<p>Hello!</p>
<p>I found out that note-taking is not in my line. Whenever I tried to take notes, I lose my </p>
<p>concentration...I am a person who just memorize everything in the text.</p>
<p>Here is my question...is note-taking a necessary skill in college?</p>
<p>Here is some advice, don’t write word for word. write the jist of it and listen more</p>
<p>Note taking is important, but don’t worry about getting everything the professor says. Whatever he seems to stress is what you need to know- personally, I’ve learned that anything on the projector/anything that gets written down on the board is vital. If he spends 3+ minutes discussing something, it’s likely on the test. </p>
<p>If you can’t listen and write at the same time, talk to your professor about whether he allows recording devices in his classroom (some don’t). Then you can record the lecture and listen to it later.</p>
<p>Learning from your textbook is fine…but in a challenging course you will not be able to “memorize everything” in the text. You’ll have to master the concepts.</p>
<p>You need to find a method that works with your specific learning style. If writing things down doesn’t work, then what does? In other words, how to you go about “memorizing everything in the text”? Do you have a photographic memory? Do you repeat things? Make mnemonics to help you remember lists of things? Draw diagrams?</p>
<p>It’s field dependent, of course, but most of college is NOT about memorization. It’s about being able to draw connections and relationships among concepts and see the “big picture.”</p>
<p>Note taking is not only a college skill but it is a life skill. At work , whether it be in a meeting or with people, I always find note taking as a savior , it allows me to jot down things. Although, note taking is not something we are born with. We can learn to be a better note-taker and there are note taking methods such as the Cornell Method and others that you can use to assess which suits your learning style. Note taking is an arduous and experiential process that works differently for everyone. You just got to keep on trying and assessing yourself at intervals. It’s not a good college skill but also a great work skill, especially when you have verbal talks with people at work like managers etc…</p>
<p>In college, you won’t be able to get by just by memorizing the text, because professors don’t generally go over the text in lecture. It’s expected that you are competent to learn the material in the text on your own, and that if you have problems, you will seek help on your own.</p>
<p>Practice taking notes so that you get better at it. And remember that taking notes does not mean writing down everything that the professor says verbatim.</p>
<p>I take notes in some of my classes, but not others… it depends! If the teacher is using slides and posts the slides online, you might not need to take notes.</p>