Learning Points after the Bluebook Runs — Transcript

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1. 0:00hello again and welcome once more to
2. 0:01this the third video in our series of
3. 0:03educational tutorials for the knowledge
4. 0:05of london
5. 0:11my name is dean warrington and what
6. 0:12we're going to do today is show you
7. 0:14exactly how to find and learn points as
8. 0:16a beginner once you've completed your
9. 0:17blue book runs
10. 0:18this video starts with a previous video
11. 0:20the definitive guide to learning blue
12. 0:22book left off
13. 0:23but before we start let's recap on where
14. 0:25you should be right now
15. 0:30if all of your bluebook runs are
16. 0:31finished you should now be calling 80
17. 0:33runs
18. 0:33each day in around one hour or less
19. 0:36break that into two 30-minute slots
20. 0:39the 30-minute slots is a very important
21. 0:41aspect and more important than most
22. 0:42people realize always study for set
23. 0:45amounts of time
24. 0:46and if you are studying on your own
25. 0:47always have a break after 30 minutes
26. 0:50if you're studying in a pair then have a
27. 0:51break after one hour
28. 0:53now if you're calling 30 runs in 30
29. 0:55minutes you are at the lower end of the
30. 0:57scale but it's just
31. 0:58acceptable but you must not be calling
32. 1:00lower than that
33. 1:01if you are then that's something you
34. 1:03need to work on immediately to raise
35. 1:04your standard
36. 1:06the way to raise the standard is to work
37. 1:08in blocks of 10 to 16 runs
38. 1:11take the first 10 runs and call them
39. 1:14time yourself and write the amount you
40. 1:16called down
41. 1:17if you were slower than 10 runs in 10
42. 1:18minutes then call the same
43. 1:20set again and time yourself again and
44. 1:23try to beat your previous time
45. 1:25once you succeed then make sure you call
46. 1:27that group of 10 to 16 runs every day
47. 1:30in 10 minutes but now start working on
48. 1:32the next group to bring that
49. 1:34up to standard keep going like this
50. 1:36until you have all the sets up to a
51. 1:37reasonable to good standard
52. 1:39so in a nutshell 60 runs an hour is the
53. 1:42lowest standard you want to be at
54. 1:4480 runs an hour is steady and reasonable
55. 1:4780 runs in 30 minutes is excellent
56. 1:50there is one major advantage to calling
57. 1:53quickly and that is
58. 1:54that it frees up time for you to study
59. 1:57and focus on
60. 1:58other things you do not need to call
61. 2:00more than 80 runs a day
62. 2:06as a beginner to pointing the biggest
63. 2:08problem that occurs is organization
64. 2:10how do you organize all these points how
65. 2:12do you choose which ones to visit and
66. 2:14most importantly
67. 2:15how do you revise them this is where wiz
68. 2:17radius app and large radius map books
69. 2:19come into their own
70. 2:20they take care of all of the
71. 2:22organization and allow you to just focus
72. 2:24on the important factor of finding and
73. 2:26remembering
74. 2:27as many points as possible when you buy
75. 2:29the large radius map books
76. 2:31in paper form we provide the equivalent
77. 2:33wiz radius app book for free
78. 2:35once you have these you are ready to go
79. 2:37and start pointing
80. 2:38the large radius map books will show you
81. 2:40the radius maps in geographical order
82. 2:42and correspond and match the
83. 2:43geographical order in the wiz radius app
84. 2:47you can use the wiz radius app as a
85. 2:48standalone method or
86. 2:50in conjunction with the paper version
87. 2:53personally i would use the app version
88. 2:56on my tablet without the paper version
89. 2:58you can use a strong velcro to fix the
90. 3:00tablet to your knowledge board and
91. 3:01you're ready to go
92. 3:03i understand that some people are uneasy
93. 3:06doing that so in that case you will need
94. 3:08the paper version
95. 3:09and you can use the paper version on
96. 3:10your board and keep your tablet with you
97. 3:12for constant revision which will be
98. 3:14necessary for the purpose of this video
99. 3:17i'm going to show you the method of
100. 3:18using the whiz radius app
101. 3:21in conjunction with large radius paper
102. 3:23versions
103. 3:24all the advice in this video remains the
104. 3:26same if you choose as i would to use the
105. 3:28wiz radius app without the paper version
106. 3:34open your wiz radius app and select
107. 3:36geographical maps
108. 3:38the blue book map section is for
109. 3:39students that wish to do the points
