Welll...I have found something that I think is worth sharing with others. After much debate and deliberation and skepticism I decided that I'd give it a shot and yes your right, it is a method of memorizing large amounts of data in a much more retainable fashion: Its called GMS systems (FINALLY A SYSTEM OF MEMORIZATION AND NOT JUST RANDOM MNEMOICS!) and the website is this: http://www.pmemory.com/home.
Before I began I downloaded the their free manual to see what what the entire system was built around and well the manual is quite lengthy and goes into deep theory behind the GMS systems foundations. The very first lesson showed me that I could memorize the exact material they promised me. I memorized 4 lists of 25 items and I could recite them forwards and backwards!!! It made me ecstatic! If I could do that on the 1st lesson, then I just wonder what I can do on subsequent lessons :) !

seriously though....give me a heads up on what you guys think

Recently Ive found this this ipod touch/iphone app that helps with my memory. it's also quite fun to play! its called cameraeye; if you have an ipod touch/iphone, check it out!

Hi,

To remember things, you need to create visualizations. One tool to assist with that is the 'major memory system' for remembering numbers. This was popularized by Jerry Lucas and Harry Loraine in their Memory book. I use this for difficult numbers to remember, it works quite well. One difficulty with it, though, is that it's sometimes hard to think of a word that goes with the letters. But it's worth the effort to think of one, the thought process also puts more focus on the thing you are trying to remember.

Good luck with your memory,

fjhuis

Writing things down has always helped me with memorizing. The way modern school systems are structured is pretty poiintless though. It seems you only need to remember things long enough to take tests rrather than actually learning something.

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