Planet College Advisory: Highlighting

Ever found yourself pawing diligently through the used books stacks hoping to snag an affordable copy of a text book you need? Uh-oh. OK, here's one and it's almost cheap. Cool. Until you open it and find it has been so highlighted that it is almost unreadable. Highlighting when over done, and it nearly always is, is distracting. Distracting to the point of uselessness.
Here's a Planet College advisory. Don't highlight your text book. Instead use this simple system. Study with a number Two Pencil ain hand. When you come across a valuable, noteworthy or useful fact carefully place one check mark in the margin of the book. Place it along side of the paragraph containing the fact. With this method you can develop a system based on checks. One check for rather important, two checks for very important, three checks for extremely important. If the passage contains extensive information you may also consider underling important parts with your Number Two pencil. When you go back to review the material you will be able to quickly determine the relative importance of the material you are reviewing.
This method has another advantage. It is much easier to clean up a used textbook for re-sale when all it has is pencil markings.