Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Professor Nick Elson

I should post this one earlier, but today is a better day to talk about Professor Nick Elson. "Queen" Patricia recommended this professor for us, and definitely he is a fascinate scholar. The topic was“Effective Academic Strategies for Students from ESL Backgrounds". It sounds a little serious; however, I had great time in that hour because he was funny, humorous, and charming. That day he talked about note taking, rehearsul, how to write a good essay, and etc..What made me impressive was a theory which's name is broken arm, and it was relative to note taking. The story was someday a student broke his right arm, and he is a right handed person, so he couldn't take note for three months. It was horrible! As we can see when we attend to some lectures, alomst every student can type or write so fast to write the note down. Professor Nick Elson stated that the student who broke his arm observed that he could remember more information in class, and he could understood what professor talked about because he has to put more attention in class. It is a good news to me, for i don't like to take note in class. It sounds a little strange, but it is true. If I can concentrate on professor's speech, my brain would operate to remember and understand everything in class. Professor's theory is like a cure for me. Im clusion, everyone has his/her particular method to study, so we should find the proper way to gain knowledge. Of course, we don't have to break our arms first to discover some tricks, but we can listen to some intelligent lectures and speech to save our time and acquire knowledge from wisdoms.

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