Sojourn Into The Fountain of Knowledge

[Formalhaut]

Edit: Oh! I'd also say that if you can swing it financially and such, you should take at least one class outside of your requirements that you just think would be a lot of fun. I was a Secondary Education-English major, and the first year of taking all the stupid general ed. requirements was made much more awesome by me taking Astronomy.

Funny you should say that, but my university is running an optional course surrounding Religion, ethics and politics. It's not being officially 'marked' at all, but it adds points to something called a 'Winchester Portfolio'. It gives me points, which then goes on my C.V and basically is just generally helpful. I think it's a free class, so I might look into it.

[Flaming Ice]

If a teacher says "don't write this down" write it down, the teacher is lying and should not be trusted when a statement like this comes up.



I've only been in college but the thing I hate about some of the tests is they pick some of the most minuscule things to ask you.....

One question I got on an exam before


"what type of restaurant does chef Beachelor hate

A. fine dining
b family style
c buffet......" (not written exactly like that but still)


As you can tell this was the most important thing I learned in that class.

[Old Manus]

It's not being officially 'marked' at all, but it adds points to something called a 'Winchester Portfolio'. It gives me points, which then goes on my C.V and basically is just generally helpful.

I would take this with a dump truck full of salt.

[Scotty_ffgamer]

If a teacher says "don't write this down" write it down, the teacher is lying and should not be trusted when a statement like this comes up.



I've only been in college but the thing I hate about some of the tests is they pick some of the most minuscule things to ask you.....

As an English-Education major, I actually very rarely had tests. I almost feel like I missed out on the experience, haha. In some of my general education classes and such, I did frequently have tests that asked the stupidest stuff like what you mentioned, though.

I did like to take notes just because it helped keep me awake in class,and that's how I retain information. One of my Education professors would actually say probably ever ten minutes "don't write this down", and he would emphasize it more if he saw someone writing. His excuse was because he was going to email his power points or whatever after class to everyone. It was pretty annoying.

[Spuuky]

I had the opposite "problem." I hate taking notes and don't find it valuable, so I never wrote anything down. Some professors would get kind of annoyed with me when I was clearly not taking notes on anything they were saying. But they usually forgave me when I demonstrated competence on their tests or essays or whatever.

[Scotty_ffgamer]

Except for his class in particular (which was extremely early in the morning for me), I only took short notes every now and then when something was brought up that would actually be useful for me. Usually that was assignment due dates, but sometimes it would be books I would want to look into, particularly good quotes, or just bits of information regarding teaching that I hadn't thought of before. That class I did take extensive notes as a means to keep awake though... and that eventually changed into me writing stories and poetry in class instead once I realized the information was practically useless.

For my general education classes I did take extensive notes, though. That is just because for some reason when I write notes, it helps me visualize the information later for the tests we had to take. On almost any question, I could actually visualize exactly where the information was located in my notebook and where it was on the page. I could essentially "read" through my notes in my head, and this generally lead me to the answer.

[Jiro]

I am horrible at notes. I absorbed enough information through osmosis, so I ended up asleep in a lot of lectures.

Don't do that.

[yukina]

Pretty late but congratulations, Formy! I better be careful and not let slip about my murder sprees then )

Hmm, uni advice, huh? Go crazy (good crazy, not the get-drunk-and-wake-up-in-police-station crazy haha) during first year. Studies are important but living is important too .

Regarding note-taking, it depends a lot on your learning style. I took extensive notes mostly so that I wouldn't fall asleep and because some professors don't really give handouts. I had a classmate who almost never took notes and he's still part of the top of the class.