Study Help!

Shrimp

But seriously.. i need help with the whole study thing.. Like even like 1-2 hours a day.. not including Fridays..

Sangre

But seriously...we did help.

My Opinion

I just came. I'm not studying have I wasted creative energy?

Shrimp

You tried.. but it didn't actually help me! :rolleyes:

Heineken

I promised myself I wouldn't **** on Christmas day! But when you're day starts off with holly willoughby on the ministry of mayhem, and you spend a good chunk of the rest of it looking at porn...you're ****ed. I lasted it though!

Seeing as o2.ie was down for half the day I couldn't get any pussy.

My Opinion

Heineken wrote:

I promised myself I wouldn't **** on Christmas day! But when you're day starts off with holly willoughby on the ministry of mayhem, and you spend a good chunk of the rest of it looking at porn...you're ****ed. I lasted it though!

Seeing as o2.ie was down for half the day I couldn't get any pussy.

i feel your pain.

Shrimp

ok.. that was not at all relevant to my need for study help!

Nobody needs or wants to know of your masturbational habits...

My Opinion

Shrimp wrote:

ok.. that was not at all relevant to my need for study help!

Nobody needs or wants to know of your masturbational habits...

Lantis

25 minutes is your max. study time before it starts to fail. Scientifically proven. You need to study 25 minutes, then take about 10 minutes break, then sit down for another 25 minutes, etc. etc. No wonder you're burned out after 30 minutes.

Shrimp

Thanks for that, your right, I should study in shortish bursts. i'll put that into practice today, and tell ya how I get on!

Anyone else, care to share there studing tips?

Thnkas alot

the smiley one

em yeah, so on that study thing. I really wish I had done more work in 5th yr, so do the homework, study for class tests, exams etc. How much night really depends on the school, (how long hmwk takes), n try n do a little revision every week and you'll be grand

So that's definitely no *ahem (well only if you want to, and I don't want to know)

Hope that helps..................somewhat

Shrimp

Hey,

Thanks for that smiley one.. I guessin by your post that your a girl?

I tried the whole 25 mins - Break - 25 mins - Break... Worked very well... Like the first 25 mins, I wasn't able to focus then I took the break, and then for the remaining time I was able to focus, I could feel the stuff sinkin in! thanks for that tip!

Yeah, your right smiley. i am planin on keepin up a steady amount of study, you know, not to fall behind!

Thanks again!

chickens

I find it just works if you say it and say it and say it again and agian until up can rectiite it word perfect from the text book. It's gret especially if you english isn't great but you really have to understand it to work. I try to do all my study before work on saterdays and Sundays, I find I can really remember a ton of sruff at 6-9 in the morning

Shrimp

ok.. your a lil ott.. i mean, like learnin it word for word.. isn;t the way to do it.. and the only advantage i can see about doin it from 6-9 in the morning, would be that you'd have the day free.. nobody's mind works well at that time.. your supposed to be asleep... thats why schools start after that time.. (9am)

*Angel*

You're bloody CRAZY studying at 6 in the morning :eek: , you gotta get your head checked, i'm not trying to be offensive but is it really that important to you? And what the hell are 5th yrs doing studying? 5th year is a bum around year, do nothing, maybe a little cramming and you're ok. 6th yr freaks some people out, some people in my year are like oh crap i shud have studied last year. I think why bother worrying, mocks are in a few weeks and i still haven't revised 5th year at all (nevermind this year). But seriously 6th yr is for doing damn all work, partying and just getting pissed. Anway it's still bout 5 months til the leaving, so plenty of time.

Good luck to all the people studying out there, but don't you think you should take a break at Christmas? By the way, the key to studying is not how much you do but what you study (helpful isn't it :rolleyes: , just take a look at the syllabus'). I'm not a total waster I will get bout 500+ points (i know i will cos i need that for course next year). Just don't kill yourselves studying or worrying, it ain't worth it.

Chick

cram cram cram all they way, worked for me anyways

Shrimp

yeah i know what you mean Chick.. :rolleyes:

Chick

You should like relax, you'e only in 5th year... you've got tonnes of time!!

chickens

I see what you mean, but I think you missunderstand me. i told you my english was bad.

I suppose it is important for me, I really would like to go to college, it would make a big difference to my life. but I actually don't do that much, I do those few hours and then go to work, when you consider it 6 hours (and I would not study for all that, only around 3) is not that much over a full weekend.

Also I can know it but then when i write it it doesn't make proper sense or I think words are the same and they aren't. Also I find it very easy to comit it to memory. To put into my own words would take an hour, but to learn from the book woud only take 15/20 minutes.