110. 3:41whilst doing the runs
111. 3:43select that if you're doing that method
112. 3:45but we're not going to cover that as i
113. 3:46don't recommend you do points whilst
114. 3:48you're doing your runs at all
115. 3:50once you've selected the geographical
116. 3:52maps you will see the very first map
117. 3:53surrey street there are eight points on
118. 3:55this map
119. 3:56that's not all the points in this
120. 3:58quarter my radius but as you will see in
121. 4:00the next few maps you are going to be in
122. 4:01this area for at least a day
123. 4:03picking up a lot more points but start
124. 4:05with one map at a time
125. 4:07now from these eight points which ones
126. 4:09should you find
127. 4:11if you look to the right the point
128. 4:13listing you'll see a number
129. 4:15this is the number of times this point
130. 4:17has been asked
131. 4:18all of the points on this list have been
132. 4:20asked more than 20 times
133. 4:22but that's not the whole story what you
134. 4:24also want to know
135. 4:25is is that point being asked recently or
136. 4:28in the past year
137. 4:30so for this we need to return briefly to
138. 4:31the home screen here we need to set the
139. 4:34filters to eliminate the points that we
140. 4:36feel
141. 4:36do not have a great value at the present
142. 4:38time to do that we need to make the
143. 4:40times ask filter set
144. 4:42to between 20 25 or 50 times asked or
145. 4:45more
146. 4:46now this part is up to you to decide for
147. 4:48me personally i would choose 20 times
148. 4:51asked and think about raising to 25 or
149. 4:5450 at a later date
150. 4:56based on the speed of my progress if i'm
151. 4:58getting along fine then it will remain
152. 5:00at 20 times asked or more
153. 5:02the next filter is last asked and for
154. 5:05this
155. 5:05i would set it to everything asked in
156. 5:07the last 12 months
157. 5:09i most certainly would never select ever
158. 5:12and i would only use six month option
159. 5:14when revising as for the point level
160. 5:17option
161. 5:18it must remain set to all the options
162. 5:20here are
163. 5:21only for revision purposes not pointing
164. 5:24once you've set the filters
165. 5:25you're ready to go with the app so you
166. 5:27now need to mark up your paper version
167. 5:29to make them match
168. 5:34with your app showing map 1 with the
169. 5:36filter set to 20 times asked in the last
170. 5:39year
171. 5:39you will see four letters marking five
172. 5:42points
173. 5:43there are two points under letter c
174. 5:44which is the london hotel
175. 5:46and the radio rooftop bar you need to
176. 5:49highlight these points
177. 5:50on your paper version if you're using
178. 5:52the app you can skip this bit and go
179. 5:54straight
180. 5:55out with the ipad on your board find
181. 5:58point a
182. 5:59on the paper version and highlight it
183. 6:01also
184. 6:02highlight the point name in the list
185. 6:04below and now do the same with points d
186. 6:08c and e once you've done this your final
187. 6:12job is to decide the order to visit them
188. 6:13in
189. 6:14you do not visit them in alphabetical
190. 6:16order as i've found some students trying
191. 6:18to do in the past
192. 6:19but rather point them in geographical
193. 6:21order
194. 6:22because i will be coming from the east
195. 6:24my first point to visit will be point a
196. 6:26coincidentally if i were coming from the
197. 6:29west then my first point would be point
198. 6:30c
199. 6:32after a i will go to d then c
200. 6:36and finish with e you will notice that
201. 6:39you may be driving past other points
202. 6:41listed on your radius maps that are not
203. 6:43marked to be visited
204. 6:45in these instances it's okay to look and
205. 6:47make a small mental recognition
206. 6:49but don't make any real effort to
207. 6:51remember them other than to allow your
208. 6:53subconscious to absorb whatever it does
209. 6:55naturally
210. 6:56if you try to learn and remember them
211. 6:58you will reduce the volume of points you
212. 7:00are intended on pointing that were asked
213. 7:03more recently and with a higher
214. 7:05frequency
215. 7:06never forget you have a maximum capacity
216. 7:08for a certain volume of points each day
217. 7:11and that should be filled with important
218. 7:13things first
219. 7:14without creating any extra journey time
220. 7:21the biggest question for you to assess
221. 7:24at this stage
222. 7:25is how many points per day should you
223. 7:27point
224. 7:28the answer is very dependent on your
