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You are a musician. What happens if you stop playing your instrument for a year? You get a little rusty, no?
With a little practice it comes back.
School is the same. when I was in school, I could quote reams of authors and cite all kinds of sources. I was immersed in this practice everyday.
Since leaving school, I have done a number of different things. Some of which I am now very proficient (ask me about contracts for film and television rights and I can babble for quite some time). I am immersed in this stuff daily.
If you want to keep up the skills you picked up in school. You have to practice. If the kitchen job and your co-workers aren't stimulating that part of your brain, you need to start doing something that will (get a new job, take some classes, read more books, write essays for fun, whatever).
It's that simple.
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- Old Man Luedecke
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