I don't know. I just absorb information really easily. Not all information. I tend to have a better capacity to remember random facts. I suppose the main way my mind works is to make connections between things. I remember things by understanding them - by figuring out, or at least explaining to myself how and why - or by taking it out of context and applying it creatively.
On one occasion, I was able to write an entire creative piece in English Extension about bees, the function of the hive mind and the fact that bees can't think on their own (to be honest, they don't even really think in a group; they're commanded by pheromones) and can't survive if they get left behind. I remembered this information because, at the time, I thought, "A lot of this could easily be applied to human beings," with interesting results.
Another way I remember things is through narrative. As an aspiring writer, I guess I kind of have a natural knack for narrative flow, so this makes it easy for me to remember information in, say, History class, because I don't treat historical occurrences as being isolated events - in my head, it's, "This leads to that leads to that, because of this and that and that..." I also find it helps to draw comparisons between different time periods and regimes and look for similarities that make it easier to relate to the people or culture being studied.
On one occasion, I was able to write an entire creative piece in English Extension about bees, the function of the hive mind and the fact that bees can't think on their own (to be honest, they don't even really think in a group; they're commanded by pheromones) and can't survive if they get left behind. I remembered this information because, at the time, I thought, "A lot of this could easily be applied to human beings," with interesting results.
Another way I remember things is through narrative. As an aspiring writer, I guess I kind of have a natural knack for narrative flow, so this makes it easy for me to remember information in, say, History class, because I don't treat historical occurrences as being isolated events - in my head, it's, "This leads to that leads to that, because of this and that and that..." I also find it helps to draw comparisons between different time periods and regimes and look for similarities that make it easier to relate to the people or culture being studied.