Monday, October 6, 2008
The best study techniques.
I always wonder exams seem to give people the jitters. Even the most macho guys quake when exams loom over the horizon. I do shake a little myself. Anyway, the best remedy for passing exams, is obviously studying. And study techniques are varied.
Take my friend Itso for instance. He is doing a BComm degree. His favourite haunt is the 24hr library. He only comes back if he is going for lectures and during mealtimes. I hear that his marks testify to his extraordinary hard work. His technique is different to mine. Mine is called the relaxed study technique. You don’t study much during the course of the term, if at all. You read seriously only when a test is coming up and you study for it two days before. You write your assignments the day before. You write them straight onto the computer, without writing them somewhere else first. As for exams, you study for them only when they kick-off. Otherwise, during the term you will be relaxed and having fun. If you are me, you watch movies and soapies if you are not in a lecture. And if your lecturer puts notes on RuConnected, you bunk the lecture. It’s nice to work under pressure. Believe me, you will acquire multiple distinctions if you follow the relaxed technique. But be warned, kit is not for the faint of heart.
All of us have different study techniques. The trick is to find what works for you. You can do it Itso style, relaxed style or whatever style of studying you prefer. As long as it works for you, it’s fine .As long as you study, in whatever form, exams are a piece of cake.
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