As I read this years after finishing high school, I find that this book was definitely worth the time. The chapter on memorizing numbers and law was especially helpful, and I intend to apply the techniques at work. Only wish that we were taught these in middle school! Imagine the difference it would've made to my chemistry grades haha...

My Book Review on Super Memory - Super Student: How to Raise Your Grades in 30 days, By Harry Lorayne.
This book is based on memory training and developing your memory skills. The author Harry Lorayne is a memory specialist who helps people develop a better memory because you need a good memory in order to learn. He begins the book by telling us why he started memory training and what pushed him to do so. He goes on to teach us memory devices for various for things such as numbers, vocabulary, foreign languages, SAT words, Math, many different sciences, etc.

I personally found some of his memory devices in book to be quite complicated. For example he has a section in the book when he is talking about the hardness scale and the top ten minerals on the hardness scale. He suggested we think of what the minerals name reminded us of (EX: Talc=talk). I'm certain that most people can find this helpful, but I personally thought the process has you try to memorize to many things when you only need to remember one. I would personally prefer reviewing flash cards over and over again until I finally understand the material.

His memory tools for formulas and Math were probably the most helpful for me. Before reading this I was aware of things like PEMDAS (Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiply, Divide, Add, and Subtract). During this I learned acronyms like FOIL, which stands for Firsts, Outers, Inners, Lasts. Foil is explained like so, (a+b)(c+d) the firsts are a and c, the outers are a and d, the inners are b and c, and the lasts are b and d. I also learned how to remember the formula for Glucose, C6H12O6, by remembering the sentence Cash (C6) Hittin' (H12) Ouch (O6).

Harry's goal is to help the current generations of kids have a stronger memory so they can be successful in school and work. He has many good memory devices, but as I said earlier I prefer using flash cards. Some of his memory devices may start to confuse the current generation of children and the book may just need a simple update relating more to the new generation of kids. Harry's profession of teaching memory devices to people is something our world needs more of because if you don't have a super memory you don't have a super mind.

Tiene buenas técnicas y muy fáciles de aplicar para recordar muchos detalles que generalmente olvidamos con facilidad o que simplemente no los recordamos. Bastante útil. Hay otro que estoy leyendo del mismo autor y del mismo tema pero con técnicas y ejercicios un poco mas completos que incluye la recordación de números. AJ

It took me a long time to read this book because as you read you need to practice the memory exercises he suggests. I want to teach the principles in this book to my children.

“Super Memory - Super Student: How to Raise Your Grades in 30 Days” Book Review

The author of “Super Memory - Super Student: How to Raise Your Grades in 30 Days” book is Harry Lorayne. The main theme of the book is memorization and using memory devices to remember things (helps improve grades) Harry Lorayne is an author and magician. He specializes in memory training, and uses a variety of memory devices such, as mnemonics, to remember things. He is successful magician because of his superior memory, and one of his memory books was a New York Times bestseller. “Super Memory - Super Student: How to Raise Your Grades in 30 Days” was assigned to me by my teacher, Mr. Halkyard. I was assigned to read it in Chemistry class to help memorize things in chemistry, as well as in other school subjects. Harry Lorayne wrote this book to share his methods of memorizing, in order to help students get better grades. He stresses memory devices such as mnemonics in order to memorize better. The point of my book review is too show that super memory has helpful ways to improve your memory, but also has some shortcomings.

The content of this book provides techniques to memorize things better, in order to get better grades. Lorayne offers different techniques for different subjects, and topics of memorization. Some chapters are about memorizing numbers, vocabulary words, definitions, foreign language vocabulary, SAT words, names, dates, history, spelling, maps, music, formulas in math, tables, and listening and reading.

In my opinion, the techniques offered in this book are too confusing. They might work for some people, but not for others. For example, assigning a letter to each word seems like twice the work. You then have to memorize each number and its letter instead of just memorizing the number. For some people however, letters are easier to remember than numbers, and these people would benefit from this strategy.Another problem I encountered while reading this book, is that the memorization techniques used are repetitive. The different chapters of the book are dedicated to how to memorize different things in different school subjects. However, the same few techniques are used throughout.

