I've never regretted the "unstructured data" approach to note-taking. I write furiously fast, and copious note-taking has enhanced both aided and unaided recall

I've never regretted the "unstructured data" approach to note-taking. I write furiously fast, and copious note-taking has enhanced both aided and unaided recall. It works very well during didactic teaching sessions (as opposed to conversational, Socratic teaching). I happen not to be a fan of Socratic teaching anyway.