On 2009-05-04 14:47:10 -0400, Sean Kelly <[email protected]> said:
For lectures I basically have a choice between two options: 1. Take notes and not remember a darn thing that was said. 2. Not take any notes and remember the lecture. I've seen a few raised eyebrows at times, but this is why I never write anything down at a meeting or lecture I'm attending--it draws my focus away from the material being presented. What I really like is when a lecturer provides pre-written notes for their presentation. This way I can get everything out of the lecture itself, and still have material to review later if I want to be reminded of some detail. Other than a professor or two I've seen precious few people actually do this however.
Strangely enough, I was doing this most of the time during lectures at university. I was taking notes, but only scarcely, and often not at all in the many courses where there was enough supporting material.
-- Michel Fortin [email protected] http://michelf.com/