225. 7:30ability determination and amount of
226. 7:32available free time
227. 7:34students very often overlook the
228. 7:36allowance of revision time
229. 7:38on top of your bike work time 30 to 50
230. 7:41points a day
231. 7:42is a similar volume of information to
232. 7:44four blue book runs
233. 7:45if you point 30 to 50 points in your
234. 7:48allocated bike time remember to allow
235. 7:50for an hour revision of those points
236. 7:53if you are efficient you may not need
237. 7:54the whole hour to achieve your desired
238. 7:56standard but revision
239. 7:57and how you revise is the fundamental
240. 8:00secret to remembering
241. 8:01large amounts of points quickly
242. 8:04you must revise when you're out on the
243. 8:06road and i will show you how in the next
244. 8:08section of this video
245. 8:10in the first four maps once you have
246. 8:12filtered out the ones with a low
247. 8:13possibility of being asked
248. 8:15there will be 48 points to find
249. 8:19it doesn't matter if you do not complete
250. 8:21all 48 as they will be in sequence
251. 8:23that can be stopped and started again
252. 8:25anytime
253. 8:27the early maps are around the west end
254. 8:28and city which is by far the most
255. 8:30popular place for points to be asked in
256. 8:33as you get to the outer maps it becomes
257. 8:35less dense and you may find yourself
258. 8:36doing 30 maps in a day
259. 8:38with only 30 points spread between them
260. 8:41so do as many points in a day as you can
261. 8:44manage
262. 8:45but follow the revision technique to
263. 8:47allow maximum
264. 8:48absorption
265. 8:53once you've prepared your large radius
266. 8:54paper maps
267. 8:56up to around 30 to 50 points worth and
268. 8:58you've prepared your app
269. 9:00you're now ready to go out pointing once
270. 9:03you're out on your bike
271. 9:04heading for your first point remember to
272. 9:06drive slowly and take care
273. 9:08if you miss the point don't react
274. 9:10quickly just drive past and
275. 9:12figure out a way back this will enhance
276. 9:14your memories
277. 9:15that you're trying to develop and these
278. 9:17memories are by far the most important
279. 9:19aspect of your day
280. 9:20on this particular point missing it
281. 9:22means you will need to come back around
282. 9:24temple place
283. 9:25and what is learnt here is that you are
284. 9:27now creating a memory
285. 9:28of turning right out of temple place
286. 9:30into victoria embankment and you will
287. 9:32get perfect access to hqs wellington
288. 9:35it's always a good idea to take a moment
289. 9:37to look and think about the point
290. 9:39if you need to then a small piece of
291. 9:41research and investigation will enhance
292. 9:43your memory in this instance maybe you
293. 9:46should wonder why is it called hqs
294. 9:49hqs stands for headquarters ship
295. 9:52knowing that will make remembering this
296. 9:54point easier
297. 9:56now open your app mark the point as
298. 9:58visited by tapping its corresponding
299. 10:00letter
300. 10:02that's it now get back on your bike and
301. 10:04head to your next point on your list
302. 10:08when you arrive follow a similar
303. 10:10procedure each time
304. 10:12the more advanced you become the quicker
305. 10:14this aspect becomes
306. 10:16roman bath is a very interesting point
307. 10:18when the gates are open you'll go
308. 10:19through the very victorian looking alley
309. 10:22turn right at the end and turn on a
310. 10:24light switch on the wall to illuminate
311. 10:26an
312. 10:26old roman bath ruin if you take the time
313. 10:30to do this
314. 10:31you'll never forget this point once
315. 10:33again mark the point on the app
316. 10:35this is really important because this is
317. 10:37what is creating your revision list
318. 10:40once you've done that start making your
319. 10:41way to the next point
320. 10:47when you arrive at me london hotel you
321. 10:49immediately notice
322. 10:50that it's on the corner of the strand
323. 10:52and old witch
324. 10:53this raises a very good question can i
325. 10:56set this down
326. 10:57if i was approaching from the strand
327. 10:59eastbound
328. 11:01so i test this by driving around to see
329. 11:03if it's possible
330. 11:05and the answer is yes you can set it
331. 11:07down when you're coming from the strand
332. 11:09eastbound now when you mark the point as
333. 11:12visited
334. 11:13on your app you can also add the only
335. 11:16note that will be necessary
336. 11:18i will fully cover note taking in the
337. 11:19next chapter of this video
