Even when I did have to do some rote memorization vis a vis flash cards, I found the process of making my own flash cards helpedmeremember the info more than just going through them.
Winning has made me more focused than ever before and I will be going further both as a journalist and as an individual, and I will always remember how being a CNN MultiChoice African Journalist winner helpedme catapult my career that had stagnated for long.