Hey Iam2, I sat here readint this post also, thinking of what advice to give.
I have been through the mill so to speak, and have now developed a strategy.
As it happens, it's virtually like you have said, so just wantt o abck that up really.
I wouldn't just concentrate on one chapter, and create a meaning from the title.
I'm not saying that's no good, of course it is, but I think you need a much more general purpose also.
Like Iam2 says, think about how what you are learning now, and how that will be of use to you in the future.
Also, I ahve 7 big books to read.I don't read one book at a time, I photoread all of them.
Then I preview all of them.Just keep going over them until i egt a real feeling about what it's all about.It amazing, you msut do this, don't just stay on a chapter or even a book if your finding it not gelling.
The fact is msot things in the entire world can be connected to anything else in some way.da Vinci stated that everything is in some way conencted to everything else.
This is true.
Of coruse you can't have that wide a goal.Da Vinci wanted to know how everyhting worked, which is cool, I'd love to know also.But hey, we've got to just pass a course, so we'll keep it simple.
Define your purpose, spend as long as you need on it, look at all your books, even if you course is going to take a year or more, and you ahve 7 or 8 books, or whatever.
When you have an idea through glancing through your books, when you start the earlier stuff it will fit into place so much easier.
Basically, text books have laods of facts and procedures and how to's etc etc, but these are really.
Instead of thinking of how will I get all this stuff, think instead of how does this fact, or this procedure fit into what i'm trying to achieve.
Afterall think about it.Scientists, or car designer, or bridge engineers don't spend their lives doing what they're doing because they love facts and details, or they love reading text books.
They ahve a vision of what they want to create.The details create their vision.
Thanks!
