Meet Victoria Monroe, a passionate 28-year-old woman on a remarkable journey of exploration, education, and compassion.
With a degree in veterinary medicine from Leon University, Spain in 2020, Victoria has not only mastered the art of healing animals but has also embarked on a quest to embrace continuous learning and share her insights through her blog, "The Study Journal."
It has been known for years that taking short naps in between your study sessions can sharpen your memory and hence make it easier to remember class material. But why does sleeping have such an effect on your ability to remember?
One of the sentences you are bound to hear a million times over, whilst a student, is “Don’t leave it to the last minute”.
The one question I get asked a lot by people I’ve just met is “Was it difficult for you to learn the language, when you first moved to Spain?”. The honest answer is yes, it was very hard. It took me two years just to get up the confidence to start a chit-chat conversation with someone. Up until that point I’d been getting by on only talking when I had to; in answer to a question, or to ask something essential.
In my opinion, the hardest part of studying is trying to remember all the tiny, little details that accompany the core of the course material. They’re the easiest thing to forget and I find that I often manage to confuse them all in my head, to the point where I associate the wrong details with the wrong topic!
The need to save time is generally a priority for many students, especially around exam period. In between exams, you will not find the time to do resumes, or sift through piles of pages and books to find the essential information to study. This is why highlighters are so important.
There’s a lot of debate on whether study groups actually improve a person’s likelihood of achievement. Many thrive in such a group, normally when said group push them to do beyond what they would normally do in preparation for an exam. However, quite often study groups have the opposite effect, where studiers settle for mediocre and use the rest of their time, in the group, for socialising.
Here’s a list of pros and cons for those of you who can’t decide whether it’s the right move for you.
As I’ve previously mentioned in my article “The Pencil Case Essentials”, a roll-on tipex is a must have for me. I stopped using liquid tipex in my last year of college, after having made the most idiotic mistake in an exam.
The expert in anything was once a beginner