Like so many individuals clinging to religiosity versus honest introspection, I felt if I memorized enough archaeological details I could prove via empirical fact that Christ was the Son of God.
While, admittedly, I have no experience, if I could memorize the Uniform Commercial Code, I'm pretty sure I could conquer the recipe for a dirty martini.
Student 18 stated "Only complaint: When 0.3 s show-time, it felt as if I was memorizing a background, not identifying a plant.
I just didn't know how to move it through my heart or have any moment to feel what I was saying if I didn't memorize it".
"If I'm studying to memorize," my son told me, "I'm still usually chatting" — instant messaging, that is.
In organic chemistry, by contrast, he thought mere memorization played less of a role: "If you memorize your reactions it's not gonna be you don't know how to string them together.
Alternatively, instead of associating pictures with numbers (i.e. Lighthouse = 1, glasses = 2, etc as suggested here), it can help if you memorize letters of the alphabet.
If so, memorize it in a numbers-only format.
"I've heard that some 'tutor kings' tell students that they will excel in the English examination if they memorize 50 chosen words," said Ip Kin-yuen, a Hong Kong lawmaker who represents the education sector.
How in the era of YouTube video fame can anyone not get that if you memorize lines well, you never have to be spontaneous?
