Comment by prerok

On another post I've already argued that Romans already had a proverb "Scribere bis legere." Translated, this means "writing is reading twice".

In practice, what this means is that you have to know how to reproduce the knowledge you've read, in your words. Only then can you be sure you've mastered what you've read. It's the reason for homework and all other stuff we have to do. Reading something five or more times simply does not suffice for our brains.