Whats the best way to take notes?
Develop a strategy. The The Cornell System builds reflection into the process, but perhaps your own will work better. Socrates says that a teacher is a midwife who helps others give birth to their own ideas, so experienced instructors offer their ideas as starting points and foundations for further thinking — not as final prescriptions. Strong students learn from others without giving up the right to determine what matters most to them. I suggest that you take notes particularly on what is unfamiliar to you, on what is new or not immediately comprehensible, and on what seems insightful or worth remembering for its own sake, not just on what is already familiar, easily comprehensible, or test-likely. The point of getting an education is to encounter things you don’t already know but that you find worth the effort of learning. HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE EXAM’S THREE SECTIONS FROM DAY ONE There will be three sections to address: identification of substantive passages; a mix-and-match answer s
