Students' Inspiration

Do you have a study schedule?

A student who wants to come out in flying colours after writing the exams must have a study schedule which he/she was committed to. Soldiers have a training schedule to get them ready for any battle that might come up. They’re always ready and prepared for any battle that comes. Just like a sport man who does not have a training schedule will never emerge a star.

A study schedule is a plan that lists all the courses that you have to study and when you must study each of them. A study schedule can also be called a study time table. It is not just all about having a study schedule but it is about being committed to it and adhering to it.

You don’t need to wait for examination dates to approach before you draw up a study schedule; any student of such is like a soldier who is just sharpening his sword on the day of battle.

A study schedule that is drawn up before hand and that is being committed to saves you a lot of stress and examination pressure in the sense that you won’t be worried about which area of the syllabus you need to study when the examination is already around the corner. It also helps you get ready and prepared for the examination ahead of time.

No matter how a student is endowed with the spirit of intelligence, without being committed to his/her study schedule, who study anytime he/she feels like, will not make any good grades.

Wake up there! Don’t see the examination as a piece of cake, see it as a battlefield which you must emerge a victor. But it all begins with drawing up a winning battle strategy which is drawing a personal study schedule.

Oh! Did you say you have one? My question to you is “Are you committed to it?”

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Am I listening?

Most of what you will learn will be presented verbally by your lecturers. And most of the time in the class, we feel and think we are listening not knowing that we are only hearing what the lecturers are saying.

Have you tried to ask someone sitting close to you what the lecturer is saying? The person might not be able to tell you clearly or even say to you "I don't know!". That shows he or she wasn't listening.

Listening and hearing are two walls far apart. Hearing is the collection of sounds or words done the sense organ- the ear, on the other hand, listening is mentally processing the sounds or words to determine the meaning and to understand what the sounds or words heard by the ear.

You may not be listening but hearing for the following reasons:
1. You may be criticising the lecturer
2. You may be finding fault with the lecturer
3. Allowing yourself to be distracted
4. Jumping into conclusion
5. Faking attention and day-dreaming
The list is endless.

Listening starts with:
1. Keeping calm- being quiet
2. Focusing attention because paying attention is a body function that is physically present and absent minded but focusing attention is both body and mind function that is giving undivided attention.
3. Maintaining eye contact with the lecturer
4. Avoiding distractions like side talks
5. Thinking and mentally processing what you have heard.

Kenneth A. Wells said " A good listener tries to understand thoroughly what the other person is saying...". Listening is going the extra mile after hearing. So whenever you're in class, always ask yourself this question: "Am I listening?"

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ASK THAT QUESTION!


Don’t be ashamed to ask question when you don’t understand the information passed across to you. Know that some of your classmates are in the same position as you. The most basic way to learn is to ask questions, no wonder John Mason wrote in his book titled “WHY ASK WHY” that “The person who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.”

You get clarity and better understanding of concepts when you ask questions and the confusion and doubts will dissolve. Don’t forget that it is your right to ask questions because your teachers/lecturers are being paid to teach/lecture. If they are not explaining concepts clearly, they are not doing their job.

Never leave the class without asking those questions on your mind because if you don’t, your teacher/lecturer will not know and he will assume that everybody understood what he had explained.

The more you avoid asking, the more you get confused. One day you will find yourself in the examination hall. By then, your teacher/lecturer will be nowhere to be found and you will be left on your own.

As the saying goes “Those who ask may be a fool for 5 minutes, but those who don’t will be a fool forever”. So ask that question!

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There times that you might be seriously engaged with other activities that will make you stay away from class for sometimes. And so many things will be taught in your absence, which makes you lagging behind- in some way missing important lessons.

Never-the-less, you can make up for the lost times. And that is why you have classmates. All you have to do is to arrange with any of your classmates to teach you lessons you've missed and you can also update your notes with theirs.

But you have to build a cordial relationship with your classmates. No wonder the proverbs says: “A man that have friends must show himself friendly…” One thing is paramount; you must carefully select your friends because “He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

Sometimes you might be in the class and not really comprehend what your teacher/lecturer is passing across to you and might not be opportune to or you might shy away from asking questions. Feel free to rub minds with your classmates because “as iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.”

Being friendly to your classmates and having them as pals have a lot of benefits attached to it. Take advantage of them!

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I have found out that many students cannot remember what they have learnt from class as each day passes by. Research has shown that after two days, students can only remember at least 25% of what they have learnt. I strongly believe this is so because they have failed to maximize the time spent in the class.

I have never seen a teacher or lecturer who can open the skull of their students’ heads and drop what they know into their brains. You have to be around and be in touch, and how do you do that? You do that by engaging your eyes, ears, mind and you have to take notes in the class.

The question is how do you engage your eyes, ears, and mind? And why do you need to take notes in class?
• How to engage your eyes: The eyes are for seeing which is very important in the learning process.
And that is why you need to be seated where you can see your teacher/lecturer, visual aids, white board and the body language (i.e. hands on approach which are used to emphasize important information) of your teacher/lecturer.
Your eyes can get you distracted. So be ready to take away your eyes from any kind of distractions which arrest your attention from the lesson at hand.

• How to engage your ears: Someone said “we were given two ears but one mouth, because listening is twice as hard as talking”. Most of what you’re going to learn from the class will be presented verbally.
It takes listening to grasp what your teacher/lecturer is passing across to you. Listening involves you to be calm, and let your attention be well focused on the teacher/lecturer.

• How to engage your mind: The mind is the Central Processing Unit (CPU) of man. You need to engage your mind in class or else it will wander away thinking of unnecessary things.
Let the information (i.e. knowledge) that you acquired with your eyes and ears be processed by your mind. When knowledge is processed with commitment through your mind, it will result to understanding. But if some concepts are difficult to understand, you can ask questions for clarity.
Take note, if your mind is somewhere apart from being in the class with you, what you see and hear are useless.

• Why do you need to take notes? Your notes serve as a” back up memory” for you so that you can check them later if you've forgotten some information. Some students find it difficult to take notes, they think they have full grasp of the lesson being taught. Research has shown that most of the information is lost within 20 to 60 minutes after learning.
So you can now see why you have to take notes while in class. Your notes are for you to review after class. Never go to the class without your notes with you!

Don’t just waste your time in class if you won’t engage your eyes, ears, minds and you don’t take notes because if you do, understanding the lesson will be far away from you.

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