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[korolife]

Blog No.004📚　24年6月13日

My Visual Method of Learning Japanese Kanji (漢字) part①

～ Let's Pair-up Similar-lookin' Characters Next to Each Other♥!～

There are many ways to learn Japanese. 📔

This way might not be effective or efficient (or even reasonable) for anyone else, but this is the visual approach that I'm currently developing + sharing for possibly any like-minded students it might resonate with!

Edit: It's all cleaned up for HD download on my ko-fi shop for free!

【Background】

At first, I did the standard 'write it down with repetition until you get it right' on flashcards, notebooks, etc. and I don't think I ever got it 'right'ーevery optimistic attempt of "I'm gonna get in some daily lessons in today and successfully absorb this knowledge once and for all!!" was always accompanied with this state of... confusion? and being so, so overwhelmed that neither the meaning, the reading, the stroke order, nor even the appearance of the kanji stuck to me at all. I don't think I've ever made it past the list of N4 kanji, even though most words I come across tend to be scattered around the N3-N1 level whenever I check the dictionary.

I've tried studying them strictly in order of the listing / then tried loosely with some doodling / or even a cherry-nitpicky minimalistic approach; just-take-what-is-frequently-used-style... but there just seemed to be no end in sight. It's been a decade, and I still do not know a lot kanji。

『Issue①:』 I wanted to see ALL of the kanji displayed at once, instead of dreading the 'higher levels' hidden from the limited amount displayed at a time; be it from reference books, screen displays on websites or mobile applications, etc. It's definitely just a personal issue, I think haha I just didn't like the surprise sneak attack from so much identical kanji from differing levels that scrambles my brain everytime I encounter a doppelganger. And boy, there's a LOT of those (as you will see).

I thought about making a series of biiiig posters or scrolls I could stick up on a wall, like those kiddie info posters but completely filled with kanji as decoration + motivation + and a bit of a cheat sheet I could easily access at a glance. But just imagining over 2,000 jumbled characters looming over me while I work on my desk or seeing something like that first thing after waking up………feels a lot unsettling, I think-

『Issue②:』 They're often arranged according to their frequency of usage, stroke order, or general difficulty of the word. Although it's for practicality, it leaves the visual impact completely all over the place. I don't know if I have any underlying conditions that contribute to something trivial like this greatly bothering me past the point of productivity, but it's not even about aesthetics I have an issue with, I don't think? It's just...the arrangement feels so chaotic, or sometimes oddly restrictive that I keep getting distracted. It's like some kind of puzzle I've been trying to solve for 10 hours straight, but it's just me going in circles back to zero. Speaking of puzzles....

Maybe, to save physical space for literally thousands of characters, I thought about placing one kanji on each of a rubik's cube's faces. But that would take a ridiculous amount of cubes and printer ink/alternatively, manually cutting, pasting, and poorly writing very very tiny 0.5inch labels for...two thousand times, at least. By hand.

I'm still tempted to incorporate this idea in some way, but felt unmotivated and lazy with how flimsy and shoddy my handwritten labels were…also printer ink prices continue to be a goddang scam--

I've unfortunately never been a studious student, especially not when it comes to conventional learning methods. It tends to make me want to try ridiculous ideas to get around my own dysfunctionality, because the other option would be... to continue a system that doesn't work and be frustrated, and accomplish nothing; not even a smile.

I am learning Japanese out of my own free will, so I wanted to have fun with itーbecause the whole concept of kanji seems really fun in theory!… but not so much in attempted practice as a clueless outsider with no knowledge or means apart from the standard English reading and writing system. I'm a little envious of my chinese friends also learning Japanese having a bit of a headstart with the writing system's origins...

Even if perceived as a complete waste of time by a lot of people, I still want to understand each individual character to be able to appreciate and greet them accordingly when I encounter them in the wild.

For fun☆!

