Cover Letter:

This paper is about elaborating the concept of memorization based on Ellen J. Langer book The Power of Mindful Learning. I wrote this paper in first person point of view since it was based on my personal experience. It was hard however to maintain a formal tone when writing in first person and it might still be evident in this essay itself. I think that the essay itself is still choppy and I should put more time in making more flow and connections between the paragraphs and different points. It is also relatively short for the essay requirement. If I had to do it again I would definitely revise it more than once and probably ask someone else to proof read it. I learned to cite personal experience and information from the book and put it into an argument however I still think that I could still do some improvement on that matter.

Mindful Memorization in Education

Memorization is something that a lot of people take for granted. Most people memorize information without knowing what they actually remember. Those people remember the information by constant mindless repetition. Another way of memorization comes from making connection of the information with something that is related to it. Although memorizing through relevance is a more recommended way in memorizing information, based on my personal experience and observations constant repetition was also needed throughout my academic journey.
When it comes to memorization, something that always appears in my thought is my cousin’s immense skill in memorizing. Going through high school she was always able to recall anything she read from the textbook. History tests were no-brainers for her and going through the SAT vocabulary lists was something that she could do in a matter of hours. I always ask her the secret behind her effective memorizing techniques, and she would always ask me to just