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Do you take notes in class?

Hi! It's been a hell of a long time, hasn't it? But here I am, finally back again. You know those people who make Blogs, writes on them, until they finally get either tired or bored or busy and their Blog gets deserted like the most quiet part of the Sahara? Well the first time I decided to make this Blog I was determined to not become that type of person. Anyway, I'm not really into a deep, philosophical talking right now. I'm in a more of a trivial mood if there even is such a thing. And in having this mood, a question just hatched at the top of my head.

Do you take notes in class? I mean seriously. Do you take notes when you're studying or do you make notes of what your teacher writes on tho front board? Because I do. But I never revisit my notes. I have a number of friends that like to take notes of everything that has been either spoken or written in class. Some of them even go to extensive methods when it comes to note-taking e.g. buying expensive stationery, making their notes as attractive and colorful as possible, etc. In some cases, I can even be categorised into that group. Although, not for reasons that you might think.

To me, when it comes to taking notes, there's only one purpose. And it isn't to be able to revisit them at a later time or when an exam comes up. But simply to try to understand and make a memory of that information. The process of looking at the white board that my teacher writes on, observing what they write, memorising it in my brain for a brief moment, before scribbling it on my paper in the form of ink, helps me understand and remember the information that is being discussed at that particular class. Sometimes I even forget about immediately taking notes and just take a photograph of the board so that I can make my notes later at home in a more conducive environment. When exams come, I rarely look back into my notes. Most of the time I just scour the internet to look up the materials and study them or I just study it directly from my textbook. It's weird really. In fact, even if I had to go back into my notes for some reason, I don't always find them that useful and effective.

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I told you this was gonna be trivial. But anyways, now that I've written about it, I wonder whether there are even more unique reasons for people to take notes. I mean my experience isn't particularly weird. I'm sure a lot of people are like me when it comes to taking notes. But there must be a lot more unique people out there. Right?

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