Man, ionfish beat me to the punch. Things I learn best, are things that I put into practice or write about. Things that I have an opinion about usually form som

Man, ionfish beat me to the punch. Things I learn best, are things that I put into practice or write about. Things that I have an opinion about usually form some sort of dialog that I consider to be analogous to writing. This has been the case for me in every subject imaginable. Politics, math, science: all things that are conceptual with ideas. I know that history encompasses ideas, but rout memorization of facts has never appealed to me. Writing about a time period or such requires not just that I know the facts, but that I recall them, restructure them and express them in my own words. Even if it's just filtering through a couple extras areas of my brain, it makes a huge difference in my ability to remember important facts later. I've never tried to pay attention to my knowledge before and after a test, but I've taken too many tests that I didn't feel accurately represented the material to be leery of offering as much praise as the NYT does.