5 Tips That Can Help You Achieve Better Grades In School Number 3 Would Definitely Amaze You



School Sucks You Know What Sucks More Not Being Prepared For An Exam!

Why does schooling have to be so damn hard, who invented tests and examinations, I hope they are happy wherever they are right now. Whoever thought it was such a genius idea to create formalized education and school, in general, should be criminalized I hate school, and exams suck.

Until I remember that my favorite people in the world asides from my family, School brought them into my life and education is the prescribed pathway to achieve my mechanical engineering dream. So, at the end of the day, I must like school; however, I detest the stress of studying in preparation for exams and tests. Studying can be so challenging scrap that study is challenging (all facts), There are so many formulas to remember, and so many difficult concepts to understand, you don’t even know what topics the exams or tests would focus on. All these can drive a student crazy

This was my situation until my 3rd year in Uni when I discovered some hacks that totally revolutionized my studying and retention scheme and made examination a time to look forward to as it now became the time in school when I can flex my muscle (Like Spiderman looking forward to the next local criminal to hit). Please don’t get me wrong exams still suck but these life-changing tips made it suck less for me 

1.    Use your favorite fragrance as a remembering tool- Spray some perfume on the pages of your book or your wrist while studying. As you study, keep the saint of the fragrance near your senses. On the day of your exam, spray the same perfume. Your brain would link the fragrance to the information you studied and help you clearly remember concepts and their explanations. 

2.    Interchange the lyrics of your favorite song with the information you are trying to master. Since that song already has permanent storage in your grey matter(a part of the brain that is largely responsible for memory recollection), the information would follow suit and become part and parcel of your thought process. 

3.    Explore your Love Emotion- This works for lovers. While you study, attach the emotions you feel for your loved one to the remembering of a formula or a difficult concept. Have a romantic interaction with your lover about these difficult concepts or topics in your head. This helps you internalize the information (the same way you don’t forget your lover’s favorite color and the memories you make together). On the day of the exam, trigger these same thoughts/emotions. It works like sorcery 

4.    Focus- There is no strategy better than Focus! Read each paragraph twice, close the book and then explain it to yourself. If you forget that paragraph on the exam day, you would not forget the explanation; if you remember the explanation, you would recall the paragraph. 

5.    Source for someone who is not in your field to explain a topic or two from your course to. The essence is for thorough questioning and by answering those questions to the person’s understanding, you would be drilled into a deeper level of comprehension on that subject, hence you would hardly forget. (Remember that if you can explain to a 5-year-old and they understand, it means you have a full grasp of the concept you explained) This is the reason lecturers seem smart at every lecture.

 Finally use past questions to practice and prepare. For me, my best go-to for past questions is Qhub Africa. It has all the relevant past question and their verified answers with explanations that help me create flash cards. I can even discuss with other people on the platform about the course I am studying and they help share more info from their knowledge bank, Qhub Africa is a reliable study plug.



Created by Sophia (PhD in View) and Solomon

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