Chapter 8 memory & forgetting

So after reading chapter 8 my study skills suck. LOL. Well I do use some of the studing techniques like trying to study right before a test to help me remember what i've been studing over the last week. For some reason that kinda helps me out with my test but not really that great. I saw there was like six different techniques to use when studing like trying to relate the terms to something you use in everyday life. My best friend does that technique all the time and it seems to work great for her I've tryed this before and for whatever reason I then some how really mess everything up because I get confused with the things I relate the terms too. I believe I forget a lot of things because I dont transfer things in studing over to long term memory. My problem is if i dont like the stubject I read I just read it and it goes in one ear and out the other. So I find that I dont really keep it in my short term memory either. A lot of the stuff this chapter talked about opened my eyes on how I can studied better and some of the techniques I going to try and see if they work better for me then the ones I've been using which kinda help me but not really. Memory on the other hand Im going to need a lot of help on working on this. Im the worst when it comes to remembering stuff and im pretty for get full.