Friday, January 10, 2014
What To Pack For College
By Jason Larrsohn
We all have had those classes that just drive us the wall. The teacher is dull, or your classmates are uninspiring, especially that kid who wears Florida State apparel or the material is just dull. Yet you are paying money for the privilege to sit in that very class.
But perhaps we should rewind a couple of years, so you can really take some time to prepare, and choose the kind of college experience that will work best for you and your goals. Choosing a college and a career path will help you to have a college experience that is exactly the way you want it to be.
The best way to get the most out of a class is to read and annotate your required reading. It is tempting not write in your text books because you wish to sell back to the books store for the highest price possible.
Yet you are more likely to remember what you read when you highlight and annotate your textbooks with your thoughts and insights. If marking up your textbooks really is not an option, you can always use sticky notes, write on them and remove them at the end of the end of the semester.
If you don't like the assigned reading, find interesting extracurricular reading on the subject you are studying in class. There is more than one way to view any topic, and the chances are pretty high that someone else has written about the topic you are studying, and chances are what they have to say is interesting. But choosing to independently investigate the theme of class, slowly but surely you may become more involved or interested in the class.
So research careers and colleges thoroughly so that when you pull on your first piece of University of Miami apparel, or your first Texas Tech T-shirts, you will know that you are exactly where you are supposed to be, and doing exactly what you wanted to do.
These personal connections that you make with the lecture will make it even easier to remember otherwise obscure facts. Better yet talk to the teacher or your fellow classmates after class about your questions and observations. These informal conversations help you remember the facts and themes of the day's lecture even more clearly.
If are having are hard time getting to class or wanting to go to class, try to befriend one person in the class, especially someone who may have some of the same ideas or troubles with the class as you do. Maybe befriend another person who finds the kid with the Florida State apparel just a ridiculous as you. Nothing creates better kindling for a friendship than a common foe. By creating one friend in the class, you will be less likely to skip or fail the class because you know someone in the class cares whether or not you show up-and they will pester you about your absence.
Follow these three simple tips and you will have everything you need to start off on a new, exciting adventure! These will save you time, money, space, and stress. Now go have fun!
But perhaps we should rewind a couple of years, so you can really take some time to prepare, and choose the kind of college experience that will work best for you and your goals. Choosing a college and a career path will help you to have a college experience that is exactly the way you want it to be.
The best way to get the most out of a class is to read and annotate your required reading. It is tempting not write in your text books because you wish to sell back to the books store for the highest price possible.
Yet you are more likely to remember what you read when you highlight and annotate your textbooks with your thoughts and insights. If marking up your textbooks really is not an option, you can always use sticky notes, write on them and remove them at the end of the end of the semester.
If you don't like the assigned reading, find interesting extracurricular reading on the subject you are studying in class. There is more than one way to view any topic, and the chances are pretty high that someone else has written about the topic you are studying, and chances are what they have to say is interesting. But choosing to independently investigate the theme of class, slowly but surely you may become more involved or interested in the class.
So research careers and colleges thoroughly so that when you pull on your first piece of University of Miami apparel, or your first Texas Tech T-shirts, you will know that you are exactly where you are supposed to be, and doing exactly what you wanted to do.
These personal connections that you make with the lecture will make it even easier to remember otherwise obscure facts. Better yet talk to the teacher or your fellow classmates after class about your questions and observations. These informal conversations help you remember the facts and themes of the day's lecture even more clearly.
If are having are hard time getting to class or wanting to go to class, try to befriend one person in the class, especially someone who may have some of the same ideas or troubles with the class as you do. Maybe befriend another person who finds the kid with the Florida State apparel just a ridiculous as you. Nothing creates better kindling for a friendship than a common foe. By creating one friend in the class, you will be less likely to skip or fail the class because you know someone in the class cares whether or not you show up-and they will pester you about your absence.
Follow these three simple tips and you will have everything you need to start off on a new, exciting adventure! These will save you time, money, space, and stress. Now go have fun!
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