【Conventional Systems】

For this project, I mostly took inspiration from other existing popular learning systems that many people use:

➊The standard N5-N1 System was alright, but I found myself tempted to skip straight to ～N3 where frequently used characters appeared more, despite being barely at the lowest N5 proficiency level myself. I wanted all the characters to be visibly accessible…but it got intensely overwhelming so fast. The hierarchal labeling also made finding a N1 character have this weird sense of pressure? Like, "oh sht , this word has N1 kanji. mY ELEMENTARY GRADE DUMBASS AIN'T SUPPOSED TO BE IN HERE--"

➋Then there's the pictograph potential. It's interesting, but I thought a lot of them were a little bit of a reach? haha it's basically a visual mnemonic, right? But other people's mnemonics usually have their 'creative logic' that my own may not agree with, so I just end up getting distracted with the internal logic of the image and how it correlates to the kanji instead of absorbing any actual information. I think it has potential, but I'd need to personalize the visual imagery for it to be effective…or at least, have the mnemonic make enough sense to me and not be abstractly distracting. Even by then, the more strokes there are, the more convoluted it looks to even liken it to anything in the real world...Kanji by itself is already a pictogram, I guess...?

➌Then there's the beloved Heisig method. I liked the concept; the goal is for (mostly) foreigners to easily familiarize the 'look' of the kanji character and attach it to a singular meaning. But personally, it wasn't working with how much my brain was confusing every variation of similar-looking patterns that kept reappearing over a span of different pages of kanji, with the same radical appearing in different positions or orientations. Heisig's compilation was good in a sense that I could see a reoccurring pattern and it was most definitely less chaotic to look at now, but they continue to persist so far away from each other? Then adding that element of "the unknown" with kanji I've yet to encounter or seek out for being 'too advanced' with this doppelganger dilemma was driving me absolutely coconuts.

Plus, since it's a method created with absolute beginners in mind, it falls short with the lack of kun- and on- yomi readings…which were what I needed to learn the most.

I decided to combine these three ideas to make my own way.

【??? Personal System】

This system will continuously be developed from here on out until it can actually be functional, but so far, here's what's been done and being planned:

Apparently these were taken from 8+ months ago good lord-

I pretty much just lined up screenshots of a full kanji listing (I believe it was a Jouyou listing with some obsolete characters removed) and just...painstakingly played a Match-3 game, but irl, pretty much... and with more back pain

※Reference used to curate these kanji and their information are primarily from ①an app called 'Satori', and ②another app called 'Yomiwa'. Both apps source information from KANJIDIC and JMDict + mixed with a variety of online dictionaries to cross-reference and check for additional info.

I was working on and off on it because staring at nothing but kanji all day will probably make a few screws loose, but I generally continued anytime I was feeling a little down, stressed out, or just had free time. It was oddly therapeutic when I saw the finished arrangements, though. This feeling of "I can't tell if I like it or hate it" reminded me of my thesis days lmao

I had originally planned to put them on 3x3 rubik's cubes, so I initially had to group them by a full set of 9 characters. But the distribution was so unbalanced that each look-alike group was either lacking or exceeding in numbers, and trying to evenly incorporate 'leftovers' into the other groups just looked forced as hell, visually. So, I gave up on the rubik's cube concept and just tried to match at least a row of just 3 look-alikes to then ascend or descend in complexity with their other cousin-distant-lookalikes.

EXAMPLE:

人　大　木

person・big・tree

▲These three I would consider 'cousins'. I wouldn't classify them together in a row of 3 because there are far more identical characters, but after I gather all of each of their sibling groups, I'd most definitely arrange them next to each other in succession as if the 人 was growing more limbs.

太　大　犬

fat・big・dog

▲These three I would consider 'siblings'.

It reminds me of twins that only have differing beauty marks for distinction.

▲And these...are kinda cursed ngl, my double takes had to do their own double takes everytime I would finish grouping something to the 'tree radical' family, and suddenly spotting another one I could've sworn was the exact same character. It made me feel like I was going insane lol I know that the context showing the connecting hiragana is usually a dead giveaway on which kanji it is, regardless of how similar in appearance + how it's going to be read... but man. It's so surreal seeing them all lined up next to each other?? All I see is a forest-

Somewhere along the way, my brain remembered about the elemental periodic table and drew some layouting inspiration from there, too. Ideally, I would love to have all the information already present at a single glance with each character. But with the limited display space... assigning a chronological identification numbers on them for now is all I can do to help in navigating this wide, colorful kanji blanket.

I might've discarded a couple of archaic / overly complex kanji that no one really uses for this list at this moment, but in total, there appears to be 952 rows of trios. I may add or even remove more in the future.

