Learning allows us to discover what kind of person we can be. Learning widens
knowledge, improves intelligence and provides a sense of achievement. Therefore,
learning from a book, especially one about nature, should be efficient and
enjoyable. Avoid bad learning methods like the plague! Do not use a marker or a
pencil to highlight or underline text on paper. It is a waste of time, provides
false comfort and makes the text unreadable. And do not learn from a screen. In
particular, never, ever, learn from the internet, from videos, from games or
from a smartphone. Most of the internet, almost all videos and all games are
poisons and drugs for the brain. Smartphones are dispensers of drugs that make
people addicted and prevent learning. Nobody putting marks on paper or looking
at a screen is learning efficiently or is enjoying doing so.
In my experience as a pupil and teacher, one learning method never failed to
transform unsuccessful pupils into successful ones: if you read a text for
study, summarize every section you read, in your own words and images, aloud. If
you are unable to do so, read the section again. Repeat this until you can
clearly summarize what you read in your own words and images, aloud. And enjoy
the telling aloud! You can do this alone or with friends, in a room or while
walking. If you do this with everything you read, you will reduce your learning
and reading time significantly; you will enjoy learning from good texts much
more and hate bad texts much less. Masters of the method can use it even while
listening to a lecture, in a low voice, thus avoiding to ever take notes.
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