Understanding challenging concepts is something that can come easily or be hard for me, depending on how it is presented. Just like everyone else, there are ways that best suit our learning style, and for me, I am a visual learned. I benefit from seeing people in the field explain how they are able to come to a conclusion while showing their expertise practically. One example of this is in my favorite hobby, working on cars. Currently, I have a reliably working car and have no need to modify or fix it; however, I have always wanted something that I could truly get my hands dirty on. However, understanding the difficult ramblings of mechanical schematics is hard to do when doing research on a car or just looking for fun. If it were easy, I would have already built a 1000-horsepower car. Thankfully, using visual forms of multimodal text, many others and I are better able to understand the intricate components and techniques when it comes to rebuilding a reliable engine. For example, one of my favorite types of videos on YouTube is watching skilled mechanics rebuild engines with as intricate care as a heart surgeon. These videos are not only entertaining when compared to the written spec sheets and schematics, but provide meaningful information that will benefit my future in working on cars as a hobby. Oftentimes, I even find myself picking up a pen and paper and writing down beneficial information that could be used at a later date. One practical example of the benefits of using visual forms of multimodal text is when I was deciding how I was going to modify my car's exhaust. Instead of spending hours looking through technical spreadsheets on what exhaust would best fit my car, I was able to use the experience and expertise of many people on the internet to choose something that best suited my wants and needs. This demonstrates how I can better understand information when it is presented as a visual representation.

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