= A total of 2,856 kanji have been included. Unless I miscounted somewhere-

my back hurts-

【Personal Limits + Goals】

I've been learning Japanese the same way I have Englishーvery, very informally; simply picking up what I hear and read in random places and applying them to how my brain interpreted their usage. It's literally like 'playing by ear', musically? except I'm tone deaf as hell-

There are some words (both Eng and Jp) that even I surprise myself when I know how to say it, or suddenly somehow using it during very specific situations, when I don't know how to define their exact meaning…or even to pronounce them correctly. Then there's very basic words that are so foreign to me because I have never personally heard or seen before, despite possibly being one of the first things teachers introduce in proper lessons I don't have the means or access to.

I can understand verbal Japanese just OK (some common dialects are recognizable too, just as long as it ain't extreme keigo-), my attempt at constructed sentences is weab-level at best... and my butchering of the intonations is an atrocity, but my biggest grievance is that I can't read most kanji I come across for the life of me without furigana. Even with it, it's usually too dang small in print to even read…

Basically the nutshell of my 'Japanese Reading Practice with Manga' series orz I was so worried about potential copyright infringements, but I misread everything, it just became transformative on its own--

※ADDITIONAL NOTE: There is the onyomi (Orig. Chinese reading used when compounding the character with another to create a word) and the kunyomi (general Japanese reading of the kanji) that I ranked as the 'most important' thing to learn for me...then there's their long-lost wayward sibling: Nanori for Japanese name readings.

It is a ｗｈｏｌｅ new world out there......and I'm good staying indoors, thanks- don't even get me started on kirakira name readings I will cry for those poor unfortunate souls deadass named things like 'PEGASUS' or 'ANGEL LOVE' as their government name good lord

Speaking of names, when I saw Kaedehara Kazuha's name (Genshin Impact) in kanji for the first time :

「楓原万葉」

I read it as "Kazewara Manba"💀he is Manba-kun to me now

ーEven though my overall Japanese proficiency is at kindergarten level next to my English, for now,

I want to improve at at least recognizing the correct kanji at a regular reading speedーwith no mistaken identities, frantic dictionary pulling-out, or furigana dependency necessary!★

And that's what I want to achieve first and foremost with...whatever this is I'm creating。

+ so I can read manga and novels in peace without constantly squinting at a magnifying glass orz also, online shtposting in the Jp meme side rly do hit different Speech fluency is kinda moot in my case because... I don't talk to anyone lol-

　〘ーand I'd like colors to accompany me!〙

『Issue③:』 Every Kanji list overview, regardless of arrangement or method, always gives me anxiety with how sharply white and black it is. That minimalistic uniformity forces you to depend on shapes alone to make inferences... but then you see sh*t like:

土　VS　士　

(dirt)・(samurai)

末　VS　未

(tip)・(sign of the sheep)

...where it's literally the subtlest of LINE LENGTH, a tiny splotch, or the more complex characters that don't even share the same radicals but because they both vaguely have a similar silhouette, they start looking confusing to the brain, I just...............colors are absolutely necessary!! At least, it is definitely the case for my very easily bamboozled noodle that demands distinctive visual variations! I am in the belief that shapes alone will not suffice to memorize the correct information when you have over 2,000 subjects to sift through that...literally-copied-each-other's-homework vibe. They kept gaslighting me throughout the process- Ask a Chinese or Japanese friend today if they're doing ok bc holy sht how do ya'll live like this, especially when web browsers tend to squash anything exceeding 14 strokes at regular display font sizes I-

I made something called 『ｺﾛﾚｯﾃKoroLife System』 (Kororette Life; a wish for a 'colorful life') that pushes more focus on the creative and productive use of colors and patterns for myself, initially for drawing composition purposes... but I found that it was something just as applicable with making everyday tasks way easier and fun to look at.

It eventually took over this project too, and finally gave me what I was looking forーinner peace with a lifetime of beef and animosity with kanji…but in style★

When I said I was a heavy visual learner... this is exactly what I meant-

So…this is my way of arranging nearly 3,000 kanji by rows of 3 visually identical characters that confuses my dyslexic 外人 dumdum the most + making use of colors for subcategorizing them according to their shapes. And, hey, they make for pretty neat stickers!

⇒[FREE TO DOWNLOAD!]

△contains x4 parts of higher quality of each quadrant (transparent bg) + this huge overview display map...or kanji blanket, however you see it as + the color grouping guide.

