I am twenty-nine years old and I cannot remember my lessons from high school much at all. What gives?

Question

Who else forgets much of what their high school teachers taught to them? Does this bother anybody? What does this mean?

Answer 1

I'm in grad school and can barely remember what I've learned this semester. It happens. And from my experience, usually if you are in a situation where you have to use what you've learned before, it starts coming back to you.

School is more about teaching you how to learn and think critically, then the actual subject matter.

Answer 2

Nearly 27 yrs old here. I found I was forgetting an awful lot from high school, untill I returned to studying 18 months ago.
It took a while to get back into the swing of it & remembering simple things (like referencing etc) but once I continued through the difficult patch, I found it easier.
Your mind needs to be stimulated intellectually.

Answer 3

Yes it does bpther me. However I guess it's all a matter of being in touch with the subject. We haven't forgotten the alphabets and numbers we learnt in kindergarten since we keep using them daily. So maybe if we had still been using the other subjects we wouldn't have forgotten them too.

Answer 4

Me! I'm the same age like you buddy...
I forget all the lessons from my past times.... not all... I remember only tiny little things.

Answer 5

I'm still in school & i can't remember my lessons from last week, so although this does bother me, it is quite funny!

Answer 6

I can't remember either. I wish I could. It probably just a sign that we're growing older and can't remember anything.

Answer 7

All highschool really is is to show that you have the ability to learn, college is when you get your major and what not.

Answer 8

you have to keep records of events and topics