Study for the sake of assimilating and applying knowledge. It is much easier this way than forcing yourself to memorize.
Apply what you learn to your daily life.
Be consistent, set aside time everyday to study. Set up a realistic timetable for study and stick to it.
All study and no play makes Jack a dull boy, so set aside time for play too (after you have studied).
Think what if! What if I don't study? I may fail. My parents and teacher will be sad. What if I do very well? My parents will be exhilarated! I get promoted with my friends. Use these as motivating factors to study.
If you are not clear about a topic, ask your teachers, parents or friends. Clear whatever doubt you may have about the topic as soon as possible. Do not be afraid to ask.
Do your homework. If unsure, ask.
Do past years' examination papers.
Form a study group and study with friends.
Be positive. Treat each failure as a learning experience, a stepping-stone to a higher ground. Thomas Edison failed countless times before he invented the light bulb.
Write your own notes. Summarize your teacher's (or lecturer's) notes. Summarize the textbook. Tools to use include mind-mapping techniques.
Get your friends who are good at a particular topic to teach you.
Eat proper meals and drink lots of water.
Success is 99% sweat and 1% intelligence.
YOU CAN DO IT.
Be inspired I : Do more than exist - live Do more than touch - feel Do more than look - observe Do more than read - absorb Do more than hear - listen Do more than listen - understand -- John H. Rhoade
Be inspired II : No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. -- Eleanor Roosevelt
Be inspired III : Friends, there is great value in disaster. Look, all of our mistakes have burned up. Thank God we can start anew. -- Thomas Edison (after a fire burned his laboratory to the ground)
"Buy a nice book with white pages & write all the things you don't know yet. Do not write, what you know already. It is effective but not so easy!"
...thomas steffen via email
"How you can make study cards :
1. Get index cards. 2. Write a question or fill in the blank on one side of the card.
3. Write the answer on the other side. 4. Make it for the subject you need. You can ask the question & look at the back for the answer."
...kristen via email