Unfortunately there's very little to make of it apart from a display, but as soon as I add some practicality to this system, I will compile them as well into the 0+ Resource Shop. For now, please feel free to personally use them however you like~! I'm already sticking 'em everywhere-

I divided them into 6 colored categories according to the character's overall perceived 'shape'*: ・Curves (orange)

・Sparks'n'mix (pink)

・Criss-crossing (dark blue)

・Lines (light blue)

・Cubes (yellow) ・囧ﾒ (violet)

・imperfect matches (green)

・Highlighted ones are stand-outs, or visually the easiest to digest (to me anyway).

＊these are very arbitrary classifications with flawed, subjective internal logic that has been revised multiple times over. (eg. Even if something has a curve, if I feel like the overall shape has lines that stand out more, then it's in the light blue category instead.)

And with that, I think I'll call it...

The「色々色 / IROIROIRO」 Method!! otherwise known as the 色³ for short!!!

■ 「色」・いろ・(Iro)

➊lit. Color, tint, hue, shade ➋kind, type, variant

■ 「々」・のま・同の字点 / どうのじてん・(noma / dou no jiten)

Kanji repetition mark; placed beside a repeating kanji.

■ 「色色 / 色々」 ・いろ・(Iroiro)

various, all sorts of

■「³」・３乗足す / さんじょうたす・３の立方 / さんのりっほう・(san jyou tasu / san no rihhou)

mathematical term.; Cubed, to the power of 3 pls don't ask me for the actual application specifics, I get a 3/10 average on my math tests-

It's a fun pun! Kinda.

【Preliminary Conclusion】

Is it an effective strategy to master Japanese kanji at all, though? Maybe not. At least, probably not just by this visual display alone. I honestly don't expect anyone else benefitting much from this project, but it personally really reinvigorated me to continue studying Japanese again after all these years. It's strange how something that caused me so much feelings of dread and anxiety for the majority of my early teen years suddenly feels so much fun to work with. All it needed was sleep deprivation, some touch of personalization, and a little bit of color!… ok, well, a lot of color-

It's a complete homebrew, unverified by anyone, and I guess a little insane, but I thought it turned out kinda cool anyway, so I thought I'd share it! What do you think? I'll write up an update about any further developments in this silly lil system the next time. I'm thinking of somehow fitting in all the definitions, readings, stroke orders, and maybe samples of their usage... but also in style★ somehow-

We'll workshop it, even if it takes another additional 8 months!!!

Until then! バイバイ(￣▽￣)／

つづく

➡To be continued...

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[glitterp0prhaps0dy]

it feels like no matter how i change my style, I'm just not happy with it,I love trolls, and I love art, but I'm just not happy with my style, and I'm a visual learner and I cant find any videos on how to improve on drawing trolls

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

Hyperlexia

Mrs Speechie P

[geekupdated]

Even if you are a verbal or auditory learner, you can implement several quick visual symbols and analogies in your work

(via 72 quick ways to use visual analogies in your work (infographic))

[boop-a-loop]

First of all, I’d like to thank you all of you for liking my previous posts- like omg- I wasn’t expecting that many likes in a short amount of time- ^ ^”

& second off, I have a second hc I wanna shareeee !!! So don’t mind the long rant lol

Okay so- again- I’m kinda projecting lol but with Bot ( as I’d say Bot is one of my kinnies next to Bow & Suitcase ) basically, for me personally as an autistic girlie, I’m a very visual person

Like I always try to process my feelings & situations through mind maps, doodles & using different colours / highlight my class notes as it’s more easier to organise, read & process that way

& whenever I used to feel really upset or anxious during classes, I would often doodle how I felt rather than write it out in the moment or tell someone what I was feeling as I couldn’t really 100% tell what I was feeling emotion wise until hours later + I didn’t think it was too serious ^ ^”

But basically, to sum it up, I can see Bot doing all of those things since they’re very obviously a visual learner as they draw a lot of important stuff in II Invitational ( such as their pronouns & the things they love & the Floor )

Omg & I can see them ( again like me ) HATING being talked at when being taught something- like I can see them wanting to take notes, doodle or highlight the notes instead since it’s more engaging & less under stimulating

+ there’s an expectation to make eye contact & focus on the person talking which makes it harder to concentrate & process the information

Whilst with drawing / note taking / doodling, you don’t have to make eye contact but can still listen

But yeah- I hope you liked this rant hehe~ ^ ^”

[combie69]

"The Connection Between Me and My Learning Style!"

The picture above shows the different styles that I find interesting. Well, all of them are! But, let me present you my most favorite one which also resonates me.

https://www.time4learning.com/learning-styles/visual-spatial.html

THE VISUAL LEARNING STYLE!

