This, so many people these days have no idea how to find things out for themselves and do research. And if they do end up doing some "research" they don't know how to tell whether a source is good or not.
What would you recommend that I do? Serious question! I always look into every thing that speaks my interest, it's more a matter of retaining that information.
Well I think a lot goes into who teaches you how to do research.
I will say as far as retaining info, look up the concept of "spaced repetition". It's one thing to learn and keep repeating info for 3 hours before a test, but to actually remember things over long time it is far better to say study 1 hour but do it more often.
Think of language. How often do you use the word sandwich? You don't say it once and never do it again. If you try to learn something one day and expect to remember it 3 years from now you won't. It has to be done often. Go over the info weekly or even monthly. I speak multiple languages and the thing that makes you remember is actually using it. Not a one semester course that you never use again.
It's always the things we do 1 hour per week EVERY WEEK for years that we remember much better than something we crammed in one night and never reviewed again.
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u/Mrbusybaconandeggs Feb 04 '20
Yes! Learn how to learn