Successful students
5-6
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 education 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
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 the 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 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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