Learning Chinese

I've been studying Chinese a lot recently, and what the best study methods are, and generally how to be a good student.  Here are some of the main points summed up for you:

-A good teacher can be worth their weight in gold.  You've just got to send the ransom notes to the right people.

-Spaced Repetition Software (SARS) can be a great tool for learning vocabulary.  The idea behind it is that there is an ideal time sort of exponentially in the future to review something you've recently learned.  So, you review it after a day, then two days, then a week, then two weeks, and so on until it's permanently ingrained in your long term memory.  I've also learned it's a terrible way to schedule meals.

-If you don't get enough rest and exercise you won't be a good language learner.  That's what my personal trainer down at Spend Ca$h told me.  They told me that weight lifting is absolutely, scientifically, the best way to boost memory power.  Lifting weights is like lifting weights for your brain.

-One word: task inertia.  It's like this, starting a task is the hardest part, after that point though, you'll carry on working until someone in the house turns on the television.  At which point you'll watch Bob's Burgers, then Will and Grace, then Wallace and Grommit, then SpongeBob Squarepants, then the new Powerpuff Girls, then The Tick, then Beastwars, then Scrubs, then How I Met Your Mother, and before you know it you'll have watched a lot of television.

-Children can learn languages better than adults.  Children can also poop their pants and look smug about it way better than adults.

That's what I've learned thus far, and I'll keep you updated as to the new information I'm given when I'm given it.  It's like, wooo information is here, and you're getting it 'cuz I'm givin it.