How I Learn And Remember Things Easily - The Effort Rule
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There's no point in consuming information if the most valuable pieces don't stick with you. Which is why today I'm going to share with you exactly how I learn and remember things extremely fast. This is one of the best learning tips that I have.
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"The more effort you put in recording a piece of information the more you'll retain it."
That was the aahah moment of this video.
Taking it to the extreme you'd definitely remember something you've carved in stone or even wood.))
How about using your left hand when you are right handed?
@@stanleywu827 I've heard about that theory, actually our left brain is connected to our right arm and our right brain is connected to our left arm. Left brain is for creativity and right is for learning stuff.
So technically you don't have to learn to write from left hand you just need to make use of your left hand more than you usually do, or if you are a left hander then you have to use right hand more.
It is scientifically proven. It works.😉
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Does this mean that the dumber I am, the more effort I need to learn, and the longer I'd retain the information?
If biology knowledge enters my head swimmingly, and civics knowledge does not, I'd retain civics knowledge longer than biology knowledge?
The only thing that REALLY works for me is when I pretend That I’m teaching a lesson about what I’m studying
Exactly the same with me! Plus, instead of underlining stuff when studying for a quiz or an exam, I write questions related to the topic and ask myself.
@@pixelrina thats the right method.we need to create questions from each line by understanding the concept,also creating short notes and memory capsules also work for quick revision.
That strategy actually has a name for it, the Feynman Technique. There's a couple of videos here on TH-cam explaining the concept, but your comment is essentially what it is.
Active recall
Mee too
What I learned from this video:
- Retaining information is more important than just consuming it
- Your goal should be to retain information so you can use it at right time and the right place.
- When you put in more effort you retain information better.
Ex. Take notes on paper instead of your laptop or mobile.
- Repetition is key
- Reread information you wanna remember, Talk about it with your friends, Create a summary and share it with friends who have similar interests.
My tip:
Make a summary of what you learned from the video like I did and chances are you will remember it for longer😊
Thank you
Great summary, but I had an objection at the "Example":
It's not about "Putting effort into retaining information will make you remember things better"
That is more of a personal choice or issue, you could write on a device and still remember it extremely clear, it depends on how important you want it to be.
Taking notes on a paper however is great, but it's a hassle.
Sure, putting effort into writing on a paper will retain an information better, but was it easy to store and keep it safe? And what if something happens to the papers? Are you going to rewrite your whole informations? I doubt.
It's up to the person's preference on how they take notes and remember their "aha!" Moments, in fact, if you write things in a device, it's more accessible and way more convenient! Not to mention the endless space to store your information for free!
EVEN BETTER! Some notes let's you save to clouds/drive/online so you can access it anywhere you go (also when your phone is lost, or to be replaced)
Downside however is when you didn't bring your phone around or when it's dead (no battery)
But it's not like it's any different from note pads, you think you can store your informations without bringing them with you? Yeah... I doubt.
And wow, this is a long comment, anyways, in conclusion, it's not about how any method is better, it's a personal choice of which is greater.
@@BVK. note pads are better.
Cope, mald, and seeth.
And reply if you get no maidens
Gr8. Now go write this down on paper.
You just typed it like the students in the experiments.
Now run it back
You learned it straight away
Revision ! Revision ! Revision !
The key to every damn academic success.
exactly
The one's who typed the information, noted it faster than those who wrote it down. Those who were writing it down had to rationalize and rephrase the context to write it shorter and faster, not to fall behind. They're rethinking the main sentence, thus, coming closer to understanding it than those who typed everything word by word.
Pretty accurate I think. When it goes too fast and I am starting to forget half a sentence I focus hard on what was just said and when I type I'm more focused on literally copying every word.
Me too, oftentimes I end up making _some_ of my notes more of a concept map-looking thing than walls of text. Others, I just write only a line or two of the important bits.
true. I always prefer writing my notes with a pen and blank paper so that I can somehow structure the information to my own understanding, while if I type it I would've typed exactly how the information was given and I wouldn't understand anything, that's just copying.
which opens up the way for logic to settle in and allows you to gain alot of intuition.