Why? Visual Learning resonates me in a way that visual learning suits me. Without visual style of learning, I find it hard to learn. I prefer seeing topics, ideas, or titles in the form of visual representations.

As for my partner, his chosen style is interpersonal or also known as social learning style. Although it is applicable and effective, I still choose visual style. I want to learn by sight as much as possible.

You? Have you find out which style you have the connection with?

[casjam]

Welcome 👋

I'm Cas, and this is my study blog. Currently, I am studying Spanish 🇪🇦 and (a little bit of) Japanese 🇯🇵.

Starting tomorrow, there will be 100 days left of school for me (which is perfect, and I didn't even plan it out). This means that I can do the 100 days of studying challenge within the time of school.

I'll be posting at least once a day about my progress either on school work or language studies. If I don't feel like putting together a longer post, I'll send a small one, probably something funny or about animals.

As the challenge goes on, I'll make smaller goals as motivation ✨️. And if I get enough people to join the community, I might do some fun things here or there.

Have a good day/afternoon/night!

1 / 100 days

[wellazxy]

Discovering my Learning Style

🤔 Have you ever thought about how you learn best? How your brain takes in new ideas?

🤔 What’s your favorite way to learn?

Let me share mine!

📖 I learn visual learning. Seeing things, like reading or looking at pictures, helps me remember them. Working alone and seeing information helps me learn in a way that makes sense to me.

🙇‍♀️ I relate most with the intrapersonal learning style. I learn best when I work alone. Having time to think and reflect helps me understand things better. When I focus on my own, I can take my time and really get the ideas.

👫I also see how other learning styles can be helpful. Me and my partner use visual learning a lot. They learn well by seeing pictures or reading. Even though it’s different from mine, I can see how it helps them understand things better.

Keep Learning and Growing!☺️

"Finding your learning style helps you reach your potential."

Now, it’s your turn! What’s your favorite way to learn? Share it with me!

https://pin.it/4W6qd5wMr

https://images.app.goo.gl/koHeCqW9XJQtCQQ66

[cyrenguillermo]

Effective learning styles:

1. Auditory Learning: A learning style through listening to someone and processing that idea.

2. Visual Learning: A learning style that is using images, figures, diagrams, and videos to understand the idea they are pertaining to.

3. Interpersonal Learning: A learning style with a group of people to share a lot of information and combine it as one.

4. Intrapersonal Learning: It is a learning style that gives you solitude to give yourself time to learn things alone.

5. Verbal Learning: A learning style that uses a voice to communicate your ideas that is very efficient and effective for everyone.

6. Kinesthetic Learning: Kinesthetic learners thrive through hands-on activities and physical engagement, which are essential for their learning process.

7. Logical Learning: using their brain for logical and mathematical reasoning. They typically work through problems and issues in a systematic way, and they like to create procedures for future use.

My preferred learning style:

VISUAL LEARNING:

I resonate most with the Visual learning style because I learn best by utilizing graphs, tables, charts, maps, colors and diagrams. an i also tend to learn holistically, instead of sequentially, or in parts. One of the benefits of being a visual learner is easily seeing the big picture. As a result, these learners may sometimes miss out on the details.

Other learning style:

auditory learning, are also effective, especially when discussing topics or explaining concepts out loud. I find that listening to podcasts or participating in group discussions enhances my understanding. I also appreciate visual learners, as their use of diagrams and organized notes helps simplify complex topics. By combining different styles, learning becomes more effective and adaptable to various situations.

References:

Learning style:

https://coronatodays.com/the-7-different-learning-styles-and-what-they-are-daily-infographic/

[fastfuriousfath]

Look at this... 👀

Look at this... 👀 https://pin.it/2GgaTHAub

Learning styles refer to the preferred ways in which individuals absorb, process, and retain information. While there are various models of learning styles, one of the most widely recognized frameworks categorizes them into four main types:

The (4) types of learning

—READING & WRITING

The reading/writing learning style is one of the preferred ways individuals absorb, process, and retain information. Learners who identify with this style excel in environments where they can engage with written text. They often prefer reading articles, books, and other written materials, as well as writing notes, essays, and reports to express their understanding of concepts.

