I was recently referred to by one of my volunteers as being a ‘Nerd’… 

 

This was because I said that my own IET membership number was easy to remember and he replied that he thought I was a Nerd because of it.

 

Personally though, I consider myself to be more Geek than Nerd…

 

However, in my defence (although I wear my Geek/part Nerd badge with pride) I did state that it was because of the way I remember and memorise things. For me, my IET membership number has a rhythmic pattern in the way it is said which is easy for me to remember.

 

I’m sure some of you will remember learning the alphabet from watching the television programme ‘Sesame Street’ and some of you (like me) will even admit to singing the tune (we all know it!) in your head when recalling where specific letters sit.

 
My favourite mnemonic and the one I find I use the most is when it comes to spelling the word 'necessary' (which I even said in my head just then when typing it out...  )

 
Never
Eat
Cakes
Eat
Sausage
Sandwiches
And
Remain
Young.

 

I think everyone has a different style of learning and remembering things though. Some by association, by pattern recognition and also mnemonics.


So what's yours?


 

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