Quiz
1. There is one right way to take notes.
2. Traditional Roman numeral note taking is the only way to organize notes.
3. Some kids don't need to take notes at all.
4. Poor note taking indicates your child is doing something wrong.
5. When taking notes, your child should focus only on the details of the class and, like a reporter, "get down the facts in black and white."
6. Using a tape recorder in class is cheating and not allowed in school to supplement note taking.
7. Your child should experiment with different ways to take notes, using different notation systems and structures, until he finds the best fit.
8. Note taking is an irrelevant skill and there is no academic or intellectual value in learning to take individualized notes.
1. There is one right way to take notes.
False.
2. Traditional Roman numeral note taking is the only way to organize notes.
False.
3. Some kids don't need to take notes at all.
True.
4. Poor note taking indicates your child is doing something wrong.
False.
5. When taking notes, your child should focus only on the details of the class and, like a reporter, "get down the facts in black and white."
False.
6. Using a tape recorder in class is cheating and not allowed in school to supplement note taking.
False.
7. Your child should experiment with different ways to take notes, using different notation systems and structures, until he finds the best fit.
True.
8. Note taking is an irrelevant skill and there is no academic or intellectual value in learning to take individualized notes.
False.
You did poorly, but that's okay. (Failure builds character -- at least that's what my second-grade teacher told me!) You have been well schooled in the idea that there's one uniform way to take notes. That's what most people think. Luckily, you're in the right place to learn something new!
It looks like you've got a good and a bad note taker on each shoulder. One side of you believes there's one right way to take notes -- most likely the Roman numeral way. But good news -- you also believe that there are different ways to take notes, for different minds -- now you just need to stay on that path.
You are a note-taking whiz! You know that there are as many ways to take notes as there are minds. Feel good and vindicated in your alternative parenting.