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Mr Polad, my 8th grade US history teacher taught me this same lesson. It does seem tedium at first, but I've never found anything better at retention.

Granted I think taking a lecture on the same topics is a major reinforcement.

I use a pen when I read. I underline important bits and actually write down the key points in the margin. Writing these things down helps memory and I don't really care about leaving the pages in the same state that I found them. Also I don't always have a notebook with me, and I do this to my own books only. I just don't care about "ruining" a book -- I want the knowledge!

Of course you might not want to borrow some of my books when I leave them in this state -- they look like study aids from a med school study-a-thon. But whatever trick YOU find that helps you pound knowledge into your brain is worth it.