338. 11:21to enter a note tap the letter on the
339. 11:24map
340. 11:24not the one in the list type your note
341. 11:28in and it will forever be linked under
342. 11:30that point
343. 11:33what we also discover is that the radio
344. 11:35rooftop bar entrance is further along
345. 11:37the aldwich
346. 11:39so far that it is possible to access it
347. 11:41if we were coming
348. 11:42left out of catherine street into the
349. 11:44old witch
350. 11:55when we tried to mark this point we
351. 11:56noticed that the app and paper map do
352. 11:58not accurately reflect its location and
353. 12:00it needed editing
354. 12:01make a note on the paper map and inform
355. 12:04wizan and it will
356. 12:05immediately be updated as it was in this
357. 12:07instance
358. 12:08in the images on the screen now you can
359. 12:10see before
360. 12:12the edit and after the edit and we
361. 12:14really rely on your feedback in this
362. 12:16regard
363. 12:17because radio rooftop bar can be
364. 12:19accessed from catherine street if you
365. 12:21turn left onto the order which and set
366. 12:22down on right
367. 12:23it may be worthwhile also adding a quick
368. 12:25note to this point
369. 12:27the last point for this map and
370. 12:28coincidentally the fifth point of the
371. 12:30day is the looney restaurant
372. 12:32once you have taken a look at this you
373. 12:34again mark your app
374. 12:36but now you must revise
375. 12:42always after pointing four to five
376. 12:44points revise
377. 12:46the revision is three-fold first revise
378. 12:49using verbal answers on the app and
379. 12:51press don't know sticky
380. 12:53or correct for each
381. 12:56the restaurant old witch and drury lane
382. 13:00roaming bath is surrey street strand
383. 13:02lane
384. 13:04radio roof top bar is on the old which
385. 13:06me hotel
386. 13:08h crest wellington is victoria
387. 13:10embankment
388. 13:12hey london hotel is always trend
389. 13:17once that's done revise again using the
390. 13:19map revision feature
391. 13:21this requires you to tap the points
392. 13:23location on the map itself
393. 13:26if you tap the map in exactly the right
394. 13:28place then only one option will appear
395. 13:30the correct button if you tap the map
396. 13:33and you are
397. 13:34close but not exact then three options
398. 13:36will appear
399. 13:37don't know sticky and correct
400. 13:40if you tap the map and you are nowhere
401. 13:41near then only two options will appear
402. 13:44don't know and sticky now revise
403. 13:47one more time without the map
404. 13:50radio roof top bar is old which me hotel
405. 13:56the lawny restaurant is drury lane and
406. 13:58aldrich
407. 13:59roman bath is surrey street strand lane
408. 14:03me london hotel is always strand coach
409. 14:06best valentine's victoria embankment
410. 14:09three times as a rule should be enough
411. 14:11but if you want to do more then by all
412. 14:13means
413. 14:13do more what you're trying to achieve is
414. 14:16to have the road name location
415. 14:18on the tip of your tongue when you point
416. 14:21another five points
417. 14:22revise the 10 you've done you can do
418. 14:26this by pressing the today button
419. 14:28on your app every time you do five
420. 14:30points
421. 14:31stop and revise all the points you have
422. 14:33done that day by using the today button
423. 14:37this part is seriously important you
424. 14:39will enhance and develop good memories
425. 14:41and because it's fresh you will
426. 14:43visualize yourself arriving at most of
427. 14:45these points quite comfortably
428. 14:47if for any reason you find a particular
429. 14:49point hard to remember
430. 14:50then leave it do not worry about it it
431. 14:53is
432. 14:53one out of thousands keep your focus and
433. 14:56concentrate
434. 14:57on the building a large repertoire of
435. 14:59points
436. 15:01now that your first day out on the bike
437. 15:02pointing is complete you need to return
438. 15:04home to revise
439. 15:06not only should the revision take place
440. 15:07whilst you're out on the road it needs
441. 15:09to be repeated when you get home but
442. 15:11once again using the today button
443. 15:13revise all the points from your day out
444. 15:16the ideal way to do this is with a
445. 15:18partner
446. 15:18asking you the points whilst you're left
447. 15:20free to concentrate on the answers
448. 15:23if you don't have a partner then it
449. 15:24still must be done regardless so do it
450. 15:26on your own
451. 15:27the app makes this possible i would time
