In Robert Leamnson’s “Learning” (Your First Job) he speaks about certain fundamentals ways college students learn and how teachers teach them. Leamnson points out that not all students are the same and some learn differently especially when it comes to taking notes. Leamnson writes “Some instructors compensate by making notes for the students and passing them out. This practice can help the better students-those who already know how to learn-but for many others it only makes matters worse.” In this quote he is saying that different techniques don’t always work for every student. In the Article he further goes into detail on how once students know that everything they need to learn is in the teachers notes that makes them feel like they don’t have to work harder. Leamnson provides a new concept on what he thinks “Taking” notes should be. Leamnson writes “I would like to see the expression “taking notes” removed from the vocabulary and replaced with one often used in Great Britain, that is “making notes.” Leamnson believes that students need to start making their own notes instead of staring at a projector all day copying down the teachers notes as it just doesn’t help the material to stick to a students brain.
