Personal Narrative: Improving Note Taking Skills

I've been here at Texas Tech University for about half of a semester, I have grown and learned more than I have ever thought possible within such short time. I came to Texas Tech University, and I had my whole life figured out, I was going to be an Engineer and work for some big company that I've still never even heard of. I thought I had great time management skills, and note taking skills. I thought it would be really easy making friends. I even thought, my social anxiety would ease up a ton. I had all of these assumptions, and I was wrong about every single one of them.

When it came to improving my note taking skills, I knew I had to figure out a way that would work best for me, but I wasn't aware of all of the different styles, before we went over how to take notes in class I was transcribing everything, I was writing down every word my professors said. After a while, this got a little overwhelming. In RaiderReady, I learned that writing down everything isn't necessary, and it also isn't recommended either but writing key points and headings is, not only recommended, but a lot more effective. After that day in class, I started only writing what I needed, and it has proved to work a lot better than transcribing …show more content…
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