How to Take Quick Notes

So you're sitting in class, and your teacher's going on and on about triangles. I mean, get a job or something right? Well, your friend "Tom", needs you to copy down some notes because had to go to the doctors today. Darn Tom!

Well, if you want to take notes, follow these basic tips, and you'll be on your way on becoming the best note taker in the universe. 

• Write only what's important. If your teacher's talking about circles, and ends up talking about that one time he got completely drunk with his friends in college, you don't have to write that.
• Shorten. You don't need to write "because" or "due to the fact of" completely out in letters, sometimes you need those extra few seconds to catch up. For me personally, instead of actually using words to connect ideas, I use actual arrows to point at each other. For example, "man that killed tom -> bob."
• Use pictures. Can't remember how that word is spelled? Draw a picture. Don't spend precious time trying to remember if it started with a J, or a M. If tom climbed the mountain, "Tom climbed the ~^~"
• Emphasize what's important and what isn't. Though all your notes should be important, there are certain dates and names that are important to remember. Bolden, circle, or even double circle the things you know will be important in that upcoming test. Use things that will catch your eye when your skim your notes.

Everyone has different methods of taking notes, basing on whether they are a visual, audio or a kinestetic learner. Also, tell your friend to stop spending time "getting sick", and more time in school!

So you've got a ear infection every Thursday morning  for the past six years eh?

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ITS EVERYWHERE!

Quick Tip! Tips which are quick! So, you're playing hookey after school with your friends, and you're clearly the best player on the entire team, however, you suddenly and viciously get attacked by multiple people with metal bats. (Not the flying ones, although if you did see flying metal bats, you should contact the police immediately!) I'll give you some pointers to tell whether or not a bone's broken or not.

Usually if a bone's broken some indicators would be:

• Loud crack, grinding during the incident at the location of damage
• Swelling, bruising, if a bone's broken chances are the muscles around it would be affected as well.
• Pain to put weight on the injury, and if attempting to move the injured body part.
• Deformities. If you're arm suddenly has a a stick-like structure sticking out, I might suggest heading to the emergency room.

If you suspect that someone may have broken your bone, don't move the affected area and get medical attention. If the break is serious, and blood is gushing out everywhere, go to the emergency room. If its less severe, go to your doctor.

After going to the doctors, often, the injury would be treated by properly aligned to allow healing. Otherwise, you could have permanent deformity, joint problems, and a serious infection.

For more information on identifying bone breakage and fractures, contact your doctor on your next visit/checkup.

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Quick Tip! A tip which is quick! Now, ever had problems remember things? Well lets use the power of association to help us! Haven't we seen countless others with a mess of ink on their arms and hands by the end of the day, and still continues to forget certain things?

Sticky notes, and writing notes to remember to do things is fine, if you remember to look at the note. I've had countless times where I had something important to remember on a certain day, like to not wear white on labor day, so I write it in thick bold letters at school in papers that I believe I'll look at when I came home. Guess what happened? Snow apocalypse? Sorry, not yet, I didn't even peek at the page I wrote on, and guess what then? Bad Monday.

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