Memorizing turned out to be a means of focusing, of shutting out the life noise reverberating from a traumatic adolescence.
Meanwhile a model Islamic youth named Farhaz Hassan, revered by Hayat for his ability to memorize scripture, turns out to be distinctly nonobservant, reminiscent of Tom Sawyer trying to impress Becky Thatcher by pretending to have learned great swaths of biblical verse.
This is possibly the most annoying thing to study and memorize but out of 25 questions, there are usually 2 or 3. Yes, you could pass with out knowing them, but why risk it?
This is evident even in our prestigious universities, in which too many bright students pursue higher education as a matter of memorizing and figuring out "what the professor wants" rather than daring to think critically on their own.
But generally speaking, memorizing and reciting out loud opened a space in the consciousness, a kind of foreshadowing that soon found its counterpart in reality.
When you start out, memorizing the notes at first glance can be quite difficult, so here's a cheat.
Those who have just moved to the city should read the poem, memorize it, print it out and stick it on the refrigerator door.
"Mr. Schenly encourages us to memorize quickly and try out a lot of repertoire," said Quentin Kim, a graduate of Juilliard who will enter Yale University this fall.
So later when I got to take classes like chemistry and anatomy where I had to memorize things, it turned out I was very good at that.
Her dislike of equations is why she does not "really think about it," except when she needs to "figure them out and memorize them" for exams.