While this book on improving memorization might be useful for some, it is far too confusing to be useful for others. The techniques used are repetitive, and the manner in which the book is written is rather monotonous. Personally, I would not recommend “Super Memory - Super Student: How to Raise Your Grades in 30 Days” to a friend.

The book Super Memory Super Student is written by Harry Lorayne is a need to get the book for any student or anyone who has trouble memorizing in general. This book is all about giving you tools for memorization and gives you his tricks to make memorization super easy.This book has given me a lot of information and has really stepped up my study skill to be more effective with my time and helps me memorize faster and for longer periods of time. I have learned that even though you think that you might just be bad at memorizing you might just be using the wrong tools for you to remember. I thought I was just bad at memorizing then I started to use these tools in the book and I started to memorize a lot easier then I did before. For example in Chemistry ( the class we started reading this book in) our teacher Dr. Halkyard was trying to teach us the equation for kinetic energy (KE= 1/2MV^2) and we relate back to our class and made a memory device of saying Kalvon Eats ½ My Squared Vegetables and if you ask anyone in our class to tell you the formula for Kinetic energy we would all be able to do it due to the tricks super memory uses. Although you might not use all the methods I recommend reading all of the techniques because a lot of them build off of each other and if you skip a chapter he might reference it later on in the book so you should not skim and really read and understand what you are reading. Overall this was a great book and helped me a lot in my studying. I have not come across a lot of books that have been this beneficial to me and this book is a definite buy.

rfdf

I think this book will help me to increase my memory.

This is bar none the best book that I've read on the topic of memory. It is short, sweet, and to the point. Harry lays out the simplest model of memory I have ever encountered. He does so in a way that engages you in the process of using links and pegs within the first 15 pages.

After the first 15 minutes of reading, your understanding of what memory is will change.
Within the first 30, you will have the basic know-how to memorize a list of just about anything.
After finishing with the book you can apply that knowledge to just about any field imaginable and learn anything permanently much faster than you could ever believe yourself to imagine before.

This is no joke. If you know this guy's story, he's a D student who fumbled his way into becoming a memory expert after people told him that he just couldn't learn. He found a really easy way to remember stuff that even a 'dumb' person can learn.

By the end of the book, you'll learn that you don't have a good or bad memory. You have a memory and the game is all about how you use it. My memory's so good now that I've lost the book and need to purchase a new copy since the time I read it 3 years ago. In all seriousness though, I still remember and use the linking exercises that he talked about and want to do my own little review of the topic again.

Do you want to improve your study habits? Do you want to get better grades in school? Well I have just the answer for you. Read the book SUPER MEMORY, SUPER STUDENT. It literally seeps the knowledge of the memory gods. If it can help my study habits it can for sure help yours. After reading SUPER MEMORY, SUPER STUDENT there were 3 main chapters that I really thought helped me. But of course this will be different for everybody. So, with that being said, let me give you my review and experience with the book.
The first chapter that stood out for me was Chapter 1: Eliminating Study Panic. This chapter gave me very informative ways to kind of calm myself before a test. One main one being, that the more you over study you are more likely to forget the information. But if you study less, but more comprehensive, you have a better chance of remembering the material. This helped me a lot in the ways I changed my study habits. I no longer re read chapters and what not, but I create study guides that go over the main and important topics for what will be on a test. I am proud to say that this simple trick actually works.
Everyone has trouble with remembering numbers and getting dates right and what not, but Lorayne creates a interesting way to remember these numbers. The way is by connecting the number lines on letters with numbers. Take for example you have to remember the year that Rome fell. Well, Rome fell in 476 so you to connect the numbers with letters. So, the number 4 connects with the letter d, 7 connects with the letter g, and 6 connects with f. In the end you remember 476 and dgf. This memory tool is a little confusing but once you learn it makes sense.
They last memory tool is a little more on the fun side for remembering music. Whether it is a song title, artist name, or a writing of music the one way to remember is by word association. Like if you have a favorite musician or piece of music you give it a special word that you won't forget. It seems like a very simple tool but it really helps for all of you music fiends out there.
After reading this book I took away a lot of new learning techniques that I can and have applied to study now. SUPER MEMORY, SUPER STUDENT very much indeed helped me and can help others. It is a unique approach to the modern way of studying.

