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 from their entertainment dollars, but willingly seek the worst seat
of 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 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 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 own 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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