Did you get that?

I came to an interesting realization the other day. There are two types of students, (ones who actually want to learn anyway) the ones that sit in class and try to take down every word that the teacher says, and those who barely write a thing. I am of the latter, and I think i am the better for it.

Back when i was in school (way back) other students would say "How come you're not writing this down, what are you a genious or do you just not care?". The thing is, if i were to write everything down, then i would be taking my attention away from the teacher, and i would not be able to write down the inflections in his voice, nor would i be able to write down what he was doing with his hands at the moment he said any particular words. And to me, that is important information. If i were to write something down, it would probably just be some fact that i could later look up, so what is the point?

Even if i could write down every single word the teacher said verbatim, i still would not understand what the teacher was saying, because essentially, words are meaningless! Take the word "Table" for instance. You and I both get an image of a table in our heads right? but it's not the same table. even if said "Oak Table" you still would not have exactly the same table in your head, in fact no matter how many words i used to describe this table, there is in fact no way to completely accurately describe it to you. Therefore the word "table" is practically meaningless.

So as your reading back your notes, you will find that you are using you'r own definition of the words in those notes and may or may not get the actual idea behind them.

So toss the freaking notes kid! Pay attention!