Also i always wake up at that hour and weekend television can be pretty bad at that hour, it is very pretty outside so you can go out and enjoy the fresh air.

But like you say everyone is different, if you find it easy to say then to put it into own words may be more easy. Saying that, this is a long message! i may get better by 6th year!

the smiley one

why yes shrimp, I am a girl, how'd you guess???! Neway, angel, don't you think you're being a bit harsh?! I mean it may be all very good and well for you if you can get 500+ points just with crammin, but unfortunately not everyone's that priviliged! I need to do an extra bit of work and I get good marks, but I know that thats not the case for everyone, so it's really whatever is right for you.

The studying in the morning thing can works for loads of ppl, and def the most productive time is before lunch for me, although I have a friend whose a bit of a night owl, and it works for her.

We had these study seminars in school and they told us about the whole 25 min work, 5 min break thing; it's meant to keep your concentration at a max -glad it's workin for someone!

Shrimp

yep those 25 mins - 5 mins break.. defo work for me!

Here listen, Thanks alot guys and gals for the responses, I really appreciate it.

*Angel*

hey smiley one i'm not saying i don't work, i do work and i do bout 2 hrs work a night (quite a lot more lately). I do work, i just don't like the whole thing of being put under tons of pressure and feel like I should be studying 24/7. Of course I work how else do people get good grades?!? But I have to admit I really didn't do much work last year and yes I am paying for it this year, especially with my mocks in a few weeks I'm thinking yeah I'm pretty damn skrewed!

Shrimp

Hey Angel,

Try not to worry about it, you sound very focused and know what your talking about. Your doing about 2 hours a night now, thats a good block of study each night. If you have been doing that for a while now, then you should sail through these mocks with flying colours! I've got hope in you, have hope in yourself!

Good luck! and Dont Worry!

the smiley one

*Angel* wrote:

hey smiley one i'm not saying i don't work, i do work and i do bout 2 hrs work a night (quite a lot more lately). I do work, i just don't like the whole thing of being put under tons of pressure and feel like I should be studying 24/7. Of course I work how else do people get good grades?!? But I have to admit I really didn't do much work last year and yes I am paying for it this year, especially with my mocks in a few weeks I'm thinking yeah I'm pretty damn skrewed!

ok, I think it kinda came across wrongly in the other msg or i took it up wrong or something. I agree with the excessive pressure thing - no one needs that. OK, I'm started to get worries now - my mocks r also soon....... have to go and study!!! (well.........soon..........)

Shrimp

Shrimp wrote:

Hey Angel,

Try not to worry about it, you sound very focused and know what your talking about. Your doing about 2 hours a night now, thats a good block of study each night. If you have been doing that for a while now, then you should sail through these mocks with flying colours! I've got hope in you, have hope in yourself!

Good luck! and Dont Worry!

Same for you

johnchaughey

Have you tried setting yourself small goals? Like being able to memorize this list of ten things after ten minutes? Or how about making up little mnemonics to help you learn. Taking small breaks helps- study for 25 minutes, do something else, then come back Here's a great little motivating thought- in the movie Into the Void, a man who had broken his leg managed to get himself down a mountain by setting small goals- such as I will move twenty metres in 20 minutes- and by doing this he crawled off a mountain with a broken leg. Good luck. -John

Shrimp

Thanks

Sniipe

The whole study thing really is a mystery to me. I've gotten by on last min cramming and turn out with better results than ppl that have been studying for ages. I think its more important to understand what you are studying rather than remembering it. I've a huge exam coming up on the 10th (my finals)and am I worried about it? Yes a bit, but I've said to myself I'll break for christmas till the 1st of Jan then work my ass off till the 10th. (Counter-strike source is really hampering efforts currently, hence the 1st of Jan when I'm back at apt in dublin for college)

Do ppl find it more constructive writing down what they are learning, reading aloud, remembering it in ones head, doing past papers, doing tutorials or all of the above?

For my girlfriend she will write it all down on a sheet then throw that sheet away. I can't do that. She gets really worked up and stressed out about exams and picks at her fingernails... not good! In my opinion for her its a competition against peers altho she will only admit that she only wants to do well in the year. She is finished soon so I hope the fingernails will re-emerge.

[edit] I like that small goals idea [/edit]

*Angel*

Thanks shrimp, good luck with your studies too at least you're being organised about it. And smiley one good luck with the mocks! Good luck to all sitting the mocks!

*Angel*

I meant to mention this earlier, take a look at the syllabus' they do help. There is no point of learning stuff you don't need to and they can't ask you stuff that isn't mentioned in them. I find the physics one particularly helpful.