tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7374001.post4966722497765201106..comments2023-05-16T10:48:43.167+02:00Comments on Squishy thoughts: back to basics, back to nightsmccutcheonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08217827266135043154noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7374001.post-67156297484167970102008-10-19T23:40:00.000+02:002008-10-19T23:40:00.000+02:00Ok, I'm not going to lie- I didn't study all that ...Ok, I'm not going to lie- I didn't study all that much in college. I love to read and learn, but only if I don't HAVE to do it, so studying tended to fall by the wayside. But this is what works for me:<BR/><BR/>Night owl. Probably 8-midnight are my best hours for studying (also - best hours for tv. Coincidence?).<BR/><BR/>I skim the text and/or my notes. I write down the information I need to know (over and over), and while I write I read it out loud.<BR/><BR/>Not spending too much time on it. I take breaks for...anything, and I switch subjects/areas frequently.<BR/><BR/>Studying with other people. True, we usually end up talking more about America's Next Top Model or Tennessee Williams or Canada than about whatever we're supposed to be studying, but I still end up feeling more prepared and more confident.Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10006115623631732544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7374001.post-78709810888549099532008-10-18T19:54:00.000+02:002008-10-18T19:54:00.000+02:00uch, I can be such a wisecrack. sorry. but nlp IS ...uch, I can be such a wisecrack. sorry. but nlp IS awesome.mccutcheonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08217827266135043154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7374001.post-43447476057512012682008-10-18T19:53:00.000+02:002008-10-18T19:53:00.000+02:00Hi Maria! I don't seem to benefit as well from thi...Hi Maria! I don't seem to benefit as well from this method as you do in the long term, mostly because I always study too short term for something to really stick ;)<BR/>Maybe this method will be the right one for Liv too, IF she's the type for it. I'm pretty convinced it all comes down to what type of thinker you are (as shown in some NLP literature), whether you think in pictures or sounds or words. I tend to be a mixture, but for instance finn is totally a visual person - reads it and remembers it. Liv will probably benefit from the way of studying that fits her best.<BR/><BR/>btw: you can easily find out what type people are by looking more closely at their language. do they say "I hear ya" or rather "I see". Totally fascinating...mccutcheonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08217827266135043154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7374001.post-41393004059343034622008-10-18T17:30:00.000+02:002008-10-18T17:30:00.000+02:00Wow. I thought that I was the only one who studied...Wow. I thought that I was the only one who studied that way. I do the EXACT SAME thing. And it has served me really, really well over the years. You are absolutely right. It takes much longer, but the information sticks to your bones. To this day, I can recite so much information about certain phobias simply because I studied them by summarizing BY HAND everything that I needed to know and then condensed it with notecards. <BR/><BR/>I am trying to teach my daughter to study that way as well. I think it will serve her well.Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05049511202014141182noreply@blogger.com