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Dec 8, 2010
This is actually almost universally accurate. In cultures without a writing system, memories were excellent, but being able to take a quick note of something allowed you to store the data externally, so internal memory suffered.

The moral of the story? Stop getting kids to take notes. They remember things just fine as it is. I didn't take notes throughout all of High School, and I never looked at the notes I took in college. My grades showed quite clearly that my memory was much better than most of the people there.
 
 
Aug 17, 2010
And, according to an even older strip, 1997 if i recall, he majored in history of art.
 
 
Aug 6, 2009
He majored in anthropology, according to an older strip.
 
 
 
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