Yes...I don't think it's soley about the physical aspect of writing rather than having to identify the key information and phrase it succinctly. I do think the physical aspect helps as it's engaging another sense though. A little discouraging as I can't write by hand anymore but I utilize the 'explain it to someone else's method a lot
My method for study::
1.I used first read it .
2.Underline the imp. Pts.
3. write very short notes on underlined sentences and it really works.
Thank you
My method is same as u
How many times do u read it b4 it sticks to ur mem?
Read the whole book and then make notes or read the topic and make notes along with?
@@uroojrajput4541 read the topic only not for whole book.
It also depends upon how much days left for exam..😅
What I learnt from this video:
The effort principle. The more efforts it takes to understand something, the longer it will be retained. That's why taking notes with pen & paper is more helpful because it takes more efforts and requires more understanding of the topic.
Also, after taking notes, it will be awesome to go through the lessons in the text again, and after that, teaching others will be helpful.
This is my summary. And to practicalize what I just learnt, I'm watching this video one more time.
Wow
What i have learned from the video:
• the more effort you make in trying to study something the more it will stay with you.
• taking note by hand is far more efficient than taking notes on digital devices because it makes you memorise the information for longer time.
• try to remind yourself about what you studied or read about by talking about it with friends or explaining it to them
Also from personal experience when i read out loud it's better
Yeah me tooo
That Albert Einstein profile pic says it all
@Statiolove by Alejandra Same because I focus on saying stuff more than understanding
Liquid Dog same
@Statiolove by Alejandra The same thing with me, and that always made me question if I had ADHD or something.
Blue ink, rather than black ink, is said to help memorization. I'm using it, and quite honestly I think there's something to it.
That's interesting
Me too! I find it easier to visualize a sheet of my notes written in blue than black!
I used to use blue when i found out red works wonders for me so i use that now
I think it's a placebo but ok
Didn't work for me 😢
From personal experience: Japanese characters stick the best when you slowly write them repeatedly and then write, read and read out loud sentences with said "kanji of the day". Studying in a small groups is also better than studying them alone. The key reason your brain forgets kanji is that it can't see a reason to retain them unless you give it to it. Japanese (and I'd argue Chinese) is not as hard as it is time-consuming. So if it takes you
four years to go pre-intermediate, no issues and no one should call you slow. It's an abstract language, so take your time and find your own pace. Not everyone is composer is composer Evan Call who learned it in a few months cause it was a necessity, and perfected it on the job cause he had no other choice.
As someone also studying japanese, this has 1 problem, nowadays there isn't much need to actually write things by hand, so learning to just recognize the characters and their sound is more important than learning to write all of them from mind. This makes your progress in the language slower than it actually have to be
If for Chinese,you should just talk more and more,learning the words would never(i wouldn't say never but I'm 99% sure you wouldn't remember it)retain in your mind,that is because your brain might confuse the words voice and Chinese has many words that are same voice which sometimes if you aren't apply it in your life you wouldn't remember it
@@hihi4948 Makes sense especially for Chinese.
4 years? bro thats way too long, a few months enough to learn enough to be at an almost native levels and that is even fi youre slacking
The part about him teaching someone what he learned at the end of the video. One time when I was struggling with chemistry my brother really helped me out and gave me this method: he told me, “I do, you watch. I do, you help. You do, I help. You do, I watch. You do, you teach.”
Great video.
1) Take notes by hand
2) Use these notes to cheat on your test
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😂😂😂 i laughed so hard
Pro gamer move
Lolol
It really works! xd
Learning how to learn is just as important as the material itself. Showing students how to take notes effectively, writing in blue ink for easier memorisation, drawing mind maps and using highlighters effectively are so helpful. Even reading out loud and re-writing notes helps me so much. Great video!
I hate ink pens, everything is permanent, meaning I can't revise my notes on the fly if I miswrite something, or screw up phrasing. And highlighting crap is useless for me. It's the same as bookmarking a webpage, I'll just ignore it.
Thank you so much! I finally know how to put this into words.
