Failing 8th Grade at 22 Years Old

The results of my 8th Grade Life Science Quiz weren't really shocking to me. I did very poorly on it, since it's been years since I had studied anything that was on the quiz. One thing that did surprise me was how many animals I got correct when identifying them as vertebrates and invertebrates. I had all but one of them, so I felt some sort of pride for doing well on that one. I learned very quickly you can't just read something a few times and think that you'll be able to remember it at any given time. You need to figure out a certain way to help you remember. I've found that if you're trying to memorize something, try to put the words into tunes of songs that you are familiar with and just sing the words to yourself. My generation is really big on music. The effort put into remembering lyrics to our favorite songs could be easily put into studying, and it would be an easy transfer if you remember the words if they are in song form. I think I'm going to try that for future quizzes and tests in all my classes, because I am definitely one of those people who learn song lyrics easily.