Aftertwo weeksof preliminary screening and online voting,the3rdBestNotesCompetition atWuhan University(WHU)announced thelist ofaward recipientsonNovember 20.
In this competition, thenotes are evaluatedonfive aspects: content enrichment, neatness, logic, handwriting aesthetics,and form innovation. However, the standards used in the judging process are far more flexible.“Everyone has their own aesthetic preferences, and writing and typesetting habits, which will also be reflected in the note-taking process. Some notes are simple and clear,some are rich in content with both pictures and text,andsome are unique andingenious,”said Luo Huidan.
This year’sBestNotes Competitionisacomplete“surprise”to students. The sudden andrecurringepidemichasmadeit difficultto hold the competitionoffline,leadingorganizers totemporarilypullthe scheduleforward.
Despitethe limitedtimeand heavy tasks,thecompetitionsawactiveparticipationand widesupportfromundergraduate andgraduate students from different colleges,showcasingthe diverse learning styles on campus.
The“MostCharacteristicPrize”award-winning notes
“The huge response has greatly exceeded our expectations,”said Luo Huidan, the general leader of theStudyDepartment oftheWHUStudent Union.“Our original intentionwas quite simple: to enrich students’online learning life andencourage themto learn from theseaward-winningnotes.”
Thenotesfromthe Award of the Humanities and Social Sciences Group
“After all, the ultimate goal of the competition is not tojudgewho can take better notes, but to stimulate everyone’s enthusiasm for taking notesandtobooststudents’interest in learning,”Wang Yunfan,the deputy head of the Study Department, added.
The“MostCharacteristicPrize”award-winning notes
When asked aboutthemostunforgettableexperiencesduring the competition,Wang Yunfanlaughed,“I saw amicroblogofonecontestant, saying‘Thanks tothe superinterestingteacher Yang Qing, who gave me a feeling that thetrueartist was actually around me! For the first timethis term,Itooka fewhandwrittennotesexpressingmy love for her!’The surgingpassionbehindthenotesconvinced us that what we’re doing really means a lot.”
Notes filled withdeeplovefor teacher Yang Qing
With various forms andinformativecontents, every stroke is not only the digestion and output of knowledgebut also a long conversation with oneself and a brief confrontation with thewholeworld.To see a world in a copy ofnotes,that’swheretheuniquesentimentoftheBestNotes Competitionlies.
Photo by theStudyDepartment of Wuhan University Student Union
Edited by Li Tong, Chen Jiaqi, Li Jing, Zhao Linshan, Sylvia, Xi Bingqing
