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writes: Last week,I had a mid-term examination. I intended to read a book very much but I couldn't do examination well. I was really stressed out about the scores. I think, I'm a stupid person. I don't want to study anymore. Wwhat should I do??? Reply to this Question
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reader, 20yrsyoungerthanmyhusband +, writes (4 August 2005):
Hi. I had been an honor student since grade school so I thought I could share to you what I used to do (and still apply til now.)
Basically, I took each day as a review day. So then I didn't have to cram or study the whole chapter in one night. I listened well while the professor discussed the lesson in class. No distractions from seatmates. No daydreams. Focus is one important key in learning.
So after every class, I could tel myself, "I know that lesson. If there's a surprise quiz tomorrow (or right after that discussion, I would do well."
But of course I had other things to do and would tend to forget what I heard and learned.
Each night, in bed I'd just try to recall the lesson, the tricks in Math or the clues in Chemistry...
If it's like History or Literature, I'd imagine myself living in those times when Emily wrote her poems and hid them under her bed; or where and how my ancestors were during the Civil War (They must be in the Philippines coz I'm a Filipino, Haha!)
When I'd realize I couldn't remember something that I thought would be important, I'd open my book, look for the answer then close it.
Don't stress out on trying to grasp the whole chapter all at once. It's like a baby learning how to talk. Can't just learn all at once. Take lessons one at a time but make sure you understand them before you go to the next. (Coz for example, Math lessons are cumulative. Past lessons are necessary for you to learn the next lessons.)
If you do that each day, you wouldn't be stressed on reading all new words or lessons in one or two or more chapters in one night trying to grasp all the ideas for an exam the following morning. All you have to do is review the lessons. Reviewing means you've encountered it, studied it, learned it but you just wan'na re-read it or refresh your mind about it.
This daily discipline will bring you success and fulfillment and most of all, confidence on quarterly exams or surprise quizzes.
I'd love to hear bout your progress. Good luck!
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reader, pops +, writes (4 August 2005):
Try again. Worrying about it just adds more stress, and that makes it harder to concentrate. Dig in, work harder at it, and overcome. If you can read and write, you are not stupid. Stupid is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting a different result. There are so many people out there, who, for one reason or another, can't read, that you must consider yourself blessed. You may learn slower at some tasks than others, and the speed of learning can be affected by lack of sleep, diet, stress, lust( hormones going wacko)and your general state of health. Check with a doctor of you think you have a persistent condition. He will want to know the answer to the other questions I have noted, and probably a few more, based on the answers you give. We all fail, and we all learn from our failures. In law school, one of my classmates asked a professor if he ever won a case when he was in private practice. It seems that the best examples the professor gave to illustrate points he was trying to teach related to cases where he had lost them. Now, this professor had been the lead trial attorney for one of the biggest law firms in the country. He had won many cases, and earned enough money to retire without working as a professor. Instead of dismissing the question, the professor smiled, and then told us that you will learn the most from the cases you lose. When you win a case, you may never learn exactly what you did that was right. Same goes for tests. When you score well on a written test, you often credit " luck" because the test asked questions you knew the answer to, and didn't ask you questions you knew you didn't know the answer to! Education is not intended to make you a walking encyclopedia. It is intended to give you a working knowledge of a body of science or other subject matter, so that you know how to relate one fact to another within that discipline. Why have books if you have to memorize every little fact and word?
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