This is something I've always called Head Knowledge vs Heart Knowledge.
Someone could tell somebody a thing a million times and they won't truly understand until they experience it for themselves.
I've always found someone walking me through doing a task I've never done before is much more efficient way for me to learn than just explaining things outright. A "show not tell" kinda thing. This way, I gather experience to reference back to if I ever forget something.
I love including things I've learned or have recently found interesting in conversations as well! I do this a lot when my mom picks me up from school and asks me about my day. I take advantage to 're-tell' her what I've learned in class and how we can use it today. It really works for me!
Literally perfect timing as I'm struggling to remember this new info for school and 100% makes sense!
Awesome
Try using spaced repetition method
So to summarize this after listening to the video just once (and im putting a lot of effort in this):
- Core message: The more effort you put in something, the better you'll retain that information
- Side message: i) When taking notes, it is advised to do it with the hand since it will stimulate your brains and therefore more effort will take place compared to digital equipment.
ii) Having a small notebook or such with you is convenient since it will help you record it somewhere immediately after the "aHa-moment"
What a dedication!!
I’m so proud of myself because I discovered this method just a couple days before watching this video, so I knew exactly what you were talking about!
I remember having to study for an entrance exam where the syllabus was an entire school year worth of lessons, and because of my procrastination I put it all off to the last week. I knew that my method of verbal studying wasn’t gonna work out so I tried visual studying, and I accidentally did this method along with it too!
Basically, I simply made a drawing of everything that I’m learning. How barcodes work? Draw that! How a laser printer works? Draw that too! I was able to visualize everything I’ve learnt, making it easier to remember, and because I’ve put effort into drawing it, it made it even easier! I’d study with my friend and be able to understand and memorize the content way faster than her, who’s learnt this already the past year, all because she is using the verbal learning method.
I hope this helps all the students out there! Also, if you can, try to get a tablet instead for taking notes and write them with a digital pen, it saves the environment :)
Thx for the advice
Thank you for sharing!
Does this work for Accounting students? 😫
@@thejirah same dude accounts, law , audit
@@simonshrestha9518 can u give an example? how do u draw audit analysis and other technical accounting stuff?
I didn't know studying could be this enjoyable. After following the effort rule. I kinda spend more time studyin' than usual. It helped me a lot. 🥰
I can’t believe I watched your vids from animated moving hands to seeing you with your very own animations. You’re such an inspiration.
now I'm curious about the cookie jar method
Manipulation
When you brain tells you to give up, you remember a time when you succeded (you reach into the cookie jar and eat a cookie) and that should motivate you to keep going
@@MRVukable Thanks
Nir Barshay me too
MRVukable oh lol i already do that all the time, though it doesn’t always work...
Dear Improvement Pill, this is probably the best video I’ve seen from you (and one of my top on TH-cam). The effort principle really gave me a new perspective on learning. Thanks so much man
My method -
★while reading, underline and at the same time
★take extremely short notes (which r just key points and make no grammar sense) then i go and ★highlight important things of my notes with yellow highlighter and,
★what i wanna learn by heart it as it is, i highlight it in green.
By the time you are done with this, you already get the concept and your notes are tidy too
So you are saying that reading physical books is better way to learn and retain information then just listening to audiobook since reading requires more effort.
Audible is not going to like it ;)
I think there are benefits to listening to audio books. For one, it's a lot easier to carry around, and second you can listen to them while doing other things. I personally dont really favor them, as I find it hard to get lost into it and imagining the world with my mind's eye (I primarily read fiction. Unsure if people who read nonfiction...or even other fiction readers, do this)
Of course and it's logical, when you read a physical book, you're active, you're doing something actively, but when you're listening to an audiobook, you're only passive...
If you actually watched the video he says it’s still useful
@@AlexandraaFeodorovna That is true. From my experience i dont opt for any heavy info audiobooks, i rather use traditional book. But on the other side non-fictional/biography audiobooks are much useful.
Yes
Dude I just woke up and saw you upload. I just want to say you are an amazing person and your videos are easy to understand. Thanks to you I took up meditation b/c of you pointing out the benefits. Have a wonderful day my guy!
