The Roman Room Technique
Few years ago when I was in university we received an assignment to prepare a speech about any topic of interest, it just had to be in Arabic language (we were foreigners learning Arabic). We studied a lot, many of my classmates had difficulties with memorizing huge amounts of information, so witnessing nervous breakdowns was something usual for us. What I am about to tell you was the topic of my choice. It was fun to look at faces of students as they were listening, some of them were completely astonished and excited to try my trick, while others (including the teacher) had a puzzled look, they definitely thought I was nuts!
I am not an inventor of this trick, it was practiced long before I came into this world. The legend says that ancient Greek poet called Simonides was invited to a banquet to recite his soliloquy. Shortly after he left the place, the roof caved in, killing everyone inside. The bodies were so disfigured that they could be no longer identified. The authorities called Simonides in hope he could remember at least some of the people who were there. To their surprise, he named each person who was there. Moreover, he remembered their location in the room.
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