“When I went to college and we took a Psychology class, for example, it involved learning 50 names of psychologists, the names of their books and the main words they used. Then we did an exam on it and I can still brag about it at a party years later because no matter which psychologist you mention, I can remember something and I can throw in the right phrase. And I don’t really understand anything.
At the Jungmann National Academy, we try to focus on specific things so that you can understand at least something in depth. I think it’s better than remembering 50 names of psychologists, 70 names of sociologists and 100 names of philosophers.”
It’s a method I recommend for studying anything in general. Not starting with the basics, but with interesting questions. In the search for answers to those questions, we come across more basic things we need to know, and of course we have to study something and gradually build up the basics. But in such a way that we enjoy it and that we keep wondering about something interesting.