#papernotes

𝐐𝐎𝐓𝐃: What is you hardest subject in school?

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𝟏. 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥: structural note taking often looks like a skeleton where you have a title, headings/subheadings, then notes. For most of my revision notes, I use structural note taking so I can easily locate a certain heading without having to look around too much.

→ 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚜: • Good for quick notes • Makes revision simpler and efficient • Good for quick and neat notes

→ 𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚜: • Not necessarily as detailed • Isn’t meant to answer specific questions–it’s just notes (unlike Cornell)

𝟐. 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐥: cornell notes are probably my all time favorite; I use them for concept heavy subjects like chemistry and math. There’s a section for specific key words/vocabulary/questions you answer, a section for notes, as well as a section for a summary. I’ve done variations in the placement of the summary box (you can keep it at the end of the notes or at the end of the page–I prefer the page but that’s just me :)

→ 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚜: • Can be extremely detailed • Summaries prove very useful during revision • Perfect for retaining a ton of information • Keeps you engaged during note taking

→ 𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚜: • Can be messy if the formatting isn’t paid attention to • Is slightly difficult to use for relatively easier topics (in my opinion)

Just remember that these are my opinions and things I’ve picked up from my own (or my friends’) experiences. Not all of this needs to apply to you and these are simply facts/opinions from my perspective. (i.e: don’t come after me if you disagree with something 😋)

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𝐀𝐎𝐓𝐃: My hardest subjects are debatable between Chemistry Honors and World Lit. I’m a ‘native’ English speaker and literally, I don’t understand what my English teacher wants from me however, for chem honors, my teacher doesn’t “teach” anything—which my English teacher does in a sense. So I’m probably going to say tie between those two haha

I used to love taking notes by hand but once I got into university, it was no longer practical. I am a perfectionist so I often rewrite notes & it takes me forever to decide on a note-taking system. My professors also go quite fast and I couldn’t keep up with the slides & everything they were saying. I know writing notes by hand are supposed to help you retain information better but I can’t retain it if I didn’t write it down because the professor was going too fast.

I started using OneNote after my first quarter and it has been great. I still miss paper notes sometimes but I use my bullet journal to fulfill that need.  So I wanted to list out some of the advantages of using OneNote and online note-taking in general:

I save space by not having to keep notebooks around my room but I can still refer back to them when I need to 

I can constantly edit the notes to fit my needs - change fonts and highlighting, move subheadings around, etc.

This is the main incredible advantage for me because I’m a perfectionist & I don’t have to hesitate or constantly second guess how I’m writing my notes anymore

The organization is better - I can create separate notebooks and sections to separate my different classes and classes into “lectures”, “sections”, and “readings”

Inserting charts, graphs, more pages, and pictures is incredibly easier

When studying for tests or writing essays the “ctrl + f” function is great for finding important subjects, quotes or keywords

I type much faster than I can write so I can catch everything that happens in lecture

I save paper by not writing notes on paper (although sometimes I do need to print out the notes)

If you have a tablet, you can still write notes by hand and have the best of both worlds (I don’t do this but you can)