In order for us to learn from our mistakes, we have to know the differences that show a mistake versus something that was done correctly. Above, you can see an example of bad notes. And below, there is a picture of my good note taking. The notes above are bad because my writing is too big, as it takes up more than one letter per space. It is also not very neat. The notes below are good notes because it is very neat, and it also each box has one letter in it.