I’m in 4th year now (thank god), and things are more interesting (discussion, readings) but I had to take a 2nd year class last term (my last, hoorah!).
Did well but I know I’ll remember only 10% of it in a month, if that. I mean there’s overlap or at least contiguity in a lot of classes, yes, but it bothers me that I feel like I get done with one semester and just have to move on to the next things. I had an idea I might try to comprehensively review old notes / books now and then, just to feel like all this is growing into something cohesive, but that never happens, I just go back for specific things (occasionally).
Side note: I think it’s crazy that grades you can get for a mostly multiple choice test (of what, simple recognition of a book you read two days before, and showing up for class), and forgetting everything immediately thereafter, are supposed to reflect ‘knowledge’, and are permanent, and grounds for anyone making decisions about your future. I’m lucky that I get charged up in a useful way for exams and that works for me (essays are another story), but it’s still ridiculous.
Lecturers reading: y so many MCs in junior years? Scantron, test bank, easy, I know :/
Has anyone succeeded in doing the kind of review I will probably never do? Is there a point to that? The concern is, I’d like to remember this stuff in a year (apps) or two (if anyone takes me anywhere) when I think I might have to know it. (Also: how much is a normal amount to forget, past 30? Do average-aged undergrads also have this problem?)
Did well but I know I’ll remember only 10% of it in a month, if that. I mean there’s overlap or at least contiguity in a lot of classes, yes, but it bothers me that I feel like I get done with one semester and just have to move on to the next things. I had an idea I might try to comprehensively review old notes / books now and then, just to feel like all this is growing into something cohesive, but that never happens, I just go back for specific things (occasionally).
Side note: I think it’s crazy that grades you can get for a mostly multiple choice test (of what, simple recognition of a book you read two days before, and showing up for class), and forgetting everything immediately thereafter, are supposed to reflect ‘knowledge’, and are permanent, and grounds for anyone making decisions about your future. I’m lucky that I get charged up in a useful way for exams and that works for me (essays are another story), but it’s still ridiculous.
Lecturers reading: y so many MCs in junior years? Scantron, test bank, easy, I know :/
Has anyone succeeded in doing the kind of review I will probably never do? Is there a point to that? The concern is, I’d like to remember this stuff in a year (apps) or two (if anyone takes me anywhere) when I think I might have to know it. (Also: how much is a normal amount to forget, past 30? Do average-aged undergrads also have this problem?)