I'm already burnt out

[indigoshuffle]

I'm in Analytics  Intro course. I am super excited to be working on this major (Data Analytics), but I get depressed whenever I read the online material, because I can never remember it. So far, the intro course is all reading ebooks. I read all this stuff and it just becomes an ocean of letters scrolling by on the screen. I take a quiz, and its like I never read the material. I'm good at guessing, but it would be better if I could remember the answers. The only way for me to memorize the material is to right it down, and then I remember it more like a photograph.  I am better at reading something, then doing something with it, then reading some more, and doing something with that. Reading, reading, reading, doesn't work for me. I signed up for another semester, so I will keep going.

You might try making flash cards as you read the material. Just the act of writing the questions and answers may help cement the info in your mind.

I can't tell you how underappreciated this method is. When I study, the more I resort to the "old ways" and shy away from fancy methods, the better my grades are. I wonder why.