What to do after a longer break from learning?
(Piotr Wasik, Poland, Monday, September 16, 2002 4:49 PM) Question: If I learn for two months and memorize about 2,000 items and then have a two-month break, will the factors associated with items have any relevance to reality? I have a feeling that learning from scratch would be a tremendous waste of time Answer: You are right. Starting from scratch is not the best strategy. SuperMemo is reasonably resistant to being fooled by a long break in learning. If you resume learning, items that are still remembered well will get frighteningly long intervals. If your whole learning process is new, SuperMemo may overestimate your memory powers. You can then always shorten very long intervals manually (e.g. with Ctrl+J). The proportion of well-remembered material will be far greater than what many people assume (e.g. by looking at their own forgetting curves). You will quickly winnow only that portion of material that needs more review. Within a month, you shall be back on track. Within a year y