I became more calm and managed control some of my temper.
such ultimate info to convince myself to not find easy stuff and expect stuff to be easy for procrastination, I know embrace the real truth, I thank you massively, my friend.
This is true advice, talking of experience. Am one of the people who forgets all the time. So I started to write down everything that I want to remember. It really helped.
hey dude you change my life your youtube channel change me .
last year i was a person that was sad have bad grades and did not trust anyone but when i saw your channel it change me to work hard ,become better ,now im studying and working out ,trying my best at everything , most of all to never give up im glad i saw your channel thank you for being you and making me being me :D
When the answer to the question is f*king try lol.
Saturn Reign literally lmao
Sad but true
Most people don't...
This is really helpful. And yes, taking notes by hand can help u understand the information better as typing notes into phones or laptops also risk you to great distractions and it's faster. While writing, you have to remember the information for a longer time and also process it and try to understand it better + distractions are less (until something is happening in the external environment) .
This is an amazing study, and it makes so much sense. It seems like the information is literally etched in our brain when it is written by hand.
If you want to remember something , write it down.
This is common knowledge.
Or it used to be.
Andrew Fishburn true!
Common knowledge is not inherent, it is taught and learned
My grandpa always tells me to write what I know five times without looking so my _hands_ know what needs to be remembered😂😂😂
What if I still can’t remember after writing it down? I re-read what I’ve written down? Reading feels too passive when you need to memorise.
@@imthecoolest50 before questioning it try it out once
This is true, it really works for me. The thing is when you’re just typing/listening to the info, you are doing it passively. compared to when you are writing what you’ve heard, your brain is functioning more because it’s like you are putting the info in your mind twice or even more.
Definitely true. I remember back in highschool, I used to really study intensively and spent hours and hours reading a lot of educational stuff online. The problem is, once I finish a video, article or a book, remember almost nothing from the material and also struggle to find the words to explain the content. Which made it feel like a waste of time and sooner I started to feel like there's something wrong and came to realization that I'm too focused on learning the material but not making deliberate efforts to store it in memory. So now, I try to condense information to check my understanding of the content. Carefully, I take notes and highlight important bits of info also helps me interpret better what is being discussed. It takes a lot of effort but it pays off. In the long run, this way of learning might help you get better at remembering things as well as make your time worthwhile studying. At the end of the day, all of us are different and unique in our own ways, there are way many options to choose from and pick the one you think sits well with you and see what works for you. Whether or not you find this useful, still wish the best of life and happy learning.
Remember: TAKE YOUR NOTES IN YOUR OWN STYLE SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND IT
Making your notes personalised to how you understand the topic is crucial to helping you understand where the gaps in your knowledge are and can also aid in your teachers understanding your thought process
I agree.
So true! A lot of my friends used to question my way of reviewing because I tend to write while reading. I am very forgetful so i always keep pen and paper handy so i can list down important info, and it works every time.
Your animations are getting better and better in every video, man. 👌🏼👍🏼
I personally agree with this. I grew up being required to make a reviewer and I only use paper and pencil/pen. Since then until now as a college student, every time I made a reviewer through writing, the better the score I got and the better the grades I recieved.
This video is genius. I just sat down with my computer ready to space out after about 30 minutes of inefficient piano practice, where I really couldn't get the music right. I got frustrated and thought i would just give up for a bit and procrastinate. But now I know, in order to get the music right and really learn this piano piece, I need to work hard on it and take notes on the sheet music of what to remember and what is important. This was a really helpful lesson for me today.
Can’t agree more, pure gold.
As a side note, I LOVE the new animation style! There’s a huge difference between this and the now-boring Videoscribe style
Amazing info, amazing presentation... thanks so much.
This is great advice. The best thing about this technique is the teach back. You can prove how much you really know something by trying to explain it to someone else. If you have no one to talk to about these sorts of things, writing a short summary (without notes) will have the same effect
"The more effort you put in recording a piece, the more you'll retain it."
