13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A memory classic tailored for struggling students, May 12, 2008
This review is from: Super Memory - Super Student: How to Raise Your Grades in 30 Days (Paperback)
To any student, struggling academically or not, this is the definitive guide to immediately applicable, practical mnemonics for virtually every subject you'll study in school.
Lorayne begins the book like he does any of his others. He introduces the reader to the Link system of memory for memorizing lists of words, then the Peg system for memorizing numbers. He discusses the basic building blocks of his system, such as the substitution, exaggeration, and irrationality methods. After testing the reader with the new systems a bit, and rightly predicting that they will be amazed with the systems, Lorayne shows how to implement the two systems so one can memorize pretty much anything one needs to know. He explains in detail how to efficiently memorize both native and foreign vocabulary, dates in history, even math and chemisty formulas. His examples are so detailed, by the time you finish the book you'll have memorized the whole periodic table and the amendments to the Constitution!
If you've already studied Lorayne's memory system from another one of his books, it's best to skip this one; there's basically nothing new, and it's mostly geared towards students: it doesn't even have some of the systems of his other books, such as memorizing faces and names when meeting new people. The writing is very informal and speech-like, making students feel (as did I) comfortable with it all the way through. If, however, you've never studied mnemonics and are looking for a well-rounded system that you can apply to anything and everything you want to learn, this may be the only book you'll need.
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
If you are willing to try, this book will definitly improve your grades, September 21, 2006
This review is from: Super Memory - Super Student: How to Raise Your Grades in 30 Days (Paperback)
This book requires a little effort to apply the techniques. But after you try you will be applying you super memory everywhere. It overviews things that we have been doing since child hood to learn and shows you how to use it consciously. After reading this book I realized that any thing I remembered was by using the tips outlined in this book. But now I understand how to apply it every day to better my grades and people skills (people love it when you can remember there name after you have heard it only once.) As for school work I wish I had this book years ago. Anatomy and physiology would have been so much easier. I think all great students use momory techniques to excell and after applying this book you can know how to do it to. Give it a try.
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120 of 161 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This book is fantastic for college too! 10 stars, March 19, 2005
This review is from: Super Memory - Super Student: How to Raise Your Grades in 30 Days (Paperback)
I come from a family of 15, if you include my mom and dad, (9 other brothers and 3 sisters, if I remember correctly). When I was in grade school some of my brothers would taunt me and say "You're so stupid, why even go to school?" I just wasn't interested in school work until I got in sports in Junior High and one couldn't play if one didn't keep their grades up. So I worked harder at school work.
I remember when I was very young and my older, and much smarter, brother came home from Ohio State, he told everyone it is just extremely hard. He said he just couldn't hack it. So he quit college and joined the army. Well, I thought, if he can't make it in college how could I ever? So I resigned myself to never going to college. But about 15 years after graduating High School, my friends talked me into going to college. I'd tell them I'm just not smart enough. Well, they talked me into trying. So I bought Harry Lorayne's book. Smart move! Wow!
With this book I was able to have 6 pages of notes and memorize a key word for each line on the pages. So when I'd take my History exams it was always a piece of cake. I had names, dates, places, events all memorized, and it was EASY! My math classes were so much easier too. This book impacted in a positive way every class I took. With this book I was able to maintain a 4.0. Yes, that's right, a 4.0. Dumb little ole me that my brothers berated was actually the smartest one of the bunch. How? because I found out how to PROPERLY USE the brain God gave me by using Harry Lorayne's techniques!
Some of the students in college would give me the bird because they were jealous. I'd help some, who were not doing so well, with the techniques in this book and their grades would vastly improve just from spending a few minutes with them.
I wish to thank Harry for helping me by having this book available.
The title of the book is wrong though. If you work at the book (and it is fun!) you can raise your grades in a week. You can go from a 'D' or even an 'F' student to getting perfect grades on your tests if you just apply the techniques in this book. You can graduate with top honors in High School, and continue using this book in College and in Business after you get out.
I'm not paid to write this. No one asked me to. I give it 10 stars as 5 is just not nearly good enough.
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