From oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Fri Aug 19 09:22:32 2005 Return-Path: Received: from air891.startdedicated.com (root@localhost) by orafaq.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j7JEMWEa007000 for ; Fri, 19 Aug 2005 09:22:32 -0500 X-ClientAddr: 206.53.239.180 Received: from turing.freelists.org (freelists-180.iquest.net [206.53.239.180]) by air891.startdedicated.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j7JEMSIP006983 for ; Fri, 19 Aug 2005 09:22:28 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id B67D31DFF0E; Fri, 19 Aug 2005 09:22:21 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 01277-06; Fri, 19 Aug 2005 09:22:21 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 340C01DFCAE; Fri, 19 Aug 2005 09:22:21 -0500 (EST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=gWf1HMGMwz98zZ4Cm2Vo314Ln2SnmULbjFPE1DcsLoC3qD+vQ3aDjKaB5Q8TW5XCTgzzv30j8j7VUGbjEG3Ggmvj6NIaWbuDanv7OOVjbtNEIB+HCoojMIilxL1GWtQ6zxpWZVp6/FHQXKPtwQkGz+FGkGMf9/lTSUhcuE0aPeg= Message-ID: Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 07:20:29 -0700 From: Jared Still To: JApplewhite@austinisd.org Subject: Re: Problems retaining what I study Cc: oracle-l@freelists.org In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_53_32247302.1124461229599" References: X-archive-position: 24209 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-To: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: jkstill@gmail.com Precedence: normal Reply-To: jkstill@gmail.com X-list: oracle-l X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p9 (Debian) at avenirtech.net X-mailscan-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-mailscan-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on air891.startdedicated.com X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=ham version=2.63 ------=_Part_53_32247302.1124461229599 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On 8/19/05, JApplewhite@austinisd.org wrote: >=20 >=20 > 1. You won't remember what you haven't actually used. Doing reinforces > learning far better than just studying. And if you haven't used it in the last 60 days, you will probably=20 need to learn it again. Or you will only remember the old way of doing it (see next point) 3. Be prepared to actively forget stuff you've learned. As technologies > change, you've got to forget the old, inapplicable, rules so they don't > interfere with the new ones. I figure about 80% of the technical details = I > ever learned are now obsolete. Oh well, it was fun at the time. You will only remember the obsolete bits.=20 The newer and relevant material will fly out of your mind at a speed that would shame a Vogon constructor ship fleeing and exploding planet. ;) --=20 Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist ------=_Part_53_32247302.1124461229599 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On 8/19/05, JApplewhite@austinisd.org <JApplewhite@austinisd.org> wrote:

1.&nbs= p; You won't remember what you haven't actually used.  Doing= reinforces
learning far better than just studying.

And if you haven't used it in the last 60 days, you will probably
need to learn it again. Or you will only remember the old way
of doing it (see next point)

3. = ; Be prepared to actively forget stuff you've learned.  As t= echnologies
change, you've got to forget the old, inapplicable, rules so= they don't
interfere with the new ones.  I figure about 80% of the techn= ical details I
ever learned are now obsolete.  Oh well, it was= fun at the time.

You will only remember the obsolete bits. 

The newer and relevant material will fly out of your mind
at a speed that would shame a Vogon constructor ship
fleeing and exploding planet.

;)

--
Jared Still
Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangel= ist

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