EXAM DAY #2: Geography (did gud) | english and religion next!

[XR-7]

Actual studying throws me off. I usually do just fine without it.

For something like finals though, I actually will read over notes and work out examples.

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[Bushido]

i never study but all of my english classes in high school had me read from books n stuff and write reports so usually i cheesed them out through osmosis from people who did actually read the book and clever noncommittal text

but then in my senior year one of the teachers finally caught on when my english 4 teacher asked me to just raw name 3 characters from the book that we were supposed to read (that i did not) (because i don't study) (in fact i barely know how to read)

so i name, off the top of my head, the name of the main character (the title of the book), his best friend (introduced on the first page), and a grenade that the protagonist gets killed by

my teacher was laughing so hard we had to stop class and i got an A, and then even better you could tell who also didnt read the book because everyone else tried to use the same exact trick

[Darryl McKoy]

I always use the 'memory palace' technique for tests, often paired with making an acronym out of a list of points that I've condensed prior (usually by rote). As an example, for my english exams in highschool I would pre-write essays for what I thought the question would be, condense the paragraphs into single topic sentences (through simply writing them a number of times - I could then recall the paragraph from the topic sentence), turn the topic sentences into an acronym and then store all the acronyms in a memory palace (because I had like 10 essays I had to remember).

For actually committing things to long term memory, I have to really thoroughly understand everything I can about the subject, and I think I remember better if I learn a lot more than I have to. To me, the more context I can provide around whatever it is I'm learning, the better I'm able to somehow connect that new knowledge to something I already know.

Edit: you should look up 'mnemonics' if you're interested in other techniques like memory palaces.

[Drydess]

Well, I usually either drill it, or in Latin's case (hehe puns), just learn it over time.

[Lego lad]

Livin' the dream.
If I do that I will probably have less than %30 on my exam. stuff's hard yo

THIS SO MUCH

[Tezuni 2.0]

I never studied. To this day i do not understand what it even means to study. I always thought it meant cramming bullstuff, trying to memorize. In that case i never needed to.

But apparently people use it when referring to basic homework or assignments. Thats not studying...

Sounds like you never went to college.

[Col. Derontchi]

Last minute cramming. For underclassmen years, at least. Will likely have to change next year.

[Insert Name Here]

I don't, like at all. Studying never worked stuff for me

[Dannu]

HOW EASY IS SCHOOL FOR YOU PEOPLE?
Last year I failed 8 out of 13 subjects once because of stress because I had to do allot of stuff
its not fair :(

That's because you were never taught how not to cram your head full of trash. If you work hard in class while learning the subject, you can piece together rest of the information.

My study routine is that I work extremely intensively while learning the subject and minimally at home.

[Daswiruch]

i haven't studied since 3rd grade and i make B+'s and A's

[Oasis]

I never studied until uni. Now I have to look stuff over once before an exam to refresh my mind of what the forget was going on.

[TheABELBOTO]

1. Research/google material
2. Write an outline
3. Go for a drink
4. Start playing some vidya
5. Remember you have an assignment and finish it

[McJob]

During High School I never studied or did homework. With my final HSC exams and ATAR, for some subjects (ICT, Drama etc) I did really well. Others...I crashed and burned.

I don't blame the lack of studying because nobody ever taught me how to do it so I would remember the content (the techniques I was taught didn't work, which is why I gave up and instead worked on modding video games). I blame it on poor teaching, since the teachers barely covered the curriculum then spent a lot of time going over, and zero motivation to actually give a damn.

My recommendation? Find a reason to give a damn and get somebody you trust to reward/punish. That works best.

[Space1255]

only when needed, otherwise

i don't. i have no idea how i made it this far

[Becquerel]

only when needed, otherwise