I take online classes so the lectures are recorded the method you mentioned is what I do. I listen to the lecture and take notes, I'll often pause the lectures to write things down and go back by a minute or two and listen to it again to get the right context. I review these notes before quizzes and papers and they make so much sense to me. I do something similar for reading textbooks because annotating doesn't work, I take notes in a sepeeate notebook.
Summary of this video (so i put an effort to remember it)
-this video is about the more effort u put, the more u remember
-use pen to write instead of typing since it uses more effort
-when listening to audio books, when u find smth that will be very important, stop for a while and make a summary of what u listen
-then rewind to listen to the same part again
-teach others when u are in a conversation since it uses more effort
To sum up,
THE MORE EFFORT U PUT IN REMEMBERING SMTH, THE MORE U REMEMBER THAT
Thank you 😊
"you are doing a great work by changing peoples life"
keep it up dude
This is so true. It's a little scary to think about how much time I've wasted by simply reading and watching a video. You need to take notes. It takes more time and yeah effort, but it's necessary if you want to be able to remember and actually use that information in your life. Thanks Pill. I wish I knew at least his first name.
wow this 4 minutes video changed the perspective of my life development. thank you! this helps a lot. i will surely do the same thing as yours, bringing a small pad with me and write down interesting things i remember suddenly. what a big tip really!
Me and my roommate fell into this routine where we study and sometimes one of us asks what the other is studying at that point. We have short convos about the topic and I noticed that summarizing it to her helps me an awful lot with memorizing the key points.
Our relationship with information is just like a relationship with a person. The more impactful the information the easier it is for us to retain the experience and everything related to it, just as we've bonded deeper with people who have been at our side our whole life compared to people we passed on the street.
Improvement pill here !!I love the way you say it !!I Feel positive vibes around me!!
I am a student and I always get top marks(nearly full) in science exams especially phys and chemistry.
My method of studying is first read the text and copy everything that seems to be important.
Then read it.If the content is too many, learn it repeatedly and after i have learnt all concepts, started the calculations which are very easy then as you remember the concepts.
This has been one of the lessons in our psych class before.
Professor said you remember more stuff if you use more of your senses, the touch, hearing, and sight. Use all and there's a better chance to remember what you need to
this was uploaded right after i had my exams 😞
but that’s ok! that’ll be useful next time! 😊
kessa that’s the spirit!
Bruh! Same!
Literally me 😥
Thank You! 💐 You cleared my doubt and TH-cam recommended this video when I am in the doubt of whether I choose online note making or offline note making.
i needed this today. thank you so so much improvementpill!!!!!💛💛💛
Thank you, school just opened and I'm overwhelmed. Also live your videos, they are very useful.
The method of loci is amazing for memorizing stuff.
Dude I already found this method on my own ...thanks to it i can take it easy on tests and exams and i learned how to not care too much about things ....it was a really nice.
I found it really helpful while I was studying for my exams was relaying all the information I learned back to my siblings or literally anyone who was willing to listen/learn… something about having to teach it to someone else really makes you put in more effort in understanding the material…
Definitely interesting. Despite typing out all of my notes, I do put quite a lot of effort into them. Then I use speechify to read and listen to my notes a few times. It makes sense that more effort = more memorization.
You are the most motivating person I know.
(Personal experience)
@@ImprovementPill No The world is honored to have people like you......
Ever since I started using this I'm learning French vocabulary very effortlessly.
Thanks you!
For four continuous years, i have been making notes in school to help me memorize and honestly,it really helps and sits in the back of ur mind
For me taking notes by hand is better, not because of the effort (because I type slowly, so a computer would be more effort) but because I include more of my senses. I listen to the lecture, think about what the important things I need to note are, and sort of "feel" when I write them down. Same when it comes to studying it later, I often read aloud, because then I also hear myself saying it.
Yep, note-taking, as for me, is the most effective way to remember things. I can easily comprehend lessons, concepts, etc., when I got to see them and when I write it on my own. 👌
E ' ER too bad my handwriting is terrible so i kinda have to type it all out.
Effort is everything! Thank you for sharing!
I just went on amazon and bout a little pocket size notepad. I had been thinking of doing this. The video definitely reinforced it. Thanks!
Me: Randomly scrolling youtube,
Suddenly see improvement pills' video updated,
Mindvoice: " this is going to change my life"
Me: immediately clicks the video
@@ImprovementPill you're welcome, and thank you for enlightening us with knowledge.
Niceeeee
Audiobooks- It's easy and efficient!
Improvement Pill- Hold my effort!!!
The art that goes with this makes me happy
this is literally how i aced everything in school, i copy the questions and answers on a sheet of paper 10x
Silver Light oof
The thought of making notes with technology has never crossed my mind. I’m able to understand easier and memorize almost instantly when I write down. This is why I have 3-4 sets of notes for the exact subject with the same exact material. I just rewrite everything for notes before exams
Dudeeeeeeee this makes so much sense I’ve always taken written notes and I found it easier even though it was harder but it really does make a difference.
Maybe you should write this video down if it makes so much sense
I took notes the old school way and I recorded the lecture. Later that day or the next I would listen to the recorded class and type my notes using both the recordered material and written notes. works great.
This made a lot of sense to me. I remember books that I read with my physical hands last year more than a podcast that I listened today. It was because I had to put in effort to read and take in the knowledge instead of just lounging and listening to the podcast.
Last year, I was one of the few students in my class that would use pen and paper in a slide based class.
I ended up doing well, even if I only got about 80% of what lecture talked about.
Nice video Improvement Pill! Big fan of your work!
Honestly coming from my perspective writing by taking notes always has helped me
That is actually true. I have a twin, and she and I would do this thing where we would rewrite and search for more information and write it on a piece of paper. It became a habit and it's actually really effective. Especially with memorising things, cuz sometimes we forget the spelling. We would have a pile of papers for every subject. (Well, mostly science and history.)
For me, taking notes by hand or computer doesn't matter, what does is how/why. I create elaborate notes and study guides when I take notes on the computer, but I just do the main points (anything probably important) when I write on paper. It really is the effort you put in; when you learn/note-take something as though you're going to have to teach it to someone, you learn it more thoroughly, and you just learn it overall better.
I like how this video is just straight to the point
I have been using this method and i came to find a better one and i just found out this was the best thanks.
A bit of a problem for me personally is that I never like to do something if I'm not able to completely understand why and/or how to do something to the point at which I am able to teach someone else. This makes me extremely confident and efficient in what I do end up doing but more often than not ends up in me not doing a whole bunch and feeling overwhelmed by how much I want to/ need to do that I do nothing
"The more senses that are involved, the more and the better the learning. "
thx a lot sometimes i end up listen to any book that i listen to more than twice just to remember it but your way its so much better than i thought
Great presentation! Thank you for this!!
Yo if you could make a video about how to get over your ex, that would be amazing cause I’d love to hear what you had to say about it
@@ImprovementPill thanks a ton!!
Sleep with her best friend😉
@invictus prime I deadass did that and it didn’t even help me
exercise
dont see her - in person / photo
life goals - religion/work etc
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I know everybody is into audio books but I just cannot and do not want to get into it. I love reading and the most important part of that is it forces me to focus on one task which is how it should be. I do not want to get into audible because some girl aka makeup guru on youtube listens to audiobooks while piling on makeup in a long session.
Dhyana yess finally someone I agree with! I really don’t like audio books, but I like physical ones!
I agree with you for the most part. I keep book diaries when reading books in which I take notes about what I've read after each session, how I interpret it and what kind of value that sort of knowledge brings to me. Also if I had to look up any vocabulary or generally didn't understand something fully, that gets noted to be researched before I continue.
That way I've found I really gain a solid understanding of the given subject and remember the information gained for years.
I still listen to and highly value audiobooks, that I can listen to when doing mundane tasks. When doing so I listen at a higher speed, so I have to concentrate to understand everything and also keep a notepad beside me at all times so I can take generall notes and note time signatures of important parts or information that needs further research on my part.
I also pause it often to think about what I've heard and try to explain it to myself in my head as if I was teaching it to someone.
