Hi Steven, I would agree with that statement based upon my own teaching experience. I like to ask my students "How many stoplights there are between school and their home?" or "How many windows are there in your house?" None of them can answer either question yet they live in the house and drive through the lights each day. They have decoded and recoded this information into their working memory to the point that they have to stop and think, then count up the windows or lights. Yet, when I ask them the name of their second grade teacher the names instantly pops up in their minds. I then ask them when was the last time you thought about this teacher or recalled his or her name? They answer not since the second grade. Really gets my message across about the brain and how it processes information. This is episodic memory, the strongest from of retention. By using your method the retention is going to be greater and longer with a greater ability to apply the information later. Gary