TACOMA. WA–Kayla Maximillion is done hearing what people have to say. Why? Because she can’t understand any of it. She never has. If Kayla ever gave a response to anything you’ve said, then she probably faked it. Kayla is exclusively a visual learner. She doesn’t comprehend anything unless she sees it.

Being a visual learner used to be embarrassing, but now it just gets on Kayla’s nerves. She’s done pretending to be something she isn’t. “What?” has become something of a catchphrase for Kayla. She uses it to respond to pretty much any form of verbal communication at this point. Her friends and coworkers know she’s a visual learner, yet they insist on speaking to her. This makes Kayla mad. She isn’t going to do anything about it, but Kayla is done trying to understand what’s going on at any given moment.

“A PowerPoint presentation would go a long way” is Kayla’s advice to other visual learners struggling out there. Kayla also can’t read or write, which doesn’t help.