452. 15:29myself to see how long it takes me to
453. 15:31complete one
454. 15:32complete cycle of the day's revision
455. 15:34you're trying to reach a standard
456. 15:36whereby very little thought is required
457. 15:39to give the point's location
458. 15:41quick fire question and answers you must
459. 15:44work
460. 15:44on the creation of a thought reflex
461. 15:47whereby hearing the name of the point
462. 15:49triggers your memory for the answer this
463. 15:52is massively important as it will allow
464. 15:54you to still function when under duress
465. 15:56such as in exam situations if this
466. 15:59requires that you repeat the exercise
467. 16:00several times and so be it repetition is
468. 16:02what's going to make these points stick
469. 16:05and create that reflex if you find
470. 16:08yourself
471. 16:08really struggling with one point in
472. 16:10particular mark it is sticky
473. 16:12this will now be added to your sticky
474. 16:13list and ready for extra revision
475. 16:16you can access the sticky list from the
476. 16:17home screen
477. 16:19sticky lists should be revised daily
478. 16:23you should be able to be given the
479. 16:24point's name and say the location
480. 16:27answer all in under two to three seconds
481. 16:30this should mean you're able to revise
482. 16:3250 points in around three to four
483. 16:34minutes
484. 16:35the lowest acceptable standard is 50
485. 16:37points in 10 minutes but please
486. 16:39understand that this is extremely low
487. 16:43if you're unable to say the answer then
488. 16:45your partner should quickly tell you the
489. 16:47answer
490. 16:48if you don't have a partner then quickly
491. 16:50look at the answer
492. 16:51don't do clues first letter or it rhymes
493. 16:54with something
494. 16:55just get on with it and be told the
495. 16:57answer this allows for more efficient
496. 16:59revision and removes the time wasting
497. 17:01aspects that people sometimes add
498. 17:03never forget this is revision and not a
499. 17:05test
500. 17:06on the next cycle around that revision
501. 17:08you will hopefully be able to say the
502. 17:10answer
503. 17:11without being told or looking
504. 17:15cycle around this block of revision
505. 17:16until you reach your desired standard
506. 17:19here is the daily revision technique
507. 17:23radio rooftop bar aldwich me hotel
508. 17:27theatre royal jewelry lane catherine
509. 17:29street the looney restaurant old witch
510. 17:31story lane
511. 17:32raf church and clements dane church
512. 17:34strand the ballerina restaurant bow
513. 17:37street india high commission aldwich
514. 17:39duchess theatre
515. 17:41catherine street savoya theater savoy
516. 17:43court
517. 17:44strand palace hotel strand next to the
518. 17:46street scottish church wc2
519. 17:48russell street fortune theatre russell
520. 17:51street
521. 17:52rosewood hotel high holborn africa house
522. 17:55kingsway freemasons hall great queen
523. 17:58street
524. 17:58royal college of surgeons lincolns in
525. 18:00fields clementine
526. 18:02strand bush house that is on the all
527. 18:05bridge
528. 18:06london school of economics and political
529. 18:08science houston street
530. 18:09australia high commission strand royal
531. 18:12opera house
532. 18:13bow street hqs wellington victoria
533. 18:15embankment
534. 18:17institution of engineering and
535. 18:18technology that is on
536. 18:20uh savoy place sun john sonis museum
537. 18:24lincoln's in fields
538. 18:25i see him theater wellington street
539. 18:27queen's champion of savoy savoy hill
540. 18:29seven stars public house
541. 18:32it's a chance to be laying somewhere so
542. 18:34i can't see it no it's kerry street
543. 18:36okay kerry street edgar wallace public
544. 18:38house essex street
545. 18:40red rooms great queen street outside
546. 18:42restaurant
547. 18:43russell street royal courts of justice
548. 18:45strand
549. 18:46twenties tea shop the oldest sea shop in
550. 18:48london strand
551. 18:49hogan station kingsway hilton waldorf
552. 18:53aldwich australian continental hotel
553. 18:55strand
554. 18:56somerset house strand peacock theatre
555. 18:59portugal street
556. 19:00christopher's restaurant wellington
557. 19:02street london transport museum
558. 19:04government garden the piazza set by
559. 19:05vassal street the main london hotel
560. 19:08ordwitch in strand coal house public
561. 19:10house strand
562. 19:11temple station temple place king's
563. 19:14college wc2
564. 19:15strand novello theater baldwich
