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 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 fresg 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 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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