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I remember the hardest part about studying in college was that no one taught me what studying was, and never showed alternatives. Movies just showed people reading the book and looking stressed, so that’s what I did. It wasn’t until later that I learned studying could be quizzing yourself, doing example problems reading over homework to see what you did well or didn’t do well, or listening to lectures again, or anything.
I wish we prepped kids more for college.
I was in a similar situation to yours. K-12 was easy enough that I did well on test and assignments without ever having to develop good study skills.
So, naturally, when I got to college, I was woefully unprepared to cope. I was at a small institution where 90% of the student body was an academic overachiever in high school, so there were few enough students like me that the university didn’t have a dedicated tutoring place where one could pick up some study skills. Combine that with possible undiagnosed ADD and mental health problems, and it’s a wonder I managed to graduate.
Exactly the same. Everyone told me I was so smart in High School, I’m so incredibly smart, I never needed to study. College hit and I failed my first year. Big fish, small pond for sure.
High School (and college probably) should have set up time for teaching me how to study, and high school teachers (and my parents) needed to back off saying how smart I was. Or at least back it up. “I’m glad this stuff comes so easily for you, be ready for college though, because you’ll be surrounded by people just like you, and they’re expecting even more”
Ah we had some kind of learning to study stuff in secondary school but I thought it was unnecessary as I never had issues then.
Now I am in uni and doing year 1 for 3rd year in a row and still have no clue if I will even make it.
Oh interesting. My college had a required freshman intro course that touched on stuff like this + introduced you to on-campus resources that could provide additional assistance.
I somehow managed to get through college with very little studying. At best reviewing the material 20 minutes before the exam. I squeaked through with Bs and Cs but a pass is a pass!
Ah now what were you studying?
Bachelors in computer networking
In school, my method of studying was to panic and do nothing until the night before. Then I would stay up all night before whatever test I had and study then. I remember always hearing that you don’t learn anything that way, but I made it through 4 years of undergrad and 2 years of grad school that way. My grades were just fine.
My sanity, however, was not. Lol!!
I’ll give ya one more: complaining about study
I like how this can also be seen like a clock if you go clockwise, its like a schedule
