I think Jesse's solution -- recalling info right before you forget it -- is relevant to a lot of situations in life, but is hard to implement with the time constraints of law school combined with the volume of information to be absorbed. I couldn't image taking the time, every day, to reintroduce (albeit in less time) myself to what I learned three days previously, plus initially learn whatever new assignments I need to learn that day. The combination of law school time crunch/info volume, with the fact that, under Jesse's approach, we would have to retain and reintroduce all of this information over a four-month period, is what makes me think this solution would be, for the average person like me (maybe not Eben), hard to implement and effectively keep going into finals week. Then again, I guess someone could call me on the fact that I could apply the time I choose to be on the Twiki to studying efforts instead. I guess my response would be that I know what my burnout limit is, and when I'm approaching it. Individual tolerances for burnout is another issue altogether that we have to layer on top of this analysis.

-- BarbPitman - 23 Apr 2008