Tham khảo tài liệu 'the advantages anddisadvantages of a good memory', ngoại ngữ, kỹ năng viết tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | The advantages and disadvantages of a good memory There is no need to dwell on the importance of having a good memory. A bad memory is such a handicap in life that everyone realizes the advantages of a good one. By a good memory we mean a retentive and accurate memory one that will retain for us knowledge once gained and retains it correctly. How slow and erratic is the progress of a student who cannot remember what he has learnt He is like Sisyphus the poor wretch the Greek fable tells about who was condemned to push a stone up a hill in Hades which was forever rolling down again before it reached the top. In business life a man who cannot remember his appointments and is always forgetting the orders he receives will soon be left behind. A servant who forgets to do his work at the proper time quickly loses his job. One of the poorest excuses we can make for work undone is I am awfully sorry but I forgot And it is an excuse that is not excused if it is made too often. A good memory is essential for the student the businessman the employee the politician the statesman - in fact for every one in every walk of life. It is necessary too in social life for a person who forgets his social engagements and can never remember the faces of those he has met will not be a social success. People with bad memories however need not despair for even the worst memory can be improved by training like every other faculty. The chief cause of a bad memory is inattention lack of concentration. We often blame .
