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I never do very well on my first tests. It's like my brain doesn't know what to expect and so I can't study in a way that will help me. Usually I'm big on writing my notes by hand, because studies have shown that writing your notes by hand is super beneficial to the learning process. However, this semester I have been in my first couple of classes where the instructor moves so quickly that I'm unable to keep up when I take notes the traditional way. So I downloaded Microsoft OneNote. It's a free download to your computer or your phone -- or maybe your tablet/iPad too but I don't have one of those -- and it's definitely saved my life when it comes to taking notes. But I still feel like I'm not really taking in the information; I'm just copying the slides word for word instead of jotting down the notes in my own words. So when exams come around, I'm basically relearning all of the information that I didn't fully grasp before. 

This leaves me in a bit of a pickle, because now I'm back to learning new information for the next test and I'm still have to take notes on the computer. I suppose I could transcribe them into my notebook but that sounds ridiculously time consuming and just... tedious. Anywho, this is what I'm working on right now... how to take notes in a way that aids to my memory on the subject. Hopefully I'll figure it out soon.

catch you later,

Karleigh

I will go before you and make the crooked places straight. // Isaiah 45:2