Learning not memorizing

Good day, Sydneyad2:

For anyone telling you that you are not expected to remember, take it with a huge grain of salt. If you want to be a great student, vs. one that gets by, mastering will matter. For one, when able avoid 6 to 8 week classes when possible as they go so fast there's little chance of mastery let alone memorization. Secondly, contact time matters. I still remember my very first class going back to school after 30+ years of being out where the professor shared those who master things spend a lot of contact time with the subject matter. For me, AP1 & 2 meant going to each lecture, going to each lab, staying until the end in lab even after more than 90% of the class left early, going to the tutoring and learning center several times per week spending hours in the model room as well as asking the tutors present for their tricks of the trade for learning, mastering, remembering. If anything was not understood or it was just fascinating, then going out on the Internet to watch youtube videos, get iTunes University lectures, etc. to see / read / hear the information from another angle.

Thank you.