I need motivating.....
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Put a brand in a fire, build a rig that will hold it horizontal while it heats up, when done, put it in the rig and position the the brand so it's where your head would be if you sat up straight, now you keep your head down and study or get branded.
That or write everything down, it's a pain in the arse but it works.
That or write everything down, it's a pain in the arse but it works.
I didn't revise for my mock 'O' levels. Got good results, so did same for my actual exams and got A's in Maths and Physics.
I didn't do any work in French, cheating off my friend for six years and making one deliberate mistake each test and wasn't surprised to fail, getting a U for my French oral (Undefined... I spent most of my time speaking English saying "What was the word for...?" and then piecing the components together with the syntax I knew; essentially, I had a non-existent French vocabulary - the outside examiner was aghast).
I did the same for my, much harder 'A' levels (I really think we should all get 3 years to study for those) and wasn't surprised when I got a borderline E for Maths, etc. Concentrated on the areas I thought I could improve: Probability not Calculus (which is a total black art to me) and didn't fail in my mocks, so did the same for the real exams and got 4 A levels with really indifferent grades.
No surprise there.
I then did as I had planned and took a year out working on some paintings and then got into a Foundation Course in Art, which required me to have A levels and be over 18 for entry. Then I got into a 3 year Bachelor of Arts Degree Course in Fine Art (Painting, Drawing, Sculpture), which was what I had been waiting for the chance to do since the time I started my O levels.
Basically, my Secondary Education was a complete waste of time.
I work as a programmer (self-taught - there was no IT or ICT when I was at school).
I took the view that I would not revise because I wanted to be examined for what I had retained from conscientiously doing the course, not from some last gasp cramming. What I learnt I can still remember, although most of the really interesting stuff I got from watching TV as I liked to see men in 1970's kipper-ties explaining how to solve Quadratic equations. I think the important thing is to learn how to learn and to actually leave 'forced' education with a curiosity to fill in the gaps in one's knowledge. I'm not impressed by someone with a piece of paper with some embossed letters on it.
I didn't do any work in French, cheating off my friend for six years and making one deliberate mistake each test and wasn't surprised to fail, getting a U for my French oral (Undefined... I spent most of my time speaking English saying "What was the word for...?" and then piecing the components together with the syntax I knew; essentially, I had a non-existent French vocabulary - the outside examiner was aghast).
I did the same for my, much harder 'A' levels (I really think we should all get 3 years to study for those) and wasn't surprised when I got a borderline E for Maths, etc. Concentrated on the areas I thought I could improve: Probability not Calculus (which is a total black art to me) and didn't fail in my mocks, so did the same for the real exams and got 4 A levels with really indifferent grades.
No surprise there.
I then did as I had planned and took a year out working on some paintings and then got into a Foundation Course in Art, which required me to have A levels and be over 18 for entry. Then I got into a 3 year Bachelor of Arts Degree Course in Fine Art (Painting, Drawing, Sculpture), which was what I had been waiting for the chance to do since the time I started my O levels.
Basically, my Secondary Education was a complete waste of time.
I work as a programmer (self-taught - there was no IT or ICT when I was at school).
I took the view that I would not revise because I wanted to be examined for what I had retained from conscientiously doing the course, not from some last gasp cramming. What I learnt I can still remember, although most of the really interesting stuff I got from watching TV as I liked to see men in 1970's kipper-ties explaining how to solve Quadratic equations. I think the important thing is to learn how to learn and to actually leave 'forced' education with a curiosity to fill in the gaps in one's knowledge. I'm not impressed by someone with a piece of paper with some embossed letters on it.
I think you're the one who is out of luck. Cuz I bet that would've motivated you. I am out of school. Though I do often times need motivatoin to mow the lawn.WrongSprite said:
I keep getting distracted from doing my logs... Ung.
I turn the computer off and go somewhere quiet to write.
I like the coffee idea, I'll do that next time I have to learn lines.
I'm a visual learner so I usually write them down in bright colours, draw pretty pictures and stick it on my wall.
I turn the computer off and go somewhere quiet to write.
I like the coffee idea, I'll do that next time I have to learn lines.
I'm a visual learner so I usually write them down in bright colours, draw pretty pictures and stick it on my wall.
I wasted 1.5 years of education and have been doing shitty jobs for 1.5 years now, In the past I allways got distracted way too easyely and I needed to motivate myself. cant wait to get back to school in august.
Keep all the shitty jobs for people with no papers in your mind, clear it. take some hot coco/cofee and just do it.
Keep all the shitty jobs for people with no papers in your mind, clear it. take some hot coco/cofee and just do it.
Just jazz up the revision, don't just re-write notes or re-read the same text book. I make posters then put them round my room so even if just staring into space it's educational space. Also quizzing friends may sound lame but nothing makes you revise more if its a competition.WrongSprite said:
Key length of time is about 40 minutes, then have a short break, then come back.Cpt_Oblivious said:
I often find music whilst revising helps me to motivate, but that could be just because I'm a music addict.
Everyone has these dry periods of revision...why else do you think I'm on here when I have exams in a week? (because you're all awesome - that's why!)
Once you start working again, you get back into the rhythm almost immediately, its not a big problem...
Once you start working again, you get back into the rhythm almost immediately, its not a big problem...
Try getting someone else to revise with you. My GF (by an amazing stroke of luck) studies the same subjects I do, it helps a lot (although at times it can be distracting).
Promise yourself that you'll do something cool this summer if you succeed. i'm planning on heading out to Abbotsford, paying a couple hundred dollars to go for some skydiving if I get an A in my Math Final.WrongSprite said:
