RE: Eduventure: The AR Edition - School Chat
08-19-2012, 11:02 AM
And now, let's take a look at notetaking strategy.
Over the semesters and so on, I've found that an effective strategy is to assume that your future self is an idiot. Everything you explain needs to be done so without ambiguity, without excess fluff, everything that Future You needs to know should be there in your notes and easily accessible when they want it. This may cause some resentment towards Past You, but sadly that's just something that needs to be borne, and besides they can't feel bad anyway, not from where you're standing.
In particular, I have problems with formulae - when to use them, where to use them, and most importantly how to use them. I can't decipher meaning from a formula deposited in the middle of a textbook without an explanation as to the components and what they represent. The letter 'a' in particular seems intent on murdering my soul and having it for breakfast. It's been the length of a ellipsoidal flaw in a crystalline structure, the length of a widening crack in a stress-tested specimen and the coefficient of thermal expansion, all in the same unit!
In conclusion, no one follow my strategies of notetaking ever, because future you is probably not an idiot like my future me.
--SAMPLE: DO NOT EAT--
Over the semesters and so on, I've found that an effective strategy is to assume that your future self is an idiot. Everything you explain needs to be done so without ambiguity, without excess fluff, everything that Future You needs to know should be there in your notes and easily accessible when they want it. This may cause some resentment towards Past You, but sadly that's just something that needs to be borne, and besides they can't feel bad anyway, not from where you're standing.
In particular, I have problems with formulae - when to use them, where to use them, and most importantly how to use them. I can't decipher meaning from a formula deposited in the middle of a textbook without an explanation as to the components and what they represent. The letter 'a' in particular seems intent on murdering my soul and having it for breakfast. It's been the length of a ellipsoidal flaw in a crystalline structure, the length of a widening crack in a stress-tested specimen and the coefficient of thermal expansion, all in the same unit!
In conclusion, no one follow my strategies of notetaking ever, because future you is probably not an idiot like my future me.
--SAMPLE: DO NOT EAT--
![[Image: notes%20of%20doom.png]](https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1551024/notes%20of%20doom.png)
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