How many of you, when attempting to study, get distracted by the internet? I’m guessing quite a few of you. If you are, even ever so slightly, an animal lover you’ll probably end up on Youtube, looking at some form of cute animal video.
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It’s nearing exam period, when teachers are starting to remind you regularly of the importance of final exams, when the pile of homework and assignments is building uncontrollably and every week it seems your weekend is becoming less about relaxing and more about studying until your head explodes.
A good study tip is to always use the study resources available to you. A lot of people make the mistake of only studying with the notes and handouts given in class, but the thing to remember is that these are only a base, which needs to be built on by you.
Do any of you, like me, hate it when teachers give you lists of information to memorise? For me, these lists usually consist of different illnesses and their symptoms, the names of various nerves and the areas of the body they innervate, or the latest one, a list of bodily hormones and their functions.
You have an exam coming up and you know you need to study. So go study. But you can’t. You can’t drag yourself off of that comfy sofa, pull yourself away from the telly and get your books out. I know how you feel.
I don’t exactly know why, but I’ve found that interesting stationary, especially notebooks and folders motivate me to get going and start working. The only explanation I can think of is that these interesting pieces of stationary act as some form of visual stimulus that awakens the studier in me!
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.