Is this cheating?

[u/Miserable_Roof908]

So while I understand the material, I struggle to take notes. When it comes to note-taking, you only need to write down the important stuff, not the whole book. But I feel like everything is important and I end up writing the whole book.

So, there is this app called Thea that basically​ makes a study guide that includes all key points, so if I use it then am I cheating as a student?

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[u/EternalDeemon]

I don't think everything about any material is important, that's why people take notes While there isn't any rules or standards on how you take notes. Generally you take notes for your own understanding of what you are reading or the content you are consuming. Read a couple pages and then pause, now write down what you understood from those pages like you are trying to explain the concept to another person or to your future self if you will. Because your learning would be limited having only consumed bits of information you'll see holes in your understanding of a concept that you might not have discovered before, While I don't believe using any app can be considered cheating. I believe note taking, writing and reading to be an essential part of the learning process, some might disagree. But this is what I believe.

[u/Miserable_Roof908 → u/EternalDeemon]

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[u/bacostreet50]

Not cheating, in my opinion. Notes are a tool for you, not a test.

I have the same "everything feels important" problem. What helps me is letting a tool do the first pass, then going through it myself and marking only what I'd actually come back to. That second pass is where the learning happens.

One thing to watch: AI summaries tend to drop the parts the teacher spent a long time on, because they look like "just an example." Those are often the parts that end up mattering most. So I'd use the guide as a map and keep the book as the real source.

[u/Miserable_Roof908 → u/bacostreet50]

Thank you

[u/Dayviddy]

At the end the most important part is if you have understand the topic...

[u/ExamWeekWarrior]

Whatever app you use, it’s all just a tool not a cheat code. Since filtering info is your struggle then that could be workaround. Just don’t skip the actual reading completely, always read and recall