Imagine you have just listened to a one hour lecture on transcendentalism in your 11th grade English class. You know you followed along in general--except for about five minutes when you were distracted by that cute student who sits to your left.

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You tried to take notes for the first ten minutes of the lecture. Seriously. You tried. But, the teacher was just moving too quickly and you did not have time to copy word-for-word all the paragraphs and paragraphs on the projector screen.

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Now that you are home,  when you try to remember what your teacher said about transcendentalism, but you are not certain you really comprehended the lesson. In fact, you don't remember much of what was said during the lecture. Sure, you have your notes from the first ten minutes, but you know those won't be much help when you have test questions based on the other fifty minutes of the lecture.

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You noticed that your friend Lauren took notes the whole class. You asked her to share her notes. Maybe she can share her notes. You asked her the next day at school. Let's find out what she said.