A study conducted by the US
Department of Health, Education and Welfare, reported the following
:
Learners retain
:
10 percent of what they
read;
20 percent of what they
hear;
30 percent of what they
see;
50 percent of what they see
and hear;
70 percent of what they
say;
90 percent of what they say
and do.
Extracted from "Speaker's
Sourcebook II", Glen Van Ekeren, Prentice Hall, 1994
There are two things to aim
at in life; first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the
wisest of mankind achieve the second - Logal Pearsall Smith, Afterthoughts
(1931) "Life and Human Nature"
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