On memorization

Anatomy & Physiology II is the hardest class I have ever taken, except for A&P I. And, unless I later go back to school for a PhD, it's the hardest class I ever will take.

The thing is that there's a lot of memorization. It took about 16 hours or so of studying to get an A on the last test.

Memorization is my kryptonite. I never learned to retain facts just long enough to pass the test, and then forget them. In order to do well, I have to actually learn the material. Which is incredibly difficult in this class, because there's just so much.

Thankfully, because of this, when we get to the Physiology parts of the class, I do better than most. I actually learn the rules, and remember them-- they get saved in long-term memory.

I think this is why, whenever the professor asks a question from previously covered material, I am the only one who knows the answer. Or at least one of the only ones. Booyah!

I kind of wish school was set up so that the people who actually store material in their long-term memory were the ones who got good grades. I would have graduated years ago...

The school system sucks. Everyone who actually looks at the facts knows that people who succeed are the ones who can store the information just long enough to pass the test, and then dump it out. Pretty much everyone agrees that it's backasswards.

So, why has no one done anything about it?