How is everyone's cursive?

    • Prof_mu3allim [comrade/them]
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      2 days ago

      I've actually been thinking about taking notes while reading, especially with theory.

      • Cowbee [he/him, they/them]
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        2 days ago

        I've been doing that for the Capital reading group! Just in my phone though, lol.

        I have started mini journaling in my phone though, which has helped!

        • Sebrof [he/him, comrade/them]
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          2 days ago

          I've pretty much gotten to the point where if I'm not taking notes while reading theory, I don't really bother. It's just not gonna stick in my head otherwise. I've been trying the Zettelkasten note system while reading, and am using it with Capital too. I write my initial notes by hand on a little index card while reading. Sometimes I'll type them - but I've heard elsewhere too that handwriting helps with retention. But I don't stick to one method over the other. Linking the notes I make within the system is what I find important.

          I 'm still experimenting with note taking strategies, so we'll see if this sticks!

          • Cowbee [he/him, they/them]
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            2 days ago

            I read your comments, seems to be working well! Thanks for leaving them for me to take advantage of, haha!

            • Sebrof [he/him, comrade/them]
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              2 days ago

              rat-salute-2

              Hopefully I can keep it up! The flip side of notetaking is that there's more inertia in reading a book. So I read less now, but get more out of a given book shrug-outta-hecks

  • Blep [he/him]
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    2 days ago

    Abysmal dogshit, which is funny because i took physical notes all through college

  • ChaosMaterialist [he/him]
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    2 days ago

    I'm terrible at cursive, but I do like handwriting notes and journals. I'll even write whole essays that never see another set of eyes just to work through an idea.

    Also back-to-school notebook prices have jumped from 25¢ to a whopping 40¢ per notebook. Who knew my collection of unused notebooks would inflate in value!

  • Comrade_Mushroom [comrade/them]
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    2 days ago

    My cursive is terrible, but I do keep physical notebooks for fleshing out game ideas I have. Just about to restart the notebook for the project I'm currently building, so knowing about this study will make me feel good while I do it.

  • JustSo [she/her, any]
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    2 days ago

    cursive sucks I use the same handstyle I use for scrawling on walls. Flamboyantly legible if a little slower to write.

    • Prof_mu3allim [comrade/them]
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      2 days ago

      This is not a problem when your language must be written in cursive. With English, you need to learn to write in cursive, but in Arabic it's called learning how to write che-smile

      • huf [he/him]
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        2 days ago

        cursive was just called handwriting here in hungary, so this isnt even a latin alphabet specific thing. i dunno, it's probably an anglo thing?