How do you guys study?

[WaLLy]

I have a really hard time understanding what I read most of the time. Well, not that I don't understand it but I get EASILY distracted.

I feel that I am not exactly am able to work and/or study to my full potential because of it...

And I'm not exactly sure what to do.

I really want to go onto a 4-year college within the next year or so but I can already see myself not doing so good with it.

I need help!

 

[Take]

Get a nice girl, pay her money, let her have sex with the teacher, teacher gives you good grade.

 

[WaLLy]

But I want to learn. I'm super-cereal.

 

[TheDude]

You have to be interested in what you're doing. Or you can do it the American way and just take buttloads of adderal.

Sometimes reading is not the best way for people to learn. For people who are auditory learners, reading aloud to yourself (though it makes you look retarded) may actually help you.

Also, do something active with the text. The real benefit of underlining and highlighting (marking up your text) is to internalize the information, not so that you can go back and read the highlighted parts, not as much anyway. It makes you actively process the information.

Also, the internet has made learning easy peasy. Selectively showing you what you want to see or what is important to what you want to do. When you have assigned text or a project, sometimes the best thing to do is to watch a movie on it first, just to glance over the information and get a better understanding. Then when you read through the text, you will receive a couple of benefits. 1: you will aready have an understaning of the information, and the extrapolations on it that you will find in the text will make sense and stick in your brain better. 2: The differences in the depth of the material will stand out to you more, making them more memorable.

Make sure you are interested in what you're reading, SOMEHOW. If you aren't you're jsut waisting youre time reading it, you won't remember it. Pick a time when you aren't cranky or distracted, a time that is not always set for large amounts of activity. Pick a thinking time and study then. Your circadian rhythms will dictate the best time to study as well.

Hope this helps.

 

[HBeta]

If I have to learn something really boring I usually set a goal like: reading 20 pages and then one round cod, then back to reading.

I also try to imagine how I would explain the stuff to someone else. That's both useful for understanding and passing tests.

 

[NickHouston]

Just DONT ban urself from forum and servers like SOMEBODY!

 

[TheDude]

FOr some people, having a game of cod4 at the end of 20 minutes will screw them up cuz all theyll be thinking about is that game, but i can see how it could work wel too.

 

[felon]

Generally first of all I will split the workload into 3 sections, do one section, then take a 10 min break, then 2nd section, 20 min break, then 3rd, then do whatever the fuck you want.

 

[WaLLy]

Dude, even though I enjoy working on PC's, networking and the like, reading the material is my weakness! I hated doing it and the only reason I have an A.S. now is because I was fortunate that most of it was hands on. I guess I am more of a visual type of person but I know there are some things that aren't in videos yet. Like say, I'm gonna study for some Apple Certifications soon but all the lingo that they talk about is uber boring. My mind starts drifting away. I tried reading aloud and it helps a bit but then my mind begins to drift away.

I guess that's why I always hated English and Literature classes throughout school. I'm a math guy (not as advanced as HBeta), but I like it.

I probably need to smoke weed before reading - to see if that helps

 

[Goss400]

I study nightly at 7-8 pm EVERY night. If you struggle that I tell the fiancee to hide the mac from me, LOL.
Thats the way I do things. The funny thing is that I have alarms on the ipod and mac at the same time, its double as loud

 

[RikuX2]

pornhub.com

 

[felon]

thanks rafi, so insightful

 

[No Mercy]

Write down your notes on a YELLOW notepad, The Chinese believe you remember the notes more when its written on yellow paper

 

[Nabil]

mercy now ur stealing my sic pic for sig pic?
on topic,
i study with.... WAIT! Wally studies? That is something!
Study smart, get away from your gadgets, listen to music(only applicable for math), take 30-1h break, sleep well, make short notes, sex, search internet or teacher for Q&A. Got full A for all my subjects

 

[Trasgu]

Wally, please listen to this!!!!! It will surelly work.

Im 16 and so in school. I have studied in 4 diferent systems and in 3 languages in 7 schools. My marks have always been over 70 % till now (My lowest was 60%). How do I do it? Get some1 who has power over u (in this case ur wife) to regularly control and tell u to study even when u dont want. Make her read this:
- No COD or any other gaming from Monday to Friday.
- Computer time limited to 3 hours every day.
- In holydays and weekends u get the same time of computer of the time u study.
- U can watch TV, however not after 11 o´clock.
- If u wanna spent time with friends or go to parties u can. Parties (1 per week), go out (2 hours every day only)
- Get at least 1 positive note from teacher in a month. (dunno if u can get a positive thing with ur boss)

Anyways hope this help. And I know it might affect ur relationship, but trust me, after everything will go much better.
So yea, Good luck! lol

 

[No Mercy]

Nabil ill change it to a different NYAN cat

 

[TheDude]

I don't think listening to music will help you study, you will be thinking about the music. Even the bullshit science fair projects every single kid did on that subject showed results pretty much provign music was either distracting or had no effect, whether in math or any other memory retention area. The only way to really learn something well is to be interested in it. Gotta find a way to do that. You learn the absolute best and fastest when it's exciting.

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That or make it a life or death situation.

 

[HBeta]

Back in school music was really helping (at least I pretended it did). Because most of the task were so f***ing stupidly easy that it wouldn't matter and I didn't got bored solving the questions. (My english was even worse too, so i didn't got distracted by the lyrics).
If I would spend my time solving 2nd semester exercises (like I did last year) I could listen to music too

 

[Jimmy McMillan]

Write down your notes on a YELLOW notepad, The Chinese believe you remember the notes more when its written on yellow paper

It is true, I study Chinese so I know this as a fact.

<_<

>_>

 

[WaLLy]

Music is definitely a no-go; it distracts me like no other cuz then you start thinking about the song and how much it sucks, etc. lol I'll try to study with a yellow notepad from now on. Worth a shot anyway.

Though, the point of this thread is about reading books and understanding the context of it. I don't start school again 'til August or so and I'd like to get some certificates from now 'til then. I'd like to read some Apple material and understand it fully without having to read the book twice.

Thanks everyone for giving your input. It's much appreciated!