Successful students
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9. …. don’t cram for exams. Successful students know that
divided periods of study are more effective cram sessions, and they practice
it.
if there is one thing that study skills specialists agree on,
it is that distributed study is better than massed, late-night, last-ditch
efforts known as cramming. You’ll learn more, remember more, and earn a higher
grade by studying in four, one hour-a-night sessions for Friday’s exam than
studying for four hours straight on Thursday night short. Concentrated preparatory
efforts are more efficient and rewarding than wasteful, inattentive, last
moment marathons. Yet, so many students fail to learn this lesson and end up
repeating it over and over again until it becomes a wasteful habit. not too
clever, huh?
When you cram, you are taking the shortcut, and shortcuts
never produce any real worthwhile results. Also, when you take shortcuts, you
feel rather rotten knowing that you could have done better but didn’t. Shortcuts
cut you short. You can’t plant watermelon seeds and harvest fresh watermelons
the nest day. It takes time. Cramming for test next day is like planting
watermelon seeds and expecting to harvest and eat fresh watermelon the next
day. Plus cramming for test or project doesn’t help you academically, so why
even do it. plan ahead, prepare ahead. Give yourself plenty of days and weeks
to prepare for upcoming accountability opportunities.
Choose the right!!
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