—KINESTHETIC

Kinesthetic learning, also known as tactile learning, is a learning style characterized by a preference for hands-on experiences and physical activities. Kinesthetic learners thrive when they can engage in movement, manipulate objects, and participate in experiential learning. They often find it challenging to learn through traditional lecture-based methods and prefer to learn by doing.

—AUDITORY

Auditory learning is a learning style characterized by a preference for processing information through listening. Auditory learners excel in environments where they can hear spoken information, engage in discussions, and utilize audio materials. They often find it easier to understand and remember information that is presented verbally rather than through written text or visual aids.

—VISUAL

Visual learning is a learning style characterized by a preference for using visual aids to understand and retain information. Visual learners excel in environments where they can see and interact with images, diagrams, charts, videos, and other visual representations of information. They often find it easier to comprehend concepts when they are presented visually rather than through verbal or written explanations.

[danielisaiahmejia]

"Learn Your Own Learning Style."

"We all learn in different ways, and that’s because we have different learning styles. The four main ones are:

Visual Learners – These are the people who learn best when they see things. They prefer pictures, diagrams, charts, and videos because visuals help them understand and remember information.

Auditory Learners – Some people learn better by listening. They grasp oconcepts more easily through discussions, lectures, and even music. They might enjoy podcasts or explaining things out loud to understand them better.

Reading/Writing Learners – This group prefers written words. They love reading textbooks, taking notes, and writing summaries because it helps them process and retain information.

Kinesthetic Learners – These are hands-on learners. They understand things best by doing—whether it’s through experiments, role-playing, or physically engaging with the material.

Everyone has a mix of these learning styles, but we usually have one or two that work best for us. Understanding our learning style can help us study and work more effectively!"

My Preferred Leaning Style is Visual- Visual learning is when you learn best by seeing things. Instead of just listening to explanations or reading a lot of text, you understand and remember information more easily when it’s presented in pictures, charts, diagrams, or videos. If you’re a visual learner, you might find it helpful to use color-coded notes, mind maps, or illustrations to organize ideas. You probably also remember faces, places, and images better than just words alone.

Infographics Source: https://pin.it/QqFpAjhiv

[mayaswiterblog]

Memory

This poem was originally posted on Wattpad on 11 July 2015.

I never remembered texts Nor I do nowadays and now The pictures, moves, Colours and rooms All of them I remember clear The posters, the films The appearance of my friends But words and songs I cannot recall without fail I may remember the way How the song goes But how the sentence forms I have no clue, And I muss up the words No speech, no talk Only pictures and eyes

[urlove-gemma]

Learning Techniques / Tips Based on the Four Predominant Learning Styles!!!

👀 Visual 👀

- Color code absolutely everything. The more organized by color, the better. Assign each class a color and buckle down. Let's say math is red, you're going to highlight, write, and have folders / notebooks solely in red. Trust me.

- Have a notebook for in class and another for at home. In the in class notebook, quickly write down your notes. When you get home, convert them into graphs, drawings, concept maps, etc. Keep words to a minimum, but have as many as you need to understand the visuals.

- Watch animated videos on topics related to your current studies.

- Have an agenda. I recommend this for anybody, but especially for visual learners.

- Use flashcards with visuals.

👂Auditory 👂

- Ask permission to audio record lectures. Emphasis on the ask part. Most teachers will let you. Respect their decision regardless.

- Listen to / make podcasts on the topics you're learning.

- Read out loud. This will help you retain what you're reading better.

- Listen to music while studying (as long as it doesn't distract you).

- Create songs and rhymes (mnemonics) for everything you can.

✋️Kinesthetic ✋️

- Fidget, take notes, stand up, etc. Make everything as hands-on as possible.

- Gamify absolutely everything. Also, role-playing is key. Get in a group and reenact the historical events you're learning about.

- Teach other people. This is helpful for anyone, but it's a whole different level for you.

- Chew gum (if permitted). Pick a flavor for each class (if you can). Every time you do something related to that class, chew that flavor. You'll end up associating that flavor with that information.

- Create a study group of like-minded learners! Once again, it is recommended in general, but especially for you.

📖 Read / Write 📖

- Take notes of the most minute details. And rewrite them a couple of times, if you're willing. Another type that I recommend color coding (and having two notebooks for each class) to.

- Read all the handouts and take notes on them.

- Have time set aside each day for rereading as much as possible. Handouts, notes, books, etc.

- Rewrite, summarize, and paraphrase the readings.

- Be active in your reading. Take notes. Underline. Highlight.

[thesagittarianmind]