There was an interesting article on memory the other week in the New York Times.  Basically, people who are faster at remembering certain things are also the ones who forget other things the fastest.  So the key to a shart memory is actually being selective and only remembering what is important.  Now I finally have an excuse for my terrible movie memory (I generally can’t even remember the plot of a movie the day after I see it).  But by not remembering movies, I am much better at remembering things I learned in class or readings.  Maybe that’s not a bad trade-off…