Are you a note taker?

[Jimmu]

Some people really like to take notes to remember stuff later, especially when studying in class.

For me though I very seldom take notes and made it through five years of university without writing notes for my classes. I always found it much easier to just review slides and more other resources rather than taking the time to write notes of the stuff I have already seen.

 

[Dizzi]

I make notes and often theyre wrong cuz im deaf!!

 

[Chevywolf:30]

When I actually do, it benefits me greatly, but I just can't get into the habit

 

[Spiritual Mask Salesman]

Note taking always helps me out because it reinforces the information in that moment.

 

[LegendOfMeesh]

I’ve always been a fan of writing things down in general- whether it was notes in class, making lists, etc.

 

[Morbid Minish]

I think I only really took notes in AP Euro/US History in high school because we were required to. And it was kind of needed, because our teacher just had a PowerPoint with very general topics written on the slides, and he just talked about the rest. And his talking was the only thing we had to reference really so it was important to write the key points. Tbh, I wish I could have taken those classes without having to worry about assignments/tests because I feel like I would have learned a lot more. The teacher was fantastic and I loved him, but taking notes actually made me grasp less because I was so focused on getting them down rather than actually taking everything in.

Other than that I'm not a huge note taker. I will make notes to remind me of some things. And my sister and I have been playing through a Hunt a Killer box set our brother gifted us for Christmas and I took some notes during that. But overall I did find in school without taking much notes.

 

[Dio]

Yes writing it down helps me remember even if I don't look at the notes again after.

 

[Dizzi]

I like making notes as theu help me remember and I'm a reader learner rather than am audio lesrner and i can get someone to check im right...

 

[A Link In Time]

Definitely. I take extensive notes during lectures of points that aren't explicitly listed on slides. I also study by rewording some of the key points in PowerPoints in my own words. It helps me remember things better by writing them down in my own words.

 

[Vanessa28]

Yep I do this wirh very important stuff I like to remember and memorize. But unfortunately I also tend not to look after my notes and wonder why I even wrote them down

 

[Dizzi]

Yep I do this wirh very important stuff I like to remember and memorize. But unfortunately I also tend not to look after my notes and wonder why I even wrote them down

Omg same!! Youre like why did i write ganondudes bats?!

 

[Fraxinus]

In the classroom, I didn't take many notes where it wasn't required, because I just naturally retained most of what they were teaching me. I didn't have to study for tests so the notes wouldn't have done anything apart from me initially writing them. But I like keeping notes now for just other things from reminders to to-do lists to things I find thought-provoking. It kinda accompanies my quirk of thinking aloud, and when I'm not thinking aloud, I like writing stuff down.

Ironically though, I could never keep a journal/diary.

 

[Uwu_Oocoo2]

I don't take notes unless the teacher gives us time to. Otherwise I'll start writing, meanwhile not listening to what the instructor is saying, and then forget what I was writing halfway through. I retain stuff better if I just sit down and pay attention.

 

[Skunk]

For school, I take notes mainly so I don't have to go over the material again later. A few people said that writing it down helps them know it then without looking back at their notes, and that's usually how it is for me. Outside that, I'll take notes if I need to remember something or if there's something I'm trying to figure out/plan.

 

[The Dashing Darknut]

Not usually, I have a pretty good memory, and school is pretty easy, so I know what to do, what to study for, get the work done, etc

But I am a terrible organizer