[AlwaysRock]

This depends a lot on the person. I do not retain information that I read very well. I know this about myself so I try to ensure if I need to learn something I'm using other methods as my primarily way of learning.

My brother, and many others, have the ability to read something from a book and retain that information fairly well and without using some other method of learning or reinforcing it.

It's unfortunately that I didnt realize this until I was done with my schooling but its been really valuable to know this during my career.