<p>How many times have you run after your sincere spectacled friend who diligently takes notes in class? Chances are he/she was the most popular kid in class. Taking notes in class is an art. You need superhuman skills to catch everything the teacher says. And how do you doodle and crack under-the-table jokes while doing so. </p> <p class="articleimg"><img id="ed-img" class="art-lazy imwidth-full" title="Students Take Class Notes On A Google Doc & It's Pure Genius" data-original="http://media.new.mensxp.com/media/content/2017/Jul/img-1-vinod-chopra-films-1501409306.jpg" alt="Students Take Class Notes On A Google Doc & It's Pure Genius" src="http://media.new.mensxp.com/media/content/2017/Jul/img-1-vinod-chopra-films-1501409306.jpg" />© Vinod Chopra Productions</p> <p>A group of students devised a rather clever way to take class notes. PhD student Stephanie McKellog shared how an entire class took notes on a single Google doc collectively: </p> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">I learned today that a group of students used a Google doc to take lecture notes-- they all took notes simultaneously in a collective file.</p> — Stephanie McKellop (@McKellogs) <a href="https://twitter.com/McKellogs/status/811339472205910016">December 20, 2016</a> <p>They solved doubts and problem areas on the sheet itself! </p> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">As they took notes, they would mark places they were confused or couldn't follow the lecture--other students would see & explain, real time</p> — Stephanie McKellop (@McKellogs) <a href="https://twitter.com/McKellogs/status/811339642792505345">December 20, 2016</a> <p>Often, the best teachers are our peers </p> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">at the end of the semester, as they are prepping for finals, they have this massive document of notes, questions, & explanations from peers</p> — Stephanie McKellop (@McKellogs) <a href="https://twitter.com/McKellogs/status/811339794810867712">December 20, 2016</a> <p>Knowledge is best absorbed when shared and we swear by group studies, i.e. when you are actually studying. No one can understand lesson doubts better than another student who has been through the same problem. While we spent hours getting notes Xeroxed at the end of the year, these students just showed the world how team spirit works. </p> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">I dunno where they learned this, or if they just came up with it together, but it is AMAZING. Truly brilliant collaboration & solidarity.</p> — Stephanie McKellop (@McKellogs) <a href="https://twitter.com/McKellogs/status/811340002231746561">December 20, 2016</a> <p>Why didn't we think of this when we were in college?! </p> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">they surely used it in this way- I know they were in part having each others' backs for when someone was absent or bored(?)</p> — Stephanie McKellop (@McKellogs) <a href="https://twitter.com/McKellogs/status/811340623504703489">December 20, 2016</a> <p>Oh wait, that's because we didn't have laptops in class back then</p> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">I'm going to really date myself but... Powerpoint didn't even exist most of my undergraduate years.</p> — Academics Write (@academicswrite) <a href="https://twitter.com/academicswrite/status/811346398897541120">December 20, 2016</a> <p>But these students are just plain genius! </p> <p class="articleimg"><img id="ed-img" class="art-lazy anim-gif imwidth-500" title="Students Take Class Notes On A Google Doc & It's Pure Genius" data-gif_image="http://media.new.mensxp.com/media/content/2017/Jul/gif-1-1501409410.gif" data-original="http://media.new.mensxp.com/media/content/2017/Jul/gif-1-1501409410.gif" alt="Students Take Class Notes On A Google Doc & It's Pure Genius" src="http://media.new.mensxp.com/media/content/2017/Jul/gif-1-1501409410.gif" /></p> <p> </p>