Most departments will actually assign you a tutor for FREE if you go speak to an adviser and ask. You paid big money for this class, a little extra on a tutor is worth the price. Go to your professor, or a student in class who is doing well. Don’t be afraid to get HELP. If you aren’t getting something, and you feel completely frustrated, it’s time to seek help. If you feel a bit shaky on a particular area, LEARN IT and don’t stop studying it until you can write a blog post about it without having to look at any notes of any kind. In Math studying can be more difficult because it’s like… what do I study? I know the formulas and I can do the math… so what else is there? Maybe you think you know the formulas but it can’t hurt to write them out and make sure they’re memorized (flashcards are useful for this). Study, don’t cram. Just force yourself to do this. Second, you are not going to whip out your phone or start talking to your buddy if your teacher is eyeballing you at the front of the classroom, and being so close makes you much less likely to risk being called out by the professor. First, you are right up in the action, you’ve got a great view of everything on the board or overhead projector, and you won’t have any giant heads in your way. This is probably because of many factors. Sit closer to the Professor. Studies have proven that sitting closer to the front of the classroom improve your grade. Allow yourself to enjoy learning new things and force yourself to get excited about it! Calculus will help us science majors do well in our future classes, so we might as well enjoy it now while it’s still relatively simple.
Learning is a beautiful thing! Knowledge is power. If you’re in a major, you better enjoy learning about it, or you are going to HATE your job. If you spend your time hating learning, you won’t learn.
Anyone who gets anywhere in their career has had to do it. Learn to Enjoy Learning. Complaining about school and whining about studying is annoying. I can’t even keep mine in my line of vision because once I see the thing vibrate I’m distracted SIMPLY because I want to know who texted me and what they want… and that distraction can keep you from getting an A. It’s an hour class, just wait till you get out of it. Even if all you are is distracted for a few seconds to answer a quick text, it disrupts your learning time and you won’t be nearly as focused on the lesson. Our Professor actually mentioned this last class and it’s so true. Keep your Cell Phone OUT OF SITE and ON SILENT/VIBRATE. Texting in class = not listening in class. Do the homework, take the time it requires to make sure you understand the material. If you cheat on your homework, you are cheating yourself out of learning, and you are not going to make a good grade on the exam. Do Your Homework. Homework is an easy way to raise your grade, it also happens to be assigned for a reason. If you don’t sleep well for more than a week, it’s almost as bad as coming to class drunk. Your brain sucks on too little sleep, and the nights of not enough sleep add up to a sleep deficit. I’m not just talking about the night before the exam, I’m talking EVERY night. I’ll get off my soap box now and just deal them out to you. I realize this may go on deaf ears, but I am hoping that I can share some of the wisdom I had to learn the hard way so that others don’t end up having to go back to school later and waste precious time and money. Staying up late and getting up early, partying hard on the weekends, etc can really hurt your grades, because you aren’t creating a conducive learning environment for yourself. So I decided to go back to school.Ĭoming back to school I have noticed a lot of my fellow students making the same mistakes I made my first time. I love my job, but I don’t want to do this for eternity. I tried everything from a 911 operator, a character performer at Disney World, to eventually a stable job as a Personal Trainer. I left college (after injuring but not debilitating my GPA) and had several jobs. I was burned out on school, and I had no idea what I wanted to do professionally. When I first went to college, I was young, cocky, and cared more about chasing boys and having fun than I did about actually learning. Returning to college after a 4-year “break” was probably the best thing I could have done for my GPA.
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