Memorizing the times tables is a pretty common thing, so what are the other musts for memorizing before college? Periodic table is one I am working on, but not really sure how to do it.
2007-09-11 16:32:17 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
I plan to go into a science major for pharmacy or med school, FYI.
2007-09-12 01:46:14 · update #1
You really don't need to worry about memorizing anything until the time comes when you need it for a class. For instance, I didn't need to memorize all 20 amino acids until my 3rd year as a biochemistry major. Periodic tables are usually given in every chemistry class that needs them, and if not you only need to know the most important elements (like H, O, and C, and not Po or Sb). "Times tables," well, that is important if you are a 5th grader, but by college most classes allow calculators, and even then, if you are majoring in anything remotely scientific, you should be able to do something like 6x7 in your head without consulting a mental times table.
Some things you should work on for college are problem solving skills (in younger years known as "word problems") and writing skills, both of which are best learned by experience, not memorization.
2007-09-11 17:45:10 · answer #1 · answered by jellybeanchick 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do not memorize. LEARN!
Memorization is fleeting. Learning lasts a life time.
Do you only know your times tables from reciting the whole thing? Or do you know your times table? The alphabet is important to know; otherwise, you will be singing the ABC song all the time from memory.
You will not need to memorize the periodic table. It may save you a few times in Chemistry, but most of the time, you are better off looking at the table and knowing where an element is located.
For calculus, knowing your trig identities is quite handy.
For literature, knowing who wrote what famous lines is helpful. Was it from Shakespeare or the Bible?
For history, you might need to memorize dates, but only for a short time til the test. Knowing the US Presidents in order helps you place historical events in proper sequence.
I found memorizing to the point of learning the Preamble to the US Constitution was an aid to many thing. Knowing all the amendments is useful, but ready available infomration as well. Being able to recite Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is a good thing. Read Geo Washington's list of building a good character, and commit them to memory to keep yourself on track.
If you want to memorize something, pick a poem or sonnet, an especially long one. Perhaps an opeing to a play or book suits you better. You will do more being able to recite it than the periodic table.
2007-09-11 16:48:06 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best thing you can know how to do by the time you enter college is
learn to be organized with assignments and classes
learn to manage your time especially study time
learn to take proper notes
Also, learn how to study technique that is based on your strengths... for example, I am a very visual person and when I recall things I SEE them... So by writing things down several times, often making odd little arrangements so I can recall them correctly helps me remember things for tests. For example: my young son had a hard time with d and b. So to help, I had him write the word bed, then I had him connect the letters to look like an actual bed. Now he doesn't forget.
Also on the note taking, I suggest you research HOW to do this properly as it's too complicated to explain here... most people don't have a clue how to do this properly and often times it's not taught in high school.
2007-09-11 17:24:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Having a bunch of crap in your head doesnt make you smart, that is just a waste of your time. Information has to be meaningful and relevant to you in order for you to make a good use of it.
What makes you smart is using what you know to the best of your ability. Did you think Einstein cared about knowing all the names of Shakespeare's plays when he knew what he liked - physics-really well?
Knowledge that isnt used, is lost. If you become a lawyer or a secretary, why the hell would you care to know about chemistry formulas? when are you going to use them? why?
figure out what you like and learn about it a lot. then try to use it at all times, in the appropiate and best setting that will lead to you getting better at using that knowledge,
dont learn the periodic table and then try to impress in a music class or musicians by dropping your knowledge of the atomic weights of the lanthanides. If you become a musician, would you really care what they weigh?
2007-09-11 16:39:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pfft you don't have to memorize anything...they teach you the stuff you need to know...all you have to do is memorize the junk they teach you...and you'll be fine...it's NOTHING like high school...trust me on this...
Sure it's nice to know that stuff...but they don't Expect you to know EVERYTHING when you get up there...they want you to have a basic understanding of everything you learned in high school.
2007-09-11 16:36:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
BASICALLY EVERYTHING YOU LEARN OVER THE YEARS IN SCHOOL. BUT WHEN YOU ENTER THE COLLEGE WORLD YOU WOULD HAVE TO DO ALOT OF READING, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE THE GRADES. AND YOU WOULD ALSO HAVE PLENTY HOMEWORK WITH LOTS OF PAGES TO WORK ON. AND THEY HAVE BE TURN IN ONE FROM THE LAST DAY YOU WAS IN THAT CLASS.
2007-09-11 16:38:11 · answer #6 · answered by TAHARKA J 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends what you want to go into. You could get a word of the day calandar to increase your vocab.
2007-09-11 16:35:42 · answer #7 · answered by StephS 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when you start college it's like starting all over again. They teach you all the basics
2007-09-11 16:42:41 · answer #8 · answered by pagie83 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