Popular Study Methods I dont like
(By Jay)
A list of study techniques that dont work for me at all. But study methods can work amazing for one person and then just complicate studying more for another. If they work for you, awesome, i'm happy about that. These are my personal experience with them, a lot of people wont relate and thats fine, people are different. But if you relate why these common/popular methods dont work for me, know you arent the only one and that there are more options. People might tell you "this method is amazing, you should do this" and there for you is shit.
Memorazing
Avoid this. When you memorize you dont learn. You cannot conect concepts because you dont understand. One thing is memorazing formulas, which is nessesary, but memorazing everything doesnt work. Understandment is way better. Yes, we need to remember and storage the information in our memory, but memorazing is different. Knowing the theory ord by word is shit if you cannot explain it in different words, conect it wit other concepts or put in practise.
Flashcards
Yep, studyblr favourite study method. Bear with me.
For me, it is a really passive way. When i make the Q&As of the flashcards, i remember the answers. I dont think. I associate the words. And then, when the test has the questions phrased different, my mind goes blank. It seem liked i learned because i remember but i wasnt actually learning.
Now you are probably thinking "use it for vocabulary". That doesnt help me either. Maybe it helps for knowing the meaning in a reading, but writing? I cant remember the spelling. For learning to spell a word i need to write it down. Use it in a sentence. Reading it over and over doesnt do anything.
All-nighters
Oh god, there is nothing worse than an all-nighter. One all-nighter will ruin your sleep schedule for weeks and tired=learn less. Plus, too much all-nighters lead to burn out.
With better time management, all-nighters wouldnt probably exist, or at least, be reduced by a lot
Also, as someone with chronic migraines, an all-nighter'd only give me a week straight with only terrible pain and i prefer failing a subject than that (i'd had to learn the hard way that lesson. always prioritaze your health)
Pomodoro
It's a little bit hypocrital of me to put it here, as I usually reccomend it to others. But personally? It just de-motivaties and stresses me. (disclaimer: it is a good technique, thats why i recomend it even if it doesnt work for me).
I'll explain why. The only way i can do a lot of productive stuff together (or just a long assignment) is to "get in the mood" or have like a "streak". I usually have to power through the first 5-10 minutes of studying and then i get super motivated and do a lot until my brain asks for a break. When the timer rings, it breaks it and i have to repeat the rutine again. It wouldnt be so bad if it wasnt that i work 3 or 4 times faster when i motivated than when i am powering through.
Also, having the self-impose deadline of a pomodoro (i know it isnt technically a deadline, but for some unknown reason, my brain processes it as one) makes me nervous and gives me anxiety. Just knowing the timer is going to go off anytime un-focus me. It's unnesesary stress.
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Do people like others with bags under their eyes? Cuz boy, I have some good news for them! (Posted at 1:o5 am)
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Yall ever have urges to pull all nighters and study like he'll after procrastinating the whole day?
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Sometimes there are songs that hit even better at night. I’m collecting my favs of that category in my Night Shift Drive playlist. If you need some dreamy, floaty but also uplifting night playlist:
Spotify version
Youtube version
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I'll pull all nighters knowing damn well when I hear a single noise in the middle of the night my paranoid ass will be thinking about it for the next 3 weeks
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And i'm back on my bullshit!
.....this show has awakened something in me I swear to GOD.
I have quite literally never been able to just crap out poses like this before. Maybe doing so many is just good practice?
Also, it was not my intention to draw Charlie looking so much like a scolded puppy, but here we are.
As always, right click, view image in new tab for full res.
Maybe I'll polish this up at some point....
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there is not enough coffee in the world for the amount of summer all-nighter writing sessions I’m about to pull
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