565. 19:19pregnant man public house chancellory
566. 19:21lane kingsway hall
567. 19:22hotel i don't know that's great queen
568. 19:25street
569. 19:26british american tobacco simple place
570. 19:28aldrich theatre
571. 19:29or which this is on your witch the only
572. 19:31restaurant randall street
573. 19:33roman bath sally street strand lane
574. 19:45once this standard is achieved then this
575. 19:47new block of points becomes added to
576. 19:49your ongoing growing list of pointed and
577. 19:51revised
578. 19:52points so your daily routine will now
579. 19:54need to include an amount of time
580. 19:55set aside for regular point revision
581. 19:58it's important to always revise the
582. 20:01latest points you have visited first
583. 20:04so use the weak revision button to
584. 20:06revise the complete seven days of
585. 20:08pointing you have just done
586. 20:10and use the month revision button to
587. 20:12revise all points from the last
588. 20:1430 days this is outside of any time
589. 20:17required to revise your new
590. 20:19daily intake of points and finally
591. 20:22what's fantastic about the app is it
592. 20:23will automatically
593. 20:25separate your points into daily random
594. 20:27groups for seven days of the week
595. 20:29this is giving you a good even spread of
596. 20:31revision to do each day
597. 20:33you should end up with around three to
598. 20:35four hundred points per day to revise
599. 20:37two to three thousand plus points in
600. 20:39total
601. 20:44the three major mistakes made whilst
602. 20:46pointing are the taking
603. 20:48of notes the use of a map and the volume
604. 20:51of revision let's cover these one by one
605. 20:54firstly taking notes in the out and
606. 20:56about on your bike section of this video
607. 20:59you may have seen two notes that i added
608. 21:01i did this to show you a couple of
609. 21:03examples of the kind of note you may
610. 21:04want to take
611. 21:05if you're going to take any at all and
612. 21:08here's the crux of the issue
613. 21:10i would take little to no notes at all
614. 21:13understand one key thing about taking
615. 21:15notes
616. 21:16taking a note is not a memory technique
617. 21:20in actual fact it is the complete
618. 21:22postponement of a memory technique
619. 21:25we have far less success remembering
620. 21:26something that is written down than you
621. 21:28would if you just tried to repeat
622. 21:30what you wanted to remember several
623. 21:32times
624. 21:34the best way to remember the unique
625. 21:36features to any point
626. 21:38is by having practical examples of the
627. 21:40specific thing
628. 21:42you are trying to achieve with setting
629. 21:44or leaving that particular point
630. 21:47these practical examples are coming at
631. 21:49you thick and fast every day by the
632. 21:51means of the daily point sheet
633. 21:53the practicing of point-to-point is by
634. 21:55far the most efficient way to know and
635. 21:57learn
636. 21:58detail attached to any particular point
637. 22:01knowing why you need something knowing
638. 22:04an examiner is actually asking
639. 22:05something that raised the question for
640. 22:07you will make you seek those specific
641. 22:09answers
642. 22:11that will cause your inquisitive side to
643. 22:12investigate understand
644. 22:14learn and remember how to leave or
645. 22:17set any specific point because you are
646. 22:19now fully aware
647. 22:21of its purpose and unlike the extremely
648. 22:24inefficient method of compiling
649. 22:26note after note of information with no
650. 22:28regard to its popularity
651. 22:30by attacking these issues from the point
652. 22:32sheet you know
653. 22:33you are addressing something that is
654. 22:35needed and is needed now
655. 22:37let's look at some examples of how
656. 22:39pointless your notes can be
657. 22:42using the points in this video as
658. 22:43examples let's start with hqs wellington
659. 22:46now you're going to hear people tell you
660. 22:47you need to make a note of leave on the
661. 22:50left only or first left and right in
662. 22:52both directions
663. 22:53and a turnaround if you think it needs
664. 22:54one all of which is a complete and
665. 22:57utter waste of time and mental energy
666. 23:00moreover
667. 23:00it is extremely detrimental to the
668. 23:03actual learning and remembering of this
669. 23:05or any other point let's address the
670. 23:07first question
671. 23:09you are about to take a note and you
672. 23:11need to decide
