How To Study Like Murder

The Herald Democrat has a nice piece on how
to study -- that is, how to read textbooks
without becoming overwhelmed by thinking you
have to memorize it all.

It is written to help a kid in the 10th grade,
but the principles certainly apply to all of
us, when we're in a "schooling" situation.

The most important part would be separating the
wheat from the chaff -- what is important, and
what's false clues and red herrings put in the
textbook just to add weight to it.

Helping school children decide what to study for tests