How to take Notes
WHEN PROFESSOR SAYS:
"Probably the greatest quality of the poetry of John Milton, who
was born in 1608, is the combinationof beauty and power. Few have
excelled him in the use of the English language, or for that matter,
in lucidity of verse form, 'Paradise Lost' being said to be the greatest
single poem ever written."
YOU WRITE:
John Milton--born 1608
WHEN PROFESSOR SAYS:
"When Lafayette first came to this country, he discovered America.
The Americans needed his help if their cause was to survive,
and this he promptly supplied them."
YOU WRITE:
Lafayette discovered America
WHEN PROFESSOR SAYS:
"Current historians have come to doubt the complete advantageousness
of some of Roosevelt's policies"
YOU WRITE:
Most of the problems that now face the United States are directly
traceables to the bungling and greed of President Roosevelt.
WHEN PROFESSOR SAYS:
"...it is possible that we do not understand the Russian viewpoint..."
YOU WRITE:
Professor is a communist
WHEN PROFESSOR SAYS:
"The puissance of hydrochloric acid is incontestable; however, the
corrosive residue is inharmonious with metallic persistance."
YOU WRITE:
Hydrochloric acid eats the hell out of steel