tsollost said:

yeah i've been trying to get used to writing EVERYTHING down. it helps a lot but i'm just not used to being organized so it's taking a while.

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just keep a pen/marker handy and it's almost hard NOT to jot down stuff.  keeping certain folders for whatever subjects helps too.  when i was younger i ALWAYS had a folder or notebook to jot shit down.  (i wish i still had them, it'd make for interesting reading material now), but point being: flex your miiiiind man, and document everything!

hmmm, i believe i am drunk now...

Triptonic said:

Luckily my teacher pretty much is the book LOL. She hardly does anything herself.

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yeah, so you know your diploma will be worth all that money.  i fucking hate teachers like that.  the classroom environment should be full of discussion, with all classmates participating.  that way you get a wide range of perspectives but it forces interest.  which isn't a wonderful thing, but its better than nothing.  anyway, i never had a hard time studying shit i didn't care for.  I did have a hard time reading entire books of bullshit literature.  but w/e.  Think of it as a time to not only focus on what you are studying but focus, consciously, on how you are studying.  work on your level of focus/concentration.  do not let your mind wander to other interests.  just focus hard for 30 minutes or so, or long enough to where you can take a 5 minute break, then do so.  Also, if you are working on a particularly difficult problem you cant solve then go outside and play frisbee and think about chronic and fucking for a while then refocus when you sit back down to tackle the problem.  That's something that's really helped me throughout my career and in college i got two b's, the rest were A's.  i study and test well. 

Harry_Ba11sach said:

of course man, why do you think they're at community colleges instead of real colleges?



same reason you are.

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tsollost said:

What sociology is it? I really enjoyed the one I took (at a community college as well).

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Doitagain said:

totally agree with you FB.  my us-history class is socratic and discussion-based with no tests.  We barely use the book, i like it much better that way its far more engaging.

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Thebooedocksaint said:

But on the issue of study habits.

If they have power points; print them off 3 to a page. Take notes next to the slides, some of them wont be used for notes, but those are usually the slides with pictures/graphs so just take note of them.

Harry said to not put off to last minute, and it it the best advise. Also, don't be like me last spring and skip all your classes for a month. Having to work your ass off to regain scholarship/financial aid sucks. Last semestor I got a 3.4 though, with a D in general psych (I skiped this class to much+no powerpoint)

I hate to say powerpoints are so important, but to me printing them off 3 to a slide is really the best notes I could ever take. I write in shorthand anyway so I don't mind them essentially being an outline of the book/chapter/section

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FurrowedBrow said:

Thebooedocksaint said:

But on the issue of study habits.

If they have power points; print them off 3 to a page. Take notes next to the slides, some of them wont be used for notes, but those are usually the slides with pictures/graphs so just take note of them.

Harry said to not put off to last minute, and it it the best advise. Also, don't be like me last spring and skip all your classes for a month. Having to work your ass off to regain scholarship/financial aid sucks. Last semestor I got a 3.4 though, with a D in general psych (I skiped this class to much+no powerpoint)

I hate to say powerpoints are so important, but to me printing them off 3 to a slide is really the best notes I could ever take. I write in shorthand anyway so I don't mind them essentially being an outline of the book/chapter/section

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Good point man!  I used to do that too.  Depending on the lecturer.  Sometimes all professors do is read shit from the slides word for word, no need to even go to those lectures.  but those are usually good to study from.  we also used blackboard.  it was kinda cool.  There were discussions online that supplement the in-class work.  you'll get what you put into school.  unless you're a complete dumbass.

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Triptonic said:

He could have taken classes last year

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FurrowedBrow said:

every semester would include last year, i would think.

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you said it buddy, not me

Harry_Ba11sach said:

don't put shit off until the last minute is my main tip. if you don't do it, who will? I used to procrastinate on homework because I never wanted to do it but then I realized I hate it no matter when I do it, so why not just do it quick and get it out of the way? cramming at the last second makes you hate it 10x more IME.

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ShroomieGirl said:

adderall for sure... and then go through the book or notes and write down everything you think is important on paper, once youre done go through them over and over and over and over till you wanna rip your eyes out, by then you probably know your shit, make sure to do it the night before and morning of your test too and you should be golden

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captain.koons said:

ShroomieGirl said:

adderall for sure... and then go through the book or notes and write down everything you think is important on paper, once youre done go through them over and over and over and over till you wanna rip your eyes out, by then you probably know your shit, make sure to do it the night before and morning of your test too and you should be golden

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what if he has no short term memory? reviewing the night or morning before a test would be useless then.

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Harry_Ba11sach said:

yeah, I basically had an adderall addiction one semester (I know, totally laughable compared to meth or something), where I was on it every day for a couple months. I was pwning the shit out of all my tests but it made me feel like absolute shit and fucked my brain up something fierce in terms of paranoia and anger etc

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