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 other 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 note. 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 while
the material is still fresh in your mind helps you 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!!
