Boys need encouragement to be scientists - what do you think?

[Ms. Toad]

49. Not that much different than my memory.

Although I never had the photographic memory piece of it. But I always had to derive all of the formulas on trig exams, for example. I memorized a couple of key relationships - but could never master the dozens most people memorize. Took me forever to do the exams, since I had lots more steps to do.

In law school most people have trouble organizing all of the concepts and need to create outlines as they go along to chart the relationships. I got complex relationships pretty much instantly - so outlining was a waste of time for me. Except during reading week - then, because I couldn't hold things in my memory, I outlined every single class during that single week just to "touch" every thing I needed to be able to access during the exams.

I've also learned that I completely lose things unless I can find a "door" - and once I do, it's all there. I guess like a computer memory bank. When you delete a file, all you really delete is the "door" to the file - the link that tells the computer where to find it. Once you have the link, you realize the file is still there. So - all I have to do is find that link, and my memory dump is reversed.

You figure out how your memory works, then figure out how to exploit it. Sounds like you've done pretty well at that.