If the best way to learn something is to repeat the process of remembering it at a point (not too long after you first learned it) where you really have to dig around in your memory for it, here will be the acid test for me: remembering a new password. I usually use the same old one and never change it - a mortal sin on the Web, apparently. I'm going to change my Google password right now - and not write it down! Stay tuned.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
How to Learn Something
Saw this post in a library professionals newsletter, and since I now have reached the era of "senior moments," I was really interested in it. I remember back in the bad old days that I never believed in studying regularly - I was always cramming at the last minute. In some ways that worked well for me, but this article shows how I could have done better - but not by starting earlier and being more consistent about it.
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I've heard that the best way to learn something is to teach it to someone else. I've also heard that when you need to remember a fact, repeat it to yourself 7 times. Good luck with the password!!!
ReplyDeleteYou have so NOT reached the era of "senior moments," Mom!
ReplyDeleteha...i am gonna get a small notebook to tuck in my left rear pocket that contains such things as passwords for everything, names and cell phone #s of wonderful grandchildren and their girlfriends (i have but two granddaughters, and only one is out of primary school), the names of my lawyers and their phone #s, my SSN password (god help me, but this is a biggie!!!), the names, phone #s and addresses of all my children...anything else? ver vaist??
ReplyDeleteEE: I have managed to remember my new password without a hitch for almost a month. The method works! Maj. Reader
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