whether it's true that there's more stuff jammed in here, or if it's just that it's more difficult due to the "alien" design, perhaps you should at least consider slowing things down, spacing lessons out, and giving a lot more repetition for basic concepts.
I actually found the Klingon course, which I started when it first came out with no prior exposure to the language, very well paced compared with some other Duolingo courses. Reading the Tips & Notes is essential, though.


If you want an example of a course that really does too much, too fast, try Hungarian. :-)
generally speaking, no it would not be too hard as long as you are willing to put in the time to read and such, but the material and concepts are not difficult. my girlfriend is an artist and majored in art and english literature. yet i'm far more well-read than her in literature, am arguably a better artist and writer and of the two of us i'm the one currently in the process of a publishing company startup. she's also agreed hands down that i'm smarter than her despite her being older since i can tell you tons of useless fact shit about geography, history, i know the extensive history behind the opium wars and shit like that whereas when i start down one of these long lectures she'll just stare at me like "uhhh". there are two reasons for this: a: i never felt a classroom conducive to my learning experience (since the education system is fucking shit, it was concieved at the turn of the century during the industrial revolution when little worker bees were needed and the system is therefore a way to create workers, yes men, not leaders and innovators. if there was something i was interested in during my high school days i went out and i learned about it first-hand. i read tons of books that interested me, i went to writer's guild meetings and read about all of the cliche's and processes of the industry. i self-published my first full-length novel when i was 19, it failed spectacularly because i knew next to nothing about marketing, promotion and advertising. so what did i do? i got into sales, started working sales jobs, learning how to market, promote and advertise and reach and engage existing and potential customers. when i decided i wanted to start a publishing company what did i do? went into other publishing companies, introduced myself as their potential competition and asked to go over their processes and strategies with them. i then realized i knew next to nothing about running a business or handling finances... so i got a job as a customer service rep at a bank, essentially a loan officer. handling day-to-day finances, helping out with business accounting and handling customer processes, all the stuff i'd need for my own company. b: i was alone a lot when i was younger. as a kid i had a lot of time to learn because i never spent time partying, having sex or drinking or even hanging out really. i had no one to hang out with. so my time was simply divided between me and... me. i learned everything i needed to and now it's all coming back to benefit me. don't get me wrong my gf's party days (which still continue now) were great, but they deprived her of the potential learning time she could have had to my level. yeah that happened time ago, with a girl from europe, we "met" online we had the "greatest" connection, it felt like we knew each other from years before, but there was something we didn't talk and is "well this is great but you are in the other part of the world now," of course money , distance, even the fact we were completely strangers, we didn't talk never, (for months) where things were going, long story short, she got into another more time consuming job, things begin to get cold quickly, then one day she just didn't reply anymore, 2nd experience, i met her online, she visited me couple of times while been here , yeah she was from europe too, (for distance reference purpose ) we had great time , but things were like this is great we just have a very different life each one on their own country, we are incredible far to make things work at least for now, we still keep in contact for years as very good friends, good luck probably you both make it and find the way things work "faster" : ) i understand in the old days, you did asked around to your friends and family, or teachers. and everything was a hush hush bc we didn't have the advanced technology that we got now. the books were another way of getting further information too, and dictionary and thesaurus were big part of how to communicate with everyone around in society. lots of information was learned and apply in reality right away, and we became pretty much smart by keeping our brains active and resolving our own problems and then we taught others by teaching them about issues i learned along the way. if i wanted to learn anything it had to be done in pen or pencil and in writing it on papers, and keeping things as a record too. time has change, now its a chore to write, a chore to think to keep our brains active, chore in lacking to ask questions that we might think its stupid so our computers now do the asking for us... there's nothing left that we need to do personally by hand that enables us to think logical bc our technology is so advance that now we are becoming lazier and not so active in going out anymore. sad really. i rather not have technology only for job or a cell phone for emergencies only. but thats not reality now, i got it all bc i have too. here is the fixed version: [[release] 1.1.2](https://forums.lindale.io/t/release-1-1-2/2011) the forum was either created at a time when there was no spanish translation or it was initially created with an english locale. the “replace” feature from the above link will sort this out. <p>hi</p>
<p>from an seo perspective there are no risks in taking this approach, but you will be limiting your overall visibility in local markets because googlebot will only see the english version of your content. it will not see any of the translated versions at all and therefore you will struggle to rank in your local markets such as spain, france, india etc.</p>
<p>in order to take full advantage of available local search volume you'll need to set up separate urls with fully translated content (do not use google translate!) for your target markets.&nbsp;</p>
<p>but in the meantime, no it's not bad for seo (in so far as there are no risks), but it is not beneficial.</p>
<p>hope this helps and good luck!</p> A. It’s difficult to assess the seriousness of this on the basis of only a letter so let me just share a couple of thoughts.

People by nature tend to fall somewhere on a scale from introvert to extrovert. It may be that at least part of this is that you are on the introvert end of the scale. There is nothing wrong with that! But, the larger culture celebrates extroverts. In high school, the general idea is that everyone is supposed to be outgoing and popular. Of course, not everyone can be. Not everyone wants to be. So let’s at least assume that part of what goes on is that you have a more restrained approach to life. One thing that supports this is that you do have a couple of close friends and that seems to be enough for you.

As for being out with others: I wonder if you have developed the skills you need to be comfortable out in the social world. Introverts can and do learn how to manage social situations enough so that they can be successful in their careers and can find loving relationships. Notice that I said “skills”. Skills are behaviors you can learn (like how to make small talk, how to be an active listener, how to be a good communicator, etc.). As you get more practiced in these skills, you will be more comfortable being with people for longer periods of time. But you will still need your alone time to “recover” from a lot of social interaction.

The line in your letter that does worry me is your statement that you can spend hours holed up in your room and in bed. Yes, you may need time to recharge your social batteries but it would do a lot more for your self-esteem if you would use that time to pursue an interest or to do something to make the world a better place. Think about ways to support a cause or candidate or to educate yourself about something you are genuinely interested in. You will feel better about yourself than if you just hang out wondering if there is something wrong with you. An important bonus is that it will give you more to talk about when you are with people.

I hope this is helpful. I wish you well.  
 Dr. Marie

I Want or Need to Be Alone well this happened to me (a bit younger at first and then a five year break before continuing) and it's made me distrusting of people, especially boys or people i date. it made me feel like they saw me as easy, and even now i feel like i am. i'm mostly normal (with some side effects from the memories) but i really have problems with people flirting and giving me compliments <https://repl.it> might be a little more forgiving. what challenge is that?