I was on Dean’s List the whole time.” It seemed a little too good to be true. It sounded awful.īut we all became a little more open to it when she told us that, “in the first two years of college I never even opened a text book, because my notes were that good and useful that I could just study from them. Not only were we going to be required to use these notes, we were going to have note checks that accounted for 25% of our grades. There was a unanimous groan amongst the students, myself included. Bork, got in front of the class on the first day of school and informed us that we would be required to use Cornell Notes in her classroom. I still remember when my 10 th grade social studies teacher, Mrs. Luckily for me, this horrendous study habit ended when I learned about Cornell Notes and I was forced into using them. As you can guess, the technique was less than spectacular and my grades suffered. I’d then spend the 24 hours before any major test with my nose crammed in my textbook attempting to absorb months’ worth of information, writing nothing down. So, what would happen is that even though I learn best by writing things down, I would go back to review my notes and they’d look Greek to me. My notes would make no sense to anyone who wasn’t me at that very moment. They were just a mixed jumble of words with no flow or organization what-so-ever. But the problem was that there was no rhyme or reason to the notes.

Ever since I can remember, I would take pages upon pages of notes.

Don’t get me wrong, I’ve always taken notes in class. I remember everything by writing it down.ĭespite my natural inclination towards notes, my notes have not always been extremely helpful, especially in school. I keep a notebook by my nightstand, in my purse, and pretty much with me at all time in case I need to jot something down. Notes and lists help keep me organized and help keep me sane. I make notes and lists for everything, from my to-do list to my weekly and yearly goals.

Cornell notes