Hello. I was just wondering why I received this email?
" Kgw,
Your lessons are waiting!
May the durtle god give you good fortune."
My dashboard has 0 lessons, I finished today’s lessons at 6 and 7am. I also don’t have any active waiting reviews so the 0 makes sense.
Is this just a bug in the system or am I missing something?
There is a setting in the web site to turn on or off these emails.
I don’t have an issue with the email being sent. The email’s information is incorrect based on what my Dashboard says. I’m trying to determine whether I’ve made a mistake or this is a glitch in the mailing system.
Do you have the Show Total Lesson Count script installed? Without this script Wanikani dashboard doesn’t display the total number of lesson. It displays a maximum count of 15 lessons and deduces from that max the lessons you have already taken for the day. It resets the count of 15 the next day.
You can see all the lessons you have left (not just the remaining of the count of 15) by clicking the advanced button. To return to the dashboard from the advanced dialog without taking a lesson click on the browser back arrow.
Ahhh, interesting!
I wasn’t aware of this. I have limited my lesson count in a day to 10. So is this just for some peace of mind so you don’t have too look at a massive lesson number each day?
I don’t have the Show Total Lesson Count script installed.
What does the 61 lessons then represent? Is this the total number of lessons I have left at the current level I am?
It is not recommended to do all lessons in one go because this causes massive loads of reviews later on. Wanikani has implemented a default flow control for lessons for users who don’t know a better way of doing it.
I don’t know about the email but it makes sense to assume this is the total number of lessons left for your level. You can check that by clicking on the advanced button on the dashboard and counting the items for which you have lessons. Don’t forget to exit the advanced dialog by clicking on the browser back arrow.
Yup makes sense. So it’s a peace of mind thing as well as protecting the user from taking on too much all at once.
Email makes a lot of sense then but it’s a bit counterintuitive to say “Your lessons are waiting”. Makes me feel the opposite like I’ve made a mistake despite the system throttling my daily lessons to protect me from overloading myself and creating burnout.
Oh well, knowing that now is great, but it certainly wont influence me.
Thanks, prouleau!
The lesson throttling is a relatively new feature. The email may have not been updated when this feature was implemented.
@Mods should a modification to the email be made?
Actually it is more of a pacing issue. WK is a marathon, and a very long one too. As you keep going, the most important thing will be steady pace with as few spikes as possible. So keeping the amount of lessons to relatively low number per day is the best long term strategy.
I think you’re just rephrasing what I’ve already said, so I’m not sure if you’re disagreeing or agreeing and adding additional comprehension?
Using your statement;
WK is a marathon, and a very long one too. As you keep going, the most important thing will be steady pace with as few spikes as possible. So keeping the amount of lessons to relatively low number per day is the best long term strategy.
This statement is synonyms with mine.
…protecting the user from taking on too much all at once.
Using your example of a marathon and a runner. If the marathon runner increases their Running Pace (time to kilometre speed), they change the pacing of the future time and their energy. Managing when to increase Running Pace and decrease it during a marathon can be the difference between a good time and not finishing. So the runner must protect themselves with the knowledge of how hard they should push themselves during any part of the marathon. The runner must maintain an achievable pace or risk doing too much too soon.
I reason I made my statement was because the user who helped me understand, has already explained the system and with the knowledge I already have, I summarised as to show I understood what they were saying - I reiterated the statement in my own words to show competency and comprehension.
So, “protecting the user from taking on too much all at once.” is the same as, “As you keep going, the most important thing will be steady pace with as few spikes as possible. So keeping the amount of lessons to relatively low number per day is the best long term strategy.” and therefor, I don’t think you disagree with my statement and we both acknowledge the same idea and concept using a different examples.
It’s true, these emails were set up before the Daily Lessons feature, and I get that the text kinda reads “Lessons are here! Do them! Do them now!” And that’s the opposite of the mentality we’re trying to foster with the daily lessons. I passed this on to the larger team to see about getting the wording changed.
Thank you, @MichaelR !
“Lessons are here! Do them! Do them now!" I read that as if it was Arny talking.