Do you want to take such excellent notes that you are king or queen of the college classroom?

It has been a long time since I have wanted to be king or queen of the college classroom, although I still attend courses at the local university, my church, and various institutions from time to time.

Yes, I have often wondered if there was a better way to take notes than the one I have always used, and your wonderful information has given me a new tool to use as I try to keep my old brain active in hopes that dreadful brain disease can be held at bay that way.

I think it is quite a royal attribute to be so willing to share knowledge with others, and to take the time to research answers so that questioners on YA feel that logging in and asking questions here is actually of some benefit to them.

One thinks that you are truly a Queen....and has often admired the clarity, construction, and research results in your responses to questions. One also thinks that you embody what YA is supposed to be all about...and you are a queenly asset to and representative of the teaching profession.

There are some on this forum ....in this very section....who are a disgrace to the teaching profession... when one reads their "responses" to questions, one is not surprised that so many students are doing so poorly in school.

You, on the other hand, embody the ideals of the teaching profession. I most humbly thank you for what you so generously share with all of us, and your continuing contributions to our section.

We are lucky to have you here!.

Excellent research dear Evie. You know, I have always found you to be one of the more intellectually refined persons to frequent this section. This merely confirms what I suspected all along. However I must admit that the concept of pedagogy is something which has never occupied my mind too much. You see, as my old Etonian chums used to say "The Boer War was won on on the playing fields of Eton", not so much in the classroom. I have always been an acolyte of George Bernard Shaw when he stated that "Those who can, do, those who can't, teach". Now this is by no means a slur on your good self dear girl, it is merely a reflection of the way that this particular member of the Nobility thinks. When I was a young chap I never took notes. I kept it all inside my head and I still do today. It is what enables me to answer the myriad questions in this section. No need for Goggle for me!

Nothing wrong with a bit of healthy debate dear Evie. One must commend you on a very thought-provoking question!

The "king or queen" of the classroom would have posted this in an appropriate category, rather than putting a disclaimer at the end of their "question", knowing that no one who cares is going to find it here.

And, ummmm. Taking notes properly isn't the most important skill in being the best in your class. Synthesizing the information, and reporting it back to the professor, and LEARNING the information and how to use it is MUCH more important than taking good, neat notes.

I very own a queen, and a pair of fulls..i offered the queen for myself, because of the fact I even have the main mattress room all to myself. i offered the entire sized beds for my ex-husband, and the concentrated visitor room.

Nope I'd rather be the Count of Cautious