673. 23:12is the point leave on left only
674. 23:15looking at this video and looking at the
675. 23:17images what do you think
676. 23:19is it leave on the left only or is it
677. 23:21leave on right possible
678. 23:24the point i'm trying to make here is
679. 23:25very often you as a beginner
680. 23:27are not qualified to judge if it is
681. 23:29leave on left only or not
682. 23:32in this instance with the double white
683. 23:34line in the center reservation did you
684. 23:35conclude
685. 23:36it's leave on left only and if that was
686. 23:39what you decided
687. 23:40based on the video and the images you
688. 23:42would be wrong
689. 23:44you can leave this point on the right so
690. 23:46if you had taken a note not only would
691. 23:48it have been a waste of time
692. 23:49anyway it would have also been false
693. 23:52information
694. 23:53so why are you taking notes when you
695. 23:55don't even know the answer
696. 23:59the next issue regarding first left and
697. 24:00rights from both directions
698. 24:02this is even more a waste of time as you
699. 24:05will not be able to write down
700. 24:07any note that doesn't already exist in a
701. 24:09far clearer format
702. 24:11than you could express with words first
703. 24:14of all you have the radius map itself
704. 24:15showing you the first left and rights
705. 24:18second you have google street to view
706. 24:19anytime to check your first left or
707. 24:21right any other query regarding any
708. 24:23specific point
709. 24:25and finally why are you writing down
710. 24:27information
711. 24:28with absolutely no awareness of whether
712. 24:30it's required for any specific
713. 24:33question you may feel that you should
714. 24:36take notes on all this information in
715. 24:38case they ask it
716. 24:40the problem with that is this there are
717. 24:43already too many questions being asked
718. 24:46every day that you can't find the time
719. 24:49to practice
720. 24:50these questions are being asked not
721. 24:52maybe not could be
722. 24:53but they are being asked so why are you
723. 24:56learning maybes
724. 24:58when there is already questions that are
725. 25:00absolutely
726. 25:01being asked
727. 25:04recently radio rooftop bar was being
728. 25:06asked and the specific question it
729. 25:08raised was
730. 25:10can you access the front door of radio
731. 25:12rooftop bar
732. 25:13if you were coming from catherine street
733. 25:15would you need to go all the way around
734. 25:17aldrich and back around the strand to
735. 25:19get to
736. 25:21now i don't take notes so i need to
737. 25:23research to find the answer
738. 25:25and the research is the key because i
739. 25:27now know
740. 25:29one the question is being asked two
741. 25:32i know exactly why i need the answer
742. 25:34three i will practice the question
743. 25:36with my point-to-point which will
744. 25:38emphasize the answer and aid memory
745. 25:42practice in point-to-point which i will
746. 25:44cover in a future video but briefly
747. 25:46touch upon some aspects in this video
748. 25:48in a later chapter is the utilization of
749. 25:51leaving and
750. 25:51setting that's what point-to-point is
751. 25:54the opportunity to practice the leaving
752. 25:56and setting of a genuinely asked
753. 25:58scenario
754. 26:00it is the real life scenario of an ask
755. 26:03question
756. 26:04if you successfully know how to leave
757. 26:06and set any question
758. 26:07then any note would have been a waste of
759. 26:09time because the information was
760. 26:10absorbed and remembered naturally
761. 26:12with minimal effort if you find that
762. 26:14you're short in information
763. 26:16and need to know a first left for a
764. 26:17specific question for example
765. 26:20just go to google street and check when
766. 26:23you do it this way
767. 26:24you know exactly why you are looking and
768. 26:26investigating this particular piece of
769. 26:29information
770. 26:31whenever you seek information knowing
771. 26:33its purpose and its use
772. 26:35it is far more retainable as a memory
773. 26:37the collection of written notes with no
774. 26:39awareness or
775. 26:40understanding of if it will be needed is
776. 26:43the collection of clutter
777. 26:45so here are the nutshell issues
778. 26:48do you know if the note you took will be
779. 26:50required
780. 26:52are you writing notes for something that
781. 26:54your a to z
782. 26:55or google street will show better are
783. 26:58your notes reducing the amount of points
784. 27:00you collect each day
