Words

Words have powerful meaning. Alliteration helps one to remember complicated theories. Words help to reinforce beliefs. They serve to reorganize haphazard thoughts into nice little compartmentalised and manageable blocks. I've found that writing down my thought is a useful way of clearing the mind. There are many times when I've read something and thought I fully understood. Unfortunately, when push came to shove, at the most crucial point, I'm unable to translate what I've read into coherent-sounding words. At these moments, I find writing the key points down an essential aid to my understanding. These applies to many things including revising for the exams. Summarizing the large chunks of the tome we call a textbook can at times be daunting. However, through practice and taking small, baby steps, It is definitely possible. The first attempt may not produce the desired result, often leading to the copying of the whole textbook. But the decisions that you have to make, whether to add this part or not, will help in your decision-making skills. It keeps you thinking and inadvertantly cementing the information into our CPU. While I wouldn't recommend trying to burn your textbook and drinking the remains (it never works as far as I'm concern), memorizing some key theorems are sometimes better than trying to understand the abstract concepts that lead to the formation of those theorems in the first place.
On a side note, I've started on my revision of the Japanese language. It's tough to restart my learning, but since I've some background on it, it's getting easier as my grey matter sought to find the keys to unlock the language puzzle. Till next time, write down your thoughts to better understand them! :-)