Garrett was proud of his note-taking skills until he took a test on the Civil War in history class. He did very poorly even though he had written down everything the teacher said. Garrett chose not to summarize the information because he wanted to make sure he included all the facts.

Garrett wrote down everything the teacher said instead of summarizing the main ideas. This likely left him with too many notes to review effectively, making it harder to identify and remember the important facts. The best choice is “He took too many notes.”

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