Super Memory Super Student is a reference novel by Harry Lorayne. Harry Lorayne is a beloved American magician and memory-training specialist. The main theme of this book is expose effective methods for memorizing anything confusing or unmemorable, ranging from chemical bonds to state capitals. Harry Lorayne wrote this book to help out all students on simple memory tricks regarding confusing topics. t
There are 27 total chapters in this book, each chapter talks about a different memory trick to memorise. This book starts out with easy memory tricks, such as using common numbers to associate with memorising facts (Such as memorising the height of Mt. Fuji, which is 12,365 feet. That is easy to memorise because 12 months in a year and 365 days in a year etc). The book then focuses on a little more complex tricks, such as putting together words in English to understanding Spanish and French vocabulary (one example is the word mariposa. That means butterfly in Spanish. The book tells you to picture a girl named Mary posing while a butterfly lands on her head). Simple tricks like this actually work in memorising confusing Spanish words. This book is hard to understand at first but if you put time and effort to understand it, then it can be beneficial to you. Furthermore, I appreciate that the methods for memorising things is in order from easy memorizations to harder ones.
tTo delve into more specifics regarding some memory tricks that specifically helped me, one of the main tricks that I used was the one I mentioned earlier about picturing words in English in order to memorise words in other languages. After reading Chapter 10, which was about memorising words, I felt a lot more comfortable with memorising new words. The objective of both of these examples are similar, however, the process is very different. For learning words in French, I would use English examples to make it easier. For the other process, I would use English words and this time, sentences, to learn new vocabulary. For example, the word emulate, which means to admire. This book taught me the sentence, “M, you late”, meaning like a boss or teacher telling someone names M that it’s late, and you admire it for being late. Although it sounds kinda silly, this trick really helps you memorise vocab by making it easier to understand using silly words and phrases. Another example is the word meander. The word means to wander slowly. You could use the word me and her are walking slowly. Picture that. While this trick may seem simple, you would be shocked to see how useful this trick is once you have it down.
Overall, this book really helped me out with memorising new things. I would recommend this book to anyone who struggles with memorising stuff and needs help with mind tricks. Overall, I enjoyed reading this book and I am happy that our chemistry teacher made us read it.
t

Super Memory, by Harry Lorayne is a short book in the form of a novel which explains many tools and memory devices to help students learn and study various forms of material. (Specifically Chemistry) Harry Lorayne is memory training specialist and writer who is rightfully called the “Yoda of Memory Training.” In the book, Lorayne helps and teaches us how to use memory devices and tricks such as limericks to memorize difficult patterns such as formulas in Chemistry. The book has succeeded, in that it has taught me how to better study the material in order for it to retain in my head so that I may later use that material for important subjects like Chemistry. I am reading Super Memory with my class during Chemistry.
The book was assigned by Mr. Halkyard, in the intent that we would discover new methods of studying. The subject of the book is quite obvious, the book talks about many valuable tricks that can help any student remember many details more easily, and more quickly. I believe the author covers this very adequately, and the possibilities of remembering things are endless, as long as it sticks.
Lorayne talks about how limericks and memory devices can quickly and easily help you memorize difficult facts and patterns. In chapter 4, Lorayne immediately dives into the most simple way to memorize things: taking two words and putting them together in your mind, as a picture to establish a ‘link’ in your mind. He says, “I’ll use these ten as examples: lamp, paper, bottle, bed, fish, telephone, window, flower, nail, typewriter. We’ll make ridiculous mental pictures or associations between or with two items at a time, until we’ve associated, or ‘linked’ all ten of them.”(15) The mental pictures can be as crazy as you like, as long as they stick.
I feel that Mr. Halkyard was right in suggesting this book to read, for he has given us tools so that we may succeed in the class. In addition, I feel the book has sufficiently given detail and advice on how to use these tools in order to fully open the doors of my memorizing capabilities. Although, the book helped increase my memorization skills, I feel there were some things the author did not express to clearly.
Things such as not enough practice problems and not enough examples held me back from completely understanding the topic of the chapter. Examples really help me understand the lesson he tries to teach, and I feel he does try to give examples but I feel there is a need for more. As said, I feel this book clearly gives the reader easy steps to help their memory devices, studying, and focus skills. I would definitely recommend this book if you desire to strengthen these skills.







Bibliography

“Harry Lorayne.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 27 Aug. 2017, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Lorayne.