785. 27:03are your notes detracting from revising
786. 27:05to develop a reflex answer
787. 27:08notes do not help with remembering they
788. 27:11are a tool
789. 27:12that remembers things for you for the
790. 27:14sole purpose of allowing you
791. 27:16not to remember it let's look at two
792. 27:20real-life practical examples of writing
793. 27:22over remembering
794. 27:24bear in mind your job in this regard is
795. 27:26to remember
796. 27:28if i ask you to write down a phone
797. 27:30number what do you think your chances
798. 27:31are
799. 27:32of remembering it just from writing now
800. 27:35imagine you do not have a pen and paper
801. 27:37you now know you must remember it you
802. 27:40engage your brain
803. 27:41you repeat the number until you feel
804. 27:42comfortable that you have made the link
805. 27:46notes prevent the development of that
806. 27:48link
807. 27:49the same applies with shopping lists
808. 27:52there's a very simple memory technique
809. 27:53for shopping lists
810. 27:54first tell the person what it is you
811. 27:56need to buy then count how many items
812. 27:59you have mentioned
813. 28:01very often just knowing you need 10
814. 28:02items is enough to trigger the memory
815. 28:04of all 10 items as you put them in your
816. 28:06basket
817. 28:08when you've placed seven items you will
818. 28:09know you still have three objects left
819. 28:10to buy
820. 28:11you will search your memory for what you
821. 28:13think the remaining items are in most
822. 28:15instances
823. 28:16you will be able to remember so take
824. 28:18minimal
825. 28:19to no notes trust yourself to remember
826. 28:23because in the case of points it's
827. 28:25better to remember seven
828. 28:26and forget three than it is to have not
829. 28:29tried to remember
830. 28:30anything by writing all 10 down and
831. 28:32placing them in your pocket
832. 28:35the second issue i mentioned was the map
833. 28:38as you may have seen in our previous
834. 28:39videos
835. 28:40using a map has a very specific
836. 28:42technique
837. 28:43when you're driving from one point to
838. 28:45the next it's important that you
839. 28:47think your way to the next point
840. 28:50obviously if you have no idea or feel
841. 28:51lost then you get the maple cat and you
842. 28:53check it
843. 28:54but if you're able to go from one point
844. 28:56to the next using your
845. 28:58so far acquired knowledge then that's
846. 28:59fantastic
847. 29:01that's you actually expressing real life
848. 29:04knowledge you are practicing constantly
849. 29:07and engaging your internal navigation
850. 29:08skills
851. 29:09that are growing all the time carrying a
852. 29:12map with you and use it to answer
853. 29:14questions
854. 29:15or find your way don't let it just tell
855. 29:17you the answers to things that you may
856. 29:20have been able to solve in your head
857. 29:24finally revision look at your schedule
858. 29:28and allocate an hour a day to point
859. 29:30revision
860. 29:31points will go into your long-term
861. 29:33memory this means once revised correctly
862. 29:36they will need minimal to no revision at
863. 29:38all
864. 29:39many students waste an abundance of
865. 29:41valuable study time revising points that
866. 29:43are
867. 29:44already fully remembered so try to avoid
868. 29:47revising long lists of points that are
869. 29:49of the caliber of houston station
870. 29:51buckingham palace
871. 29:52bbc rehearsal studios and others these
872. 29:55will amount to hundreds of points which
873. 29:56in itself will amount to
874. 29:58lots of wasted minutes in revision if
875. 30:01you continue to revise points that have
876. 30:02made it into your long-term memory
877. 30:03already
878. 30:05your focus should be points to have been
879. 30:08newly acquired
880. 30:09and sticky points points that cause your
881. 30:11brain to freeze because you have yet to
882. 30:13develop a reflex answer for them
883. 30:16never overlook the importance of the
884. 30:18sticky list
885. 30:20these are your weak points and are far
886. 30:22more valuable to revise
887. 30:23than your general list of points if
888. 30:26you'd like a lesson with me one to one
889. 30:28on a group of four these can all be
890. 30:29booked on the events page of the wizan
891. 30:31website
892. 30:32thank you for watching i really hope you
893. 30:34enjoyed our content and if so
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903. 30:50from all it was then we wish you the
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