Yeah, it's definitely still useful as a tool to draw your attention to the important parts, but I think it's just less useful for students as a way to actually memorize something. That said, if you do that live when you're taking the notes, either with little symbols (like the asterisk to denote an important point or…

I'm going to disagree with the last part about not re-reading, or highlighting. Speaking from the perspective of a project manager, I've found that when I have to go back to find the relevant bits of a discussion or meeting that I've documented by hand, highlighting or underlining often times helps me skim right to…