Important to write notes during class, not necessarily anything and everything, just what helps you understand the content, especially during the history units, Will say; it is sometimes hard to keep up with Geoff, very often needed to ask him to take a second or go a bit slower.

Recommend working with others to try and write notes rather than attempting to write all your notes on your own. The teacher has extremely high expectations of students for essays and assignments although he doesn't really care about how you might feel about the workload or the topic, unless you ask for help you won't get it.