Successful Students
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5. Don’t sit In the back of the room. Successful
students minimize classroom distractions that interfere with learning.
Students want the best seat available for their
entertainment dollars, but willingly seek the worst seat for their educational
dollars. Students who sit in the black cannot possibly be their professor’s teammate
(see no. 4). Why do they expose themselves to the temptations of inactive
classroom experiences and distractions of all the people between them and their
instructor? Of course, we know they chose the back of the classroom because
they seek invisibility or anonymity, both of which are antithetical to
efficient and effective learning. If you are trying not to be part of the class,
why, then are you wasting your time? Push your hot buttons, is there something
else you should be doing with your time?
6. . . .
take good notes. Successful students take notes that are understandable and
organized, and review them often.
Why
put something into your notes you don’t understand? Ask the questions now that
are necessary to make your notes meaningful at some later time. A short review
of your notes while the material is still fresh on your mind helps you learn
more. The more you learn then, the less you’ll have to learn later less time it
will take because you won’t have to include some deciphering time, also. The
whole purpose of taking notes is to use them, and use them often. The more you
use them, the more they improve.
CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!
CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!
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