Raul, I couldn't agree more.

The thing that is often overlooked in learning is the process of reflection 
after you have learned something. 

Reflection is the work of taking the new information and integrating it into 
what you already know. if you do this, then your chances of deeper 
understanding are increased. The drawback? Well, reflection does not take place 
at the speed that you want it to, but rather at the speed that your brain can 
incorporate the new information. It takes time to build those new connections, 
so bingeing on the labs might be something better suited for a survey of the 
J's range of application. 

Reflection can take many forms, but probably the most effective is the Feynman 
technique [0] of explaining what you have learned to someone else using simple, 
easily understandable terms. I find reflection more difficult than other parts 
of the learning process, but I try to remember that it is harder because it is 
where the real learning is being done.

Cheers, bob

[0] https://fs.blog/2012/04/feynman-technique/

> On Nov 1, 2019, at 8:30 AM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>  learning tends to be a bit different

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