<p>First of all,I apologize if this may seem like a silly thread. For part of my summer assignment, I had to take notes on the first chapter of my textbook for AP gov. It was about 30 pages and the teacher advised us not to take more than 15 pages of notes. I took 7 pages front and back and plus I feel like I still need to add a few important things from the last few pages of the chapter. After reviewing my notes, I feel like they are too long and that I wrote down a lot of unessecary stuff which makes it hard to review and actually grasp what I'm reading. I don't want to waste paper but should I start over and write better ones or even rewrite the ones I have now? Does anybody have any ideas on how to modify the notes I have now but not make them look messy? Any tips in general for note taking and studying when it comes to reading out of a textbook?</p>
<p>If you have time and paper enough, then I would redo the notes. That way,you can retain the information better if it’s more concise, and you will remember more by rewriting the notes. But that’s just me.</p>
<p>Redoing your notes is unnecessary - highlight the important stuff or cross out the unimportant stuff. Accomplishes the same thing and is much faster. </p>
<p>If you feel redoing the notes is necessary to keep them organized you can always type the notes. Times New Roman 11 is probably smaller than your handwriting, thus saving paper.</p>
<p>Yeah, definitely just highlight the stuff that you think is important. It will help you understand the material better and I think your teacher will appreciate that you read over your notes and took time to decide what was significant.</p>