STUDYING TIPS
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don't study really late at night because your brain is tired and youll either not remember most the stuff or not understand it, at least that's how it is for me
when youre reading something from a book just be in a quiet area and focus on the book, don't let your mind trail off into other thoughts (I do this all the time, I could be moving my eyes along the text and sort of reading it but my mind is on a different subject). If you lose concentration or don't really get what you've just read, re-read it till you understand it.
If you find you don't remember shit the next day, try taking notes on the important things, because just writing it down will help you remember it more
when youre reading something from a book just be in a quiet area and focus on the book, don't let your mind trail off into other thoughts (I do this all the time, I could be moving my eyes along the text and sort of reading it but my mind is on a different subject). If you lose concentration or don't really get what you've just read, re-read it till you understand it.
If you find you don't remember shit the next day, try taking notes on the important things, because just writing it down will help you remember it more
I got a question what does your binder, notes, and note books look like? I use to suffer from the exact samething. My note books were horrendous, papers were everywhere. I use to have a hard time reading text books, matter of fact it was so bad that I don't ever recall reading a text book my first year at college. I got by, by reading cliff notes or stuff from the internet. All my book reports were stuff I found on the net, I didn't plagerize but I read expert opinions on the book and put it in my writing...
During my first year in college, whenever I started to read a book my head got dizzy...lol!! My mind would wander into other things and 15 minutes later after day dreaming, I would just quit and say "fuck it I'll read it tommorow when I get to school". And usually when I was pressured to read it, like on test days, thats when I was interested in reading....Man it got soo bad that I'd try to study for four chapter test 2 hrs before class...lol!! I barely passed my first year in college....I definitly knew I had to change my studying ways....
1) I no longer do my homework or readings at home: My bedroom is too damn comfy, I got a nice big stereo system, computer, TV etc. And if I stay at home I would definitly turn on the TV and watch a program.
2) I type out all my notes: My hand writting is horrendous, and my notes were very incomplete. So what I did was I started to type them out. The wholes and incomplete thoughts in my notes, I went over with the instructor during there office hours. All my teachers helped me out and were glad to tell me the stuff I was missing....
3) Studying for Tests: Like 4 chapter tests or so, I'd create a schedule. If I had a test on monday I would designated certain days of the week and tell myself by this day I would read chapter 2 and 3 and on the other day I would read this and that...And on Sunday I would review my notes....It really worked for me.
However now that I do my school work in the library, I've been a A/B student for a few years now...
However we are all different, and you would have to pick out a method that best suits you...But don't study at home, like Bangvan said read it till you understand it...
During my first year in college, whenever I started to read a book my head got dizzy...lol!! My mind would wander into other things and 15 minutes later after day dreaming, I would just quit and say "fuck it I'll read it tommorow when I get to school". And usually when I was pressured to read it, like on test days, thats when I was interested in reading....Man it got soo bad that I'd try to study for four chapter test 2 hrs before class...lol!! I barely passed my first year in college....I definitly knew I had to change my studying ways....
1) I no longer do my homework or readings at home: My bedroom is too damn comfy, I got a nice big stereo system, computer, TV etc. And if I stay at home I would definitly turn on the TV and watch a program.
2) I type out all my notes: My hand writting is horrendous, and my notes were very incomplete. So what I did was I started to type them out. The wholes and incomplete thoughts in my notes, I went over with the instructor during there office hours. All my teachers helped me out and were glad to tell me the stuff I was missing....
3) Studying for Tests: Like 4 chapter tests or so, I'd create a schedule. If I had a test on monday I would designated certain days of the week and tell myself by this day I would read chapter 2 and 3 and on the other day I would read this and that...And on Sunday I would review my notes....It really worked for me.
However now that I do my school work in the library, I've been a A/B student for a few years now...
However we are all different, and you would have to pick out a method that best suits you...But don't study at home, like Bangvan said read it till you understand it...
Just don't procrastinate. Put some motivation into it. if you do good in school it can lead to a nice high payin' job someday. Trust me, I wished I did a whole lot better in high school. I never failed or anything, but I just did the minimum and waited until the last minute. Halfway trhough junior year I straightened up and just did it. I can understand how you can be easily distracted, especially if you don't find the material interesting. But if you get it done early, you can go do something fun(like smokin' weed). Sometimes I wouldn't smoke until I got my homework done.
THANKS FOR THE INFO YALL...
i just have to get serious and take heed to yall suggestions, coz this is my first year in a real college at san francisco state, im a junior there and i realy never ever been serious with school until now, i dropped out of high school in my junior year after fuckin up in most of my classes and spent 3 years at chabot college (junior college) making up for all the H.S. time i missed out on, but chabot was a breeze, now that im at sfsu its a different story...
i guess id have to get to a library to start studying, coz that does seem to work for me.. and just like tenkamenin my freakin room is comfy as fuck... but its cooh coz you guys seem to have had the same distractions as i do right now, shit i guess i have to get off now coz i DO have some hmwk to get started on...
THANKS AGAIN YALL!!!
i just have to get serious and take heed to yall suggestions, coz this is my first year in a real college at san francisco state, im a junior there and i realy never ever been serious with school until now, i dropped out of high school in my junior year after fuckin up in most of my classes and spent 3 years at chabot college (junior college) making up for all the H.S. time i missed out on, but chabot was a breeze, now that im at sfsu its a different story...
i guess id have to get to a library to start studying, coz that does seem to work for me.. and just like tenkamenin my freakin room is comfy as fuck... but its cooh coz you guys seem to have had the same distractions as i do right now, shit i guess i have to get off now coz i DO have some hmwk to get started on...
THANKS AGAIN YALL!!!