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 back 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 the efficient and effective
learning. If you are trying not to be a 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? As the questions
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 minds helps you
to learn more. The more you learn then, the less you’ll have to learn later and
the 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!!
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