The way I see it it's just another tool that allows for a beautiful new way of knowledge acquisition, if you know how to use it for yourself.
With audio books I find it hard to imagine the world I am seeing. Also, if I get lost during a paragraph I can read the page again a lot easier than trying to rewind it (which would probably make me more lost)
I very much prefer physical books, but I have found reading a physical boom while listening to it at the same time makes a wonderful exercise to learn languages ;)
Yess agree
I myself, since college found by experiment that I can remember and concentrate only if I take notes by hand. I even take notes of your videos, improvementpill ! 😄
I needed this. Thanks!!!
For me to learn and remember information is to Retell / Explaining what the information that i get (either to someone or just talking to yourself), cuz if u can explain it, it means that u understand it :)
The method maybe different with only write it down, but the effort may the same
In general, I agree with this, yes, this way you remember/memorise things much easier.
Unfortunately though, this study is a "general study", so exceptions to both of those results will not be mentioned.
With exceptions I mean people who are not the "average" person. Some people have it particularly difficult to study/take notes at the same time, if there are interferences with that.
For example: I can take notes and then generally understand what has been said in the classroom, if I sit at the correct seat - the closer I sit to the teacher, the more likely I will pick up everything the teacher has said and write notes. BUT the further I am away from the teacher the harder it is and the less I will be able to focus/can take notes.
I have a disability that is often overlooked, because you can only notice it if I suffer from it. This disability makes it terribly difficult to listen and repeat/take notes. Which is why I never took notes when I was in school, because my parents and I told them I need the information and lesson input physically, if not, I will not be able to perform as well as the other students do, because my disability will let me misunderstand a lot more than it seems.
As far as I know, I am not the only person with this struggle within (or even outside of) this disability, which is why many of us are diagnosed with dyslexia, autism, ADHD etc.
The disability is called auditory processing disorder. It's one of those invisible disabilities that you can't see until you really suffer from it - or notice someone have a hard time.
Fortunately, I have it mild, so it's not as bad, but it is bad in a regular school environment where there's noise, different seats, different factors of distractions that make it SO hard to study, because not many teachers are okay with it or even aware.
Two of my former teachers were not okay with it, one called me dumb (and was fired) and the other gave me a bad grade, even though they made the lesson exclusively vocal (told us that we don't need to take notes), even though the curriculum stated it needs to be vocal and scriptive.
I was told from younger friends, who were in a class beneath me - and had that teacher, too - that they were told to change "this behaviour" by the curriculum manager and ever since the teacher changed. But I'll never forget how traumatising it was, especially after my parents had to tell the teacher to treat me better at a parent-teacher conference and they suggested I should go to a psychiatrist, specifying in speech and breathing, even though I already was going to a speech therapist at the time.
One of the things that helped me was writing things I forget like fornulas or words I misspell in the first page of my rough note..
It really helps a lot!
exams are coming and i’ve been deciding which notes would be better to use to review, and surprisingly this shows up on my recommendations 🥳
the blue ink is very convenient for me because of AP Exams which typically only allow black of blue ink. I’ve been using blue ink to practice getting used to writing quickly and it’s honestly great
I always take note when my teachers are discussing (especially when it's related to Math).
Sadly, I'm sometimes too tired and my brain decides to let me sleep. I've adapted and learned to STILL write down notes when I'm half-asleep (a lot of my classmates find me amusing and they've admitted to using me as their sort of wake up call), but the end results were funny.
I wrote gibberish, and my sentences didn't follow the lines in the notebook anymore. My letters too stilted, too close, got cut off, etc.
So rest well people! Don't be like me whose regular sleeping hours are 3-6 hours a day :DDD
I've always done this but i didn't know it had like a special name for this. I find this true because over the months of studying I've tried adjusting and simplifying my study method and I found this method the easiest and best way to retain information. Also, when I read something I always go back to read or proofread again when I have free time. I made my study and books part of me so I'm always with my books and pencil at all times!
I've been doing this for so long. Writing helps you retain and understand the information better.
1:20 thought everyone'll notice that when he said 'scored' the subtitle actually said 'squirt'