How to Improve your Grades
- Use the “clean desk” method like they do in large law firms. Organize all your materials then clean your desk off and only have one subject at a time on the desk.
- Organize your study space. Ordered surroundings lead to an ordered mind. Clean up your study room and keep it clean during your study times.
- For most non math subjects use the “three prong” study method. Read the material, write notes and then read those notes aloud. This ritual serves the purpose of transferring the information from short term memory to long term memory. For subjects such as mathematics do every practice problem you can get your hands on then review the answers and go over in the text those parts that are giving you trouble.
- Put away the highlighter. Highlighting doesn’t do much except convince you that you are actually studying when you aren’t. Plus you’ll increase the resale value of the textbook.
- Turn off the TV, put away the Doritos, close the web browser, turn off the phone and focus.
- Quiet your mind by a few minutes of ACTIVE meditation. Don’t just sit there and be sleepy.
- Take regular breaks and stick to that schedule. Ten to fifteen minutes per hour depending on the deadline.
- Prioritize your projects and do them ONE AT A TIME. Do not try to jump around from subject to subject.
- Use all your resources. If you are tanking a subject then find a tutor. See your professor during office hours and ask her what you can do to help your comprehension Don’t wait until the day before the final to do this.
- I don’t care how much weed mellows you out give it up for the two weeks leading to finals. It plays havoc with concentration and memory.
Remember if you are having trouble in one or all of your subjects it is not because you are “dumb”. Dumb people don’t get into college. Even the smartest of us can tank a subject because we lack the background, have different aptitudes or are experiencing emotional problems.
The most common reason students get bad grades is a poor work ethic and bad study habits. Others high on the list are missing classes, labs and assignments and emotional issues such as anxiety and depression and too damn much partying.
Sam.
Serious question, looking for serious answers.
Those who defend people who have allegedly committed violent acts against large crowds of people - suspects like Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Adam Lanza, and James Holmes, for instance - why do you defend them? Moreover, why do you seemingly idolize them?
If you can offer some insight into this trend, I’d love to ask you a few more questions for an article I’m working on.
Even those of you who think defending these suspects is disgusting, I’d like to get your sense of the trend as well.
Send me a message here.
Paano magpakabibo sa college?
Nung pumasok kasi ako ng kolehiyo, eh hindi ako masyadong bibo. Iniisip ko kasi baka pag masyado akong masaya ganitong scenario ang mangyari:
Ako: Hi! Hello! Ronald pala! Oh kamusta ka? Sana maging magkaibigan tayo! *Tapos bigla akong sinapak*
Ayoko ng ganun, gusto ko yung cool lang, pamysterious at kunwari bad boy. Mukha pa kong politikong hilaw. Pili lang talaga ang mga kaibigan ko ngayong college. Ayoko ng maraming kabarkada. Hindi ako bibo sa classroom o kung saan mang parte ng school. Lagi lang akong pacute at nakasmile para habulin ako kunwari ng chicks.
- Pag nagpakilala, magdala ka ng props at costume. Tignan lang natin kung hindi ka pansinin ng professor. Tapos prepare your Nora Aunor acting. I did not kill eynibadee! Mag gwiyomi ka habang nagpapakilala. Mga ganung gimik. Kumain ng bubog, mag monologue ng scene ni Lea Salonga. Basta yun, gets niyo na yun.
- Makipagkamay kung kani-kanino. Magsmile at magmukhang approachable para sa lahat.
- Pag papasok ka ng gate, mag mala-Mission impossible ka. Tenenen. Tenenen. Ten ten ten ten eleven.
- Maging class clown. Ang mga class clowns ang isa sa mga pinakabibong tao sa classroom. Mahirap nga lang to. Kailangan kasi benta ka lagi. Kung hindi ka nakakatawa, magpaka commoner (ordinaryong tao) ka na lang.
- Mag Gentleman habang nakapila sa drinking fountain.
- Laging magtaas ng kamay. Hindi para ipagyabang ang bago mong deodorant, kundi para sumagot at magbigay ng mga opinyon sa sinasabi ng mga prof.
- Lagyan ng stickers ang 1x1 pictures mo. Mas kikay, mas panalo.
- Magchacha habang nakapila sa registrar’s office.
- Magpamigay ng WeChat accounts, para kahit saan connected kayo!
- Magpakatotoo ka lang. Gamitin mo ang natural mong charm para mapansin ng professors, ng crush mo, ng librarian (madali lang to, sigaw ka lang sa library), ng security guard at ng mga classmates mo. Hindi naman talaga kailangang maging bibo. Ang mahalaga, eh sa iyong sariling paraan eh nagiging masaya ang pagpasok mo sa kolehiyo. Hindi ka pumasok dyan para magpasikat naman, isipin mo yan lagi. Pumasok ka dyan, at kinuha mo ang kursong yan para matuto.
PS. Totoo pong pag masyadong bibo ang kaklase ko, ang sarap sikmuraan minsan o kaya bigwasan habang kumakain ng palabok.
