Note Making
Note Making
Summarising
-:Objectives of Note Making:-
1.Note making is an advanced writing skill which is gradually
becoming important due to knowledge explosion. There is an
earnest need to remember the important points pertaining to the
given subject. Making notes is a complex activity which
combines several skills.
2.Note making is useful as it saves times, energy and the space at
the working place, while attending lecture at school or in college,
in a meeting etc. It enhances the confidence to revise the topic
wherever we want.
3.Note-making basically involves noting the main points of
whatever is read or heard, as one cannot be expected to
remember all that one has read.
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Abbreviation Key
1. devlp- Development Five abbreviations
2. Config- Configuration only
3. Nat- National
4. Sys- Systematic
3. Eliminate vowels
In some cases, you may have no choice but to spell out the entire word in order to make it understandable, but
often you can at least skip the vowels to save some time. For example writing schl instead of school or prblm
instead of problem. Every letter counts when it comes to note-taking abbreviations.
5. Use symbols
Symbols are a great way to save time when taking notes, and generally are just one simple character. When it
comes to topics such as science and math, note-taking symbols are especially useful.
6. Leave out periods
While standard abbreviations may have periods, skip them! For example, the United States of America can just
be written as “USA” instead of “U.S.A.”
Summary
Self medication has always been a part of living. Huge progress in the field of medical science has
taken place in about last 100 years. However, medical practioners and scientists are still struggling for
the 100 per cent cure of several diseases. Though the advance technology has brought significant
improvement but has also resulted in several adverse effects. Pressure advertising by pharmaceutical
companies has led to overuse of drugs. Sedentary lifestyle has resorted to self medication.
Pharmaceutical companies clever advertisements targets chronic suffers and people suffering from
mild issues. Households are flooding with several OTC drugs and people are completely unaware
about their effects - good or bad. Another problem that is arising with self-medication is self-diagnosis
which is more dangerous.