If I think something is right, then I say so. And if 20 years later I realize that it was wrong, then I say so too.
Wenn ich etwas für richtig halte, dann sage ich das so. Und wenn ich 20 Jahre später feststelle, dass das falsch war, dann sage ich das auch.
VERA F. BIRKENBIHL
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In the mid-1980s, Vera F. Birkenbihl obtained some fame with a self-developed method of language learning, the "Birkenbihl method". In seminars and publications she addressed the topics of brain-friendly learning and teaching, analytical and creative thinking, personality development, numerology, pragmatic esotericism, brain-specific sex differences and future-proof concepts.
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