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4/12/2008 3:55:11 PM EDT
I've got to memorize about 30 pages worth of text for my property exam.  I wish I was kidding.

Any tips?
4/12/2008 3:56:50 PM EDT
[#1]
You hire me, that's what you do.  I'm cheap as hell and I do windows.

Seriously, I do a lot of reading, a lot of recitation, and I can tape record stuff as well and play it back.
4/12/2008 3:57:27 PM EDT
[#2]
Digital recorder and headphones.

Thirty pages?  I don't think I could.
4/12/2008 3:57:32 PM EDT
[#3]



repetition.

index cards with definitions on back

mnemonics for lists.  
4/12/2008 3:58:19 PM EDT
[#4]

Quoted:
You hire me, that's what you do.  I'm cheap as hell and I do windows.

Seriously, I do a lot of reading, a lot of recitation, and I can tape record stuff as well and play it back.




Show off.
4/12/2008 3:58:26 PM EDT
[#5]
Repetition.

ETA - Or hire Deej.
4/12/2008 3:59:28 PM EDT
[#6]
Damn, what is this for?
4/12/2008 4:00:15 PM EDT
[#7]

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Damn, what is this for?

RIF


Quoted:
I've got to memorize about 30 pages worth of text for my property exam.  I wish I was kidding.


Law School
4/12/2008 4:01:19 PM EDT
[#8]
Take the practice tests over and over and learn from that.  Trying to remember the material doesn't work on tests like that.
4/12/2008 4:01:54 PM EDT
[#9]
I read, look away, repeat the stuff back to myself, read again, and repeat until I've got it. Lots of mumbling and swearing. It works well enough.
4/12/2008 4:02:03 PM EDT
[#10]
Write it down or type it out.  Its amazing what you can memorize when you put it down on paper.
4/12/2008 4:06:28 PM EDT
[#11]
Been there done that.

Repetition.  Do it a paragraph at a time.  Say it as you're taking a shower, say it on your way to work, say it while you're drinking coffee, and say it in your sleep.  
4/12/2008 4:07:35 PM EDT
[#12]

Quoted:
Take the practice tests over and over and learn from that.  Trying to remember the material doesn't work on tests like that.


Its the only way to do this test.  Heres the format, its sort of like an outline.

I. Topic - Landlord/Tenant Law, or whatever the hypo is about.
II.  Sources of Law - Just list a bunch of places you can look to find authority on the subject
III.  Issues - Write down 10 issues that came up on the text or lecture regarding landlord/tenant law.  About one sentence each.
IV.  Rules and authority - 15 rules from the cases we studied throughout the semester, with a cite to the particular case OR the case that the case in the casebook cited to.
V.  Rationale - One sentence, why is this rule the way it is.  Very broad.
VI.  Application - Each hypo has 5 questions.  Here he wants us to do the analysis for each question.
VII. Answers - 5 one-sentence answers for each question.  "Yes, Harry has a cause of action for..."
VIII.  Comment - make a general comment about the hypo.  "Landlords should be careful when...."

Now, thats for one hypo on the exam.  There are 11 hypos on this exam.

I'm trying to memorize the issues and rules so all I have to do is sit down and spit them back up.  We know the topics that are going to be on the exam, and the issues/rules don't have to have anything to do with the hypos, generally.
4/12/2008 4:07:39 PM EDT
[#13]

Quoted:
Write it down or type it out.  Its amazing what you can memorize when you put it down on paper.

+1 I do this and then review it a few times. Though I've never done 30 pages before...
4/12/2008 4:08:31 PM EDT
[#14]

Quoted:
Been there done that.

Repetition.  Do it a paragraph at a time.  Say it as you're taking a shower, say it on your way to work, say it while you're drinking coffee, and say it in your sleep.  



Quoted:
I read, look away, repeat the stuff back to myself, read again, and repeat until I've got it. Lots of mumbling and swearing. It works well enough.



Quoted:
Write it down or type it out.  Its amazing what you can memorize when you put it down on paper.


Thats what I've been doing.  Just not sure I can get this done in time.
4/12/2008 4:32:24 PM EDT
[#15]

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Thats what I've been doing.  Just not sure I can get this done in time.


Just to be curious, how long do you have and do you REALLY have to memorize it word for word?
4/12/2008 4:33:24 PM EDT
[#16]

Quoted:

Quoted:


Thats what I've been doing.  Just not sure I can get this done in time.


Just to be curious, how long do you have and do you REALLY have to memorize it word for word?


Test is on the 14th of May.  But I have three others  in the two weeks before that.

And no, I don't have to memorize it word for word, but I need to be able to spit out a complete sentence.
4/12/2008 4:34:38 PM EDT
[#17]
I hand-write it over and over (or if you're going to type it, type it).

After 3 or 4 reps, I can usually reproduce it 100% (depending on complexity).
4/12/2008 4:34:39 PM EDT
[#18]
repetition

repetition

repetition

repetition

repetition

repetition
........did I mention repetition ????
4/12/2008 4:36:20 PM EDT
[#19]
understanding is of greater value than memorizing
4/12/2008 4:36:59 PM EDT
[#20]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Quoted:


Thats what I've been doing.  Just not sure I can get this done in time.


Just to be curious, how long do you have and do you REALLY have to memorize it word for word?


Test is on the 14th of May.  But I have three others  in the two weeks before that.

And no, I don't have to memorize it word for word, but I need to be able to spit out a complete sentence.



 If this is an important class, I'd prioritize.  FWIW a month is more than enough time for memory work like that.

I would start with swearing off Arfcom for that month.
4/12/2008 4:37:21 PM EDT
[#21]

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understanding is of greater value than memorizing


Preaching to the choir.  Prof wants this test done a certain way, however.
4/12/2008 4:38:59 PM EDT
[#22]
most profs I have want you to regurgitate the textbook on the test.....only 1 wants us to actually think
4/12/2008 5:03:25 PM EDT
[#23]

Quoted:
I would start with swearing off Arfcom for that month.


Wilson should be locking me any minute.

 Bye guys!
4/12/2008 5:05:21 PM EDT
[#24]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I would start with swearing off Arfcom for that month.


Wilson should be locking me any minute.

 Bye guys!


Have fun
4/12/2008 5:05:33 PM EDT
[#25]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I would start with swearing off Arfcom for that month.


Wilson should be locking me any minute.

 Bye guys!


Yeah, I always get myself banned from another website (not this one) where I waste far too much time whenever I have a test coming up.
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