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well it finally caught up with me...
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| Floorfiller |
so all semester so far, i've been blowing off studying...taking it easy...and getting some badass grades on tests. well, that just changed...i totally bombed this test i just got out of...there goes my chance for a decent grade in that class...
study people...i know i'm gonna have to start :( |
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| keithos27 |
| God what I would give to be a full-time student again... working sucks. Haha. Sorry to hear that Jason... sell me your vinyls and study harder. :p ;) |
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| DiMethGuy |
| studying is for people who dont pay attention in class. if you pay attention then you will know everything that will appear on a test, thus rendering studying useless. |
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| RenderedDream |
| hum, i haven't been studying much too, but with coming tests i'm seeing my time getting short! |
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| N|te-L|fe |
I almost never studied in high school...
it caught up with me in college pretty quick, that was another ballgame :nervous: |
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| dj tek |
| what'd you get ? lower than a C- ? |
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| DiMethGuy |
| quote: | Originally posted by Nou
Even though I hate too, I have to agree with him here. If you pay attention in class, no need to study. I have never once studied for a test nor taken notes and I almost every time have gotten above 90%.
Now homework, or doing things that arnt tests... well I dont know... haha... thats diffrent. |
why do you hate to agree with me? Am I that bad of a person? :thepirate |
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| keithos27 |
| quote: | Originally posted by DiMethGuy
studying is for people who dont pay attention in class. if you pay attention then you will know everything that will appear on a test, thus rendering studying useless. |
how can you possibly make a generalization like this? that is totally NOT the case in every class... some classe have just too much material to learn in just the time alloted for classes, thus making "studying" necessary for many.
maybe in your 8th grade algebra, class, but not the case in many universities or post-graduate professional courses...
-keith |
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| DiMethGuy |
| quote: | Originally posted by keithos27
how can you possibly make a generalization like this? that is totally NOT the case in every class... some classe have just too much material to learn in just the time alloted for classes, thus making "studying" necessary for many.
maybe in your 8th grade algebra, class, but not the case in many universities or post-graduate professional courses...
-keith |
you're right maybe I was giving people too much credit here. But having a bachelor's and master's degrees from private universities I can attest to my experience and the experience of fellow students. Those who paid more attention in class had to study less, if it all. Those who daydreamed and doodled during class were the ones pounding the midnight oil studying for exams, whereas those of us who paid studious attention, were off in slumber. |
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| Slylee |
| quote: | Originally posted by DiMethGuy
studying is for people who dont pay attention in class. if you pay attention then you will know everything that will appear on a test, thus rendering studying useless. |
you have a point about paying attention in class, but that's a little far fetched....you still need to study to reinforce all the info the night before the test...you just don't have to spend as much time as someone who hasn't been to class at all, and you know what to study. maybe in high school it's like that, but it's a bit different in college!
*edit* nevermind..didn't read the above posts. |
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| tranceaholic |
| quote: | Originally posted by DiMethGuy
studying is for people who dont pay attention in class. if you pay attention then you will know everything that will appear on a test, thus rendering studying useless. |
haha suuuuuuure...ever taken calculus classes before or physics or chem...the list goes on..this formula works with classes like philosophy,psycology but not with stuff that needs memorizing or practicing.. |
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| Tranc3 |
| quote: | Originally posted by DiMethGuy
studying is for people who dont pay attention in class. if you pay attention then you will know everything that will appear on a test, thus rendering studying useless. |
For most classes, this will be the case. Of course, your learning curve also comes into play here. Some people will need to spend time outside of class to reach the same level of understanding even if they paid just as much or more attention during class.
However, there are also classes where the professor moves at a mental pace and expects you to be reading the book IN ADDITION to what's covered in class....so not all the material on the test is covered in class.
| quote: | Originally posted by tranceaholic
haha suuuuuuure...ever taken calculus classes before or physics or chem...the list goes on..this formula works with classes like philosophy,psycology but not with stuff that needs memorizing or practicing.. |
Actually I find that in math or logic-based classes like Calc or Physics or whatnot I don't have to study as long as I memorize the essentials like the formulas, as I can usually figure out the rest on the spot, i.e. how they tie in to each other, things like that. Classes like psychology will typically ask things that DO require straight memorization, as they oftentimes refer back to previous studies in a certain area of that field.
So anyways back on topic...I had a test today too. Not sure if I bombed it or not. I finished a good 45 mins early, and when I went up to turn it in, the professor was still working on his (working out the answer key). So I figure this can mean one of two things: my professor started much later than I did, explaning why I finished before him, or I missed an entire page or section, also explaining why I finished before him. |
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