Chapter six satirical rant ps it is very satirical...

Disclaimer this entire blog is going to be a satirical rant, you have been warned.

Chapter six is the reason why I rented this book! This chapter must have been the one that made people buy it, I’m gonna buy it now. The title alone sold me, “Managing Information and Taking notes” I had no idea what this chapter was going to be about. There was so much good content and it answered all of my questions. Questions like “Why should I take notes” were answered masterfully. Before this chapter I had no clue what so ever why I should take notes, honestly I never even knew what “Notes” where. Apparently notes are used to keep important documents or information in a written or digital form for later use. The book explains that notes are important to have so that I can have the important information I need on my topic at all times. It also states that taking notes will help me better understand my topic. The more notes I take the more I learn about my topic and thus making me more knowledgeable on it. Now I know why I should take notes, but I don’t know how to take them. The book then cascades down upon me like a holy beam of knowledge delivered form the heavens themselves. The way I take notes will define what I take notes on and could possible lead to me questioning my own notes. It’s like noteception or something. So I shall go through this method step by step. Step one I need to decide on a method of note taking and use this method consistently throughout my notes. (You mean to tell me that there is more than one way to take notes!!! Mind blown.) This may include taking notes by hand, typing them out in word format, writing them in the book or text, high lighting, so on and so forth. I could also go online and look up things like Diigo or other web based note taking things. Step two Quote directly: This means to quote my sources and annotate them, also the book reminds me to give credit for anything that I quote so I can avoid plagiarism. It is also important to spell everything properly. Step three Paraphrase: To do this magical thing in writing, I read from my source then format it in my own words. Again you must remember to give credit to the source. It is also important to understand key ideas of what I am paraphrasing, so I do not loose track of the topic. Sadly due to this being already too long I cannot fully explain this chapter or the other three steps of taking notes. Things like How to create a bibliography and how to save information on a computer I didn’t even touch on. It feels like blasphemy, and a sever insult to this magnificent book of knowledge. All in all this chapter alone is worth the entire price of the book, go out there and go buy this book only for chapter six!!! I cannot express my undying gratitude to this chapter in a blog. Have a nice day.