A word of caution

A Family- Friendly Word of Caution

For those of you with little ones
(But especially for those with ones big enough to make babies with):

This course is aimed at young and old alike. Whatever your
age, doubtless some of you are new to this system or to
mnemonic devices in general. In either case, welcome.
The purpose of this course is to educate and to facilitate
education for all. It is intended, I hope, to fill various needs
in your life, both professional and personal.


The reasons you came here are legion – for they are many, they are
heavily armored and yet somehow they remain
pantsless.

Improving your memory, aside from making use of lifechanging learning tools, is a creative endeavor. I cannot
emphasize that enough. As such, those who come to the
foot of this mountain are expected to use their imaginations
for all they’re worth.
This alone may prove abhorrent to some.

The medieval Italian friar Giordano Bruno (1548-1600), an
early father of what might be termed the first Mnemonic
Renaissance, was burned at the stake for, among other
things, promulgating ideas that gave license to wild
imaginations.

You are, I hope, fortunate enough to live in a free society
that tolerates strange ideas to a greater degree. And
although times have changed since the 16th and 17th
centuries, the approach to mnemonics has changed very
little.
We still encourage wild imaginations.

Here Be Monsters

Now if you don’t want to allow your mind, or the mind of
your children, to conjure up crazy, colorful, silly or mildly
offensive ideas, please feel free to discontinue this course.
But before you do, please read on and allow me to explain.

In reality, neither I nor anyone else taking this course will
try to fill your head with anything. Any crazy, cartoony
imagery you or your precocious and puckish pupils might
choose to daydream about will be up to your (their)
individual selves.
You free to think and imagine as you like!

Practically speaking, the system you are about to learn
requires you to spell short words of one, two and
occasionally three or more syllables. Doing so and then
remembering what you spelled is the gist of the operation.
This all works on a simple principle: The more memorable
the word, the better to use as a mental picture. The word
choice is largely up to you, but expect words such as sun,
bat, boat, laugh.

However, and here is where the word of caution comes in,
there are a few undeniable traits of the human brain that
will rear their impish little heads for just a sneaky bit.
These are…

1) Humans think violence is funny.
2) Gross things are hard to forget.
3) If your child sees Uncle Morty’s tattoo of a naked lady
just once, he or she will probably snicker but almost
certainly never forget it.
4) Being offended occasionally is good for you.

Now I know what you’re thinking.
“You’re going to show us dirty pictures, aren’t you!!”

I can assure you I will not. This course is decidedly rated
PG. Maybe PG-13.

A bit of maturity is required of all participants, however. I
know for certain that one of the sound combinations in this
course is j-t or sh-t. Now one could easily use this to form
the word “jet.” Others may take that second option and
form a vulgar word for excrement. Bear in mind the actual
word does appear in the course on occasion.
For many this is a non-issue. They may use the latter word
more frequently in every day usage than they spend time
talking about very fast aeroplanes. And yet, for their needs
picturing an F-16 fighter plane is the most memorable
course of action.

Others who would never dare allow such utterances to
escape their lips in mixed and polite company nevertheless
find heaping mounds of cow manure to be the most
(unappetizing but) regrettably unforgettable image.

For those of you of a more mature age, trust yourselves to
make the right choice. If you have children whom you think
would benefit from this course, trust in their earnest will to
improve their memories and studying skills using the tools
provided here, and admonish them if the poopy jokes get a
bit out of hand.

Now for those of you with a more politically correct frame of
mind, and I include myself among you quite often though
I’ve been known to hold a dual citizenship in Irreverence, I’ll
be straight to the point. You might end up killing some
kittens.
I don’t mean that literally of course. But if the thought of a
bag full of puppies and kittens being beaten with a hammer
offends you as much as it offends me, then I am sure we
have reached the right level of memorability required of
your imagination. Your brain has just enough “juice” in it in
other words. That’s also pretty vivid, isn’t it?

And so I suppose I’ve given you enough of a warning to
free my conscience. I do not wash my hands of the affair
entirely. If there are any questions or – I dread the very
thought – complaints, please feel free to discuss them in
the forum section of this course.
And so I hope young and old, pupil and teacher, man and
woman, top and bottom may benefit mutually from this
course.
Sincerely Yours,
Borgesio

A word of caution

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