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From: m87_jan_c@tdb.uu.se (Jan Carlsson)
Newsgroups: comp.edu
Subject: Re: Student preparedness
Message-ID: <562@tdb.uu.se>
Date: 6 Jan 89 23:22:26 GMT
References: <52767@pyramid.pyramid.com> <5053@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Organization: Dept. of scientific comp., Uppsala univ., Sweden
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In article <5053@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>, dykimber@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Daniel Yaron Kimberg) writes:
 
>That's interesting.  I only rarely take notes (largely because I haven't had
>a class in a long time which really required it), but I've noticed that when
>I do, I almost never look back at them.  Occasionally if there's going to be
>a test, I may skim them briefly before realizing they won't help much.  I
>wonder (this is a pseudo-survey - post comments) how many people take notes
>and then toss them like this.

   I do. The only time I find my notes useful is when the stuff isn't
   mentioned in the book(s).  If I try to limit the notes to what is
   absolutely nessecery,then it works, but if I mix it up with
   examples ,(besides they are often more or less identical to the ones
   in the book),then the whole thing ends up in a mess.
   Sometimes i wonder whether the teachers expects you to write down
   everything on the blackboard or not ?