Subj : Re: Mnemonics
To   : Adept
From : boraxman
Date : Fri May 19 2023 10:40 am

 Ad>  bo> mnemonic.  There was a mnemonic I made up to remember the orders of
 Ad>  bo> taxonomy, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus and Species, b
 Ad>  bo> I ended up remembering both very well, and never really needing the
 Ad>  bo> mnemonic.
 Ad> 
 Ad> This reminds me of the time when I had a class, where we were allowed to
 Ad> put whatever we wanted to onto our graphing calculators for use on the
 Ad> test.
 Ad> 
 Ad> So there was one particular formula that I decided would be reasonable
 Ad> to make into a program, so that I'd be able to answer any questions
 Ad> about it.
 Ad> 
 Ad> But, of course, writing a program generally means you have to know what
 Ad> you're doing, so by the time I got the program working I knew the
 Ad> formula _really_ well and in no way needed the program to help me on the
 Ad> test.
 Ad> 

Personally the more I use the information, the more it sticks.  Creating
mnemonics means you use the information, so you end up just remembering what it is you were trying to create the mnemonic to remember.

On a side note, this is what I consider a serious problem with schooling and rote learning.  We learn by practical application, because that is how things
then make sense.

Mnemonics which DO make sense to use are those used in Assembler programming, MOV, INC, ADD, MUL, SHL, etc.  Thats probably the only time I've ever found
menmonics useful.

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