People you meet in Bar/Bri - #3 Flashcard Girl/Boy

I’ve had the joy of listening to our third member of the Bar/Bri family the other day in class. She was chatting with a NSP (See Neurotic Study Poser supra) on one of our breaks, and the conversation went something like this:

Flashcard Girl (“FG”) – I am getting a little worried about crim.
Neurotic Study Poser (“NSP”) – Well, I studied crim for like 7 hours last night, so I am set. How are you studying?
FG – I read over my notes, but that didn’t help. So I decided to make flashcards.
NSP – That’s a good plan. I have flash cards for every subject we’ve done.
FG – Wow, I’ve only done crim so far. But I’m worried I don’t have enough
NSP – Enough what?
FG – Flashcards
NSP – How many do you have?
FG – Only around 70. I think maybe I should make more, because maybe that will help…

I stop this conversation here to make the following observation. We have no more then 33 pages of crim notes. The class outline for crim was 9 pages, typed. WHERE IN THE WORLD did this girl get 70 flash cards worth of material? Did she copy, word for word, the notes onto flash cards???? How in the world is that productive?

Now, Flashcard Girl is to be avoided. She will make even the most sane person doubt their efforts. Her obsessive creation of cards will make you wonder if you too should make more cards. Do not fall into this trap. One card per page of notes is logical. Copying the entire thing on to 3x5’s is nuts. Flashcard Girl is to be feared. And, in a small way, pitied.

Note: She was talking this morning in class. 97 cards for crim pro. 36 pages of notes. **sigh** oh the conversations people have…