Heh. In History (which is one of my worst subjects this year), my teacher puts notes on the overhead that are in paragraph form. I usually put them in my own words in outline form, throwing in whatever inside jokes or other stuff. Example? For some notes on the Articles of Confederation:
*Libertarians, re: AoC: Woot. SoOooOO GooD!1!1!1!1@*!(@&!(*@
*Favorers of strong, central gov't: Boo!! NoOO GooD!1!!1!
Seriously, I wrote that down.
And on the Peninsular Campaign:
- McClellan (Army of Potomac) brought order & drill back to U troops
- Lincoln orders MC to commence attack. He approaches Richmond, L sends him back to chase Stonewall
- Lee sends MC back to the sea. [drawing of chubby guy (McClellan) by sea & some mountains saying "show me the way back... to the sea."]
So if I can make anything goofy or connect it to something, it helps me out. You should see my Theory of Knowledge notes. I can connect that stuff to ANYTHING. Requiem For A Dream? Yep. Buffy? Yep. There are arrows everywhere. It's insane.
Meanwhile, with studying... don't ask me. I never study, but I can get away with it. If I can remember what we talked about in class, I can do pretty good. The most I do is look over the stuff in the book or my notes. Which isn't helping in APUSH. -_-
I hate you, APUSH.