Listening or Taking Notes

Another struggle in a college classroom is retaining all the information that is taught in class.  Ms Looper is 100% correct when she says that there is a black hole outside the door and when you step into it, all the information you learned in class goes away.  A big problem I have is deciding whether to take a bunch of notes and not listen a lot, or listen and pay attention closely but don't take as many notes.  It is almost impossible to consume all the notes you need and hear every single word.  I probably hear every other word that is said in class.  In New Testament, so much information in shared in an hour and fifteen minutes it blows my mind.  When Rankin starts to lecture I have to decide whether to take lots of notes or pay attention closely. I am more of an audio learner so I do my best to listen more than I do take notes. I just hope it is beneficial to my grades I receive back.