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qrs
United States3637 Posts
On August 16 2009 21:59 Sadistx wrote: Drinking less will just kill less cells, probably not a significant amount, but it will still be harmful. Again: source? In fact, if you had done even the slightest bit of research you would have found plenty of evidence to the contrary. | ||
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ghostWriter
United States3302 Posts
On August 16 2009 17:45 IntoTheWow wrote: Ugh, I don't need to hit a my head against the wall to know it will hurt. haha But you do have to have hit some part of your body on something to actually understand what hurt means. | ||
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deverlight
Korea (South)463 Posts
Unfortunately if you're like me and this is the only way you can 'study'... you don't end up doing too well in many classes...  | ||
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1984
Ukraine115 Posts
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bburn
United States1039 Posts
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Sinensis
United States2513 Posts
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Dr. Tran
United States125 Posts
But then again, it's all up to the individual, and how well he/she manages time. (Stating the very obvious) it's always different from person to person, and I've met many of those who can pull of very good grades, and still afford time to party/smoke/get messed up. Personally however, I do notice that my grades take a slight downgrade whenever I decide to spend periods of my life "unwinding" (If you will) | ||
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n.DieJokes
United States3443 Posts
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sith
United States2474 Posts
2. Do your homework. It helps you learn the material and contributes usually to a large % of your grade in HS. I've done all of my homework and gone straight C's on the tests in a class and still pull a B+ to an A. 3. Cram. If you're going to need to know the material later on, you'll learn it naturally by use, not by memorizing it, so often times I just cram the night before and can still pull an A to B+. People will tell you this is a bad strategy, but i'll keep using it till my experience proves otherwise. 4. Drinking/drugs don't really matter if it's a social activity on the weekends and stuff. I know a lot of people who drink on weekends at parties and still have a 4.0+. It's just all about time management. There is no actual like killing of brain cells though, lol @ that. | ||
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Spike
United States1392 Posts
Whether you learn something or not, well, you didn't specify. Anyone can get straight A's, it's not brilliance or luck, it's just work. Truth. Except the part where you said to study hard in high school. Always amazed when people do shit in high school; this is the place you learn to cut corners, do the minimal amount of work and squeeze the most out of it | ||
Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On August 16 2009 23:39 Sinensis wrote: Have you used this explanation of studying efficiency to get a job or get into grad school? I'm sure they'll definitely start favoring 2.0s over 4.0s if you do!Working towards anything more than a C will always get you diminishing returns for the amount of time and effort you spend doing it. The only way you're going to make straight As is if you spend exponentially more time than is necessary on what is usually trivial and inapplicable information. | ||
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Mykill
Canada3402 Posts
straight A's requires hard work and a bit of luck (some teachers dont give A's) | ||
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On August 16 2009 22:20 qrs wrote: Again: source? In fact, if you had done even the slightest bit of research you would have found plenty of evidence to the contrary. His explanation was bad, but you know he basically means don't get drunk or high if you want to perform best. The testing was only done on low-mid alcohol consumption on older people so it's not applicable to most college age drinking and certainly the effects of being drunk offset any extra sharpness from the alcohol. But I do think it's possible to work in some "recreational activity" without it being any more of a detriment than playing casual SC. I think the bigger issue is when you're doing it (aka Friday/Saturday) and how much time you're letting it take up. Not just the time drinking, but if you wake up at 2pm the next day and still have a headache for a few hours, you basically just killed an extra day. EDIT: Also, I'm curious what the grades are like for most of the people posting here and just saying "it's luck" or "it's just diligence." Diligence is important, but you reach a level where good habits don't help much more if you simply can't figure things out. Most of the time when people say "it's just working hard/spending a lot of time," it's a cop out for why they got a shitty grade since they like to believe they could have gotten an A if they'd just tried harder. | ||
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Nevuk
United States16280 Posts
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NonY
8751 Posts
On August 16 2009 23:39 Sinensis wrote: Working towards anything more than a C will always get you diminishing returns for the amount of time and effort you spend doing it. The only way you're going to make straight As is if you spend exponentially more time than is necessary on what is usually trivial and inapplicable information. The difference between a C and an A has never been trivial or inapplicable information in my classes. In fact in most of my classes, no part of the grade is on trivial or inapplicable information. But an A is characterized by an understanding of the finer points of the subject while a C is only capable of the basic ideas. | ||
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Amber[LighT]
United States5078 Posts
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qrs
United States3637 Posts
On August 17 2009 00:07 Jibba wrote: His explanation was bad, but you know he basically means don't get drunk or high if you want to perform best. Sure, I didn't question that part. | ||
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Spike
United States1392 Posts
On August 17 2009 00:07 Jibba wrote: Diligence is important, but you reach a level where good habits don't help much more if you simply can't figure things out. Most of the time when people say "it's just working hard/spending a lot of time," it's a cop out for why they got a shitty grade since they like to believe they could have gotten an A if they'd just tried harder. Is this level a higher degree? Because for undergrads and definitely high school courses(suggest cutting corners here instead), diligence makes up a large percentage or that A. 90% haha~ You really can just brute force your way to an A if you put in enough time. That's not bullshit. I don't disagree with you that people use "time spent studying" as a cop out. Most people rationalize their grades, it's why one of the 1st things people do when they get back a test or paper is to ask what other people got. | ||
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Oxygen
Canada3581 Posts
On August 17 2009 00:10 Liquid`NonY wrote: The difference between a C and an A has never been trivial or inapplicable information in my classes. In fact in most of my classes, no part of the grade is on trivial or inapplicable information. But an A is characterized by an understanding of the finer points of the subject while a C is only capable of the basic ideas. Aptly put, thanks for the sparing the rest of us the effort. And on cramming: I also cram, but I don't think it's a good method. Frequent review is much better. IMO you can easily pull B+ / A just by cramming, but it's just not time-efficient. Much easier to go over something 15 min/day for two weeks than sitting 10 hrs in one night. | ||
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ForTheSwarm
United States556 Posts
On August 16 2009 17:27 illu wrote: Getting straight A depends more on luck than anything else. Umm, wat? Smart people must be pretty lucky... | ||
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