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i before e (except after c): old-school ways to remember stuff
Hundreds of Memory Tricks You Learned in the Classroom
"Thirty days hath September..." How many times have you relied on that old maxim to figure out a calendar?
Or how about "Every Good Boy Does Fine" to remember the notes on the treble clef?
These ingenious, practical memory techniques abound in i before e (except afte...more
"Thirty days hath September..." How many times have you relied on that old maxim to figure out a calendar?
Or how about "Every Good Boy Does Fine" to remember the notes on the treble clef?
These ingenious, practical memory techniques abound in i before e (except afte...more
Hardcover, 167 pages
Published
April 17th 2008
by Reader's Digest Association
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Bile from the liver emulsifies greases
Tinges the urine and colors the feces
Aids peristalsis, prevents putrefaction
If you remember all this, you'll give satisfaction.
I found some of the mnemonics in this book to be strangely unsatisfying. (e.g., memorizing a word passage, whose letters correspond to the numbers of pi; if someone asks you to give them the decimal numbers of pi, what are you going to do? write down the passage and then count the letters? surely that's ...more
Tinges the urine and colors the feces
Aids peristalsis, prevents putrefaction
If you remember all this, you'll give satisfaction.
I found some of the mnemonics in this book to be strangely unsatisfying. (e.g., memorizing a word passage, whose letters correspond to the numbers of pi; if someone asks you to give them the decimal numbers of pi, what are you going to do? write down the passage and then count the letters? surely that's ...more
Neat little book that can be read in one sitting. It is divided up into the following categories:
1. The English Language
2. To Spell or Not to Spell
3. Think of a Number
4. Geographically Speaking
5. Animal, Vegetable, Mineral
6. Time and the Calendar
7. The Sky at Night and by Day
8. The World of Science
9. World History
10. Musical Interlude
11. Foreign Tongues
12. Religious Matters
13. The Human Body
14. Lif...more
1. The English Language
2. To Spell or Not to Spell
3. Think of a Number
4. Geographically Speaking
5. Animal, Vegetable, Mineral
6. Time and the Calendar
7. The Sky at Night and by Day
8. The World of Science
9. World History
10. Musical Interlude
11. Foreign Tongues
12. Religious Matters
13. The Human Body
14. Lif...more
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I often wonder, What did we do before: typewriters, computers, internet, google, etc. This little book reminds me--one who graduated from high school with none of the listed technology except access to a manual typewriter only in secretarial training class. We relied on memory gimmicks to pass on knowledge by rote memory. I bought this book so I carried it around to peruse when waiting for something or somebody. It's fun to remember how things use to be. I didn't read every page but it was am...more
Subtitled "Old-school ways to remember stuff", this was a very mixed bag. Some old favourites are there but there's a lot of random things as well, and I often thought that the mnemonic is sometimes more complicated than what it's, er, mnemon-icising.
This book is really great. I just picked it up one day at a book store and nearly finished it right there. It's fast reading, there is no story line but it is fun. It is also educational
I did majority of these silly rhymes through out my school days and loved this book ! I remember most of them still from all the catchy jingles and phrases.
Interesting mainly from a classroom-nostalgia point of view, although much of it has been proven utterly wrong - even the title phrase!
Tons of the old sayings to help you remember that really do work! I try to let my students in on the secret whenever I can.
This is the perfect little book to help kids remember some of the important things they learn through their educational journey.
A companion to I Used to Know That this is a book of mnenomics for a wide variety of subjects. Useful for students.
This is such and AWESOME book. I learned a ton of very random things from this book, old school way.
I learned that Colton Joint Unified School District got its SMART goal from a mnemonic.
2nd Printing
This is a very helpful book. It gives me easy ways to remember things that I normally would have a difficult time remembering.
decent book. But none of those rhymes and shiz, I'll EVER remember.
Fascinating! I never realized that there were so many mnemonic devices and for what. There are chapters on spelling, numbers, geography, science, time & calendars, stars & planets in the sky, world history, musical interlude, foreign tongues, religion, human body, lifesaving tips, "world of work", and more! At the end of the book is "Helpful Mnemonics Websites".
Lots and lots of interesting information!
Lots and lots of interesting information!
Interesting for what it is, but when you're inundated with mnemonics, there's no way that you can remember more than one or two. A few of the mnemonics were for useful things (converting Fahrenheit to Celsius), but some were a little too far out to be anything but curiosities (the different organs related to excretion).
Carly gave this book to me for my birthday--it is impressively comprehensive. My favorite part about this book, besides it's cool cover, is the mnemonic for remembering Roman Numerals (because I always get the 50 and 500 mixed up): I Value Xylophones Like Cows Dig Milk.
Very cool! Thanks, Carly!
Very cool! Thanks, Carly!
An amusing little book with all of those great devices you used to use. It was fun to read and remember making up pneumonic devices or lauging as i remembered my dad dancing around to some of them. Would be a GREAT gift for a graduate or for a student entering high school.
exactly what it says it is -- a collection of mneumonics. Not strung together in a story or anything. Strangely enjoyable to flip through (I used it as bathroom reading.)
I just found this book when I was lamenting the fact that our kids don't seem to learn mnemonics like we did. This was loads of fun and useful too.
Bringing back many memories! And learning new reminders--like quick way to do multiples of 9 (always had trouble with the multiplication tables!)
Really enjoying dipping into this , its funny and hopefully will be of some use to the kids.
I recommend this book to anyone who has kids of any age. It was very helpful, even for me!
Saw this in a Bas Bleu catalog and thought it looked interesting.
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