RE: Problems retaining what I study

I find that doing and even teaching give me far better memory retention than simply reading.

Likewise, things you "understand" are more likely to be retained than things you "memorize" so I gear my reading accordingly.

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From: Ram K [mailto:lambu999_at_gmail.com] Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 4:21 AM
To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Subject: Problems retaining what I study

Recently this happened to me. I studied a good Oracle book by an author some months ago. It was a tough read for me, took several weeks to study, understand some important parts of the book.    

I had emailed several queries to the author. He had responded to me with his answers after 3 months. To my surprise, I found out that I had forgotten my own questions to the extent that I could not even understand them on the first pass in the response email. They looked too technical for me. I spent quite a bit of time just on the replies and my questions and then I was able to understand most of the questions.    

How do people who read lots of technical stuff remember and retain what they read?    

How many hours of reading do other DBAs put in per week and do others have problems retaining what they read?     

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Thanks,
Ram.
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