CIAPTER ONE CELEBRATING STUDY SKILLS hen you think of study habits can you expect to remember it you might think of pulling out Ultimately when you learn good your notebook the night before a study habits you are learning how to test and skimming over all the notes learn And the sooner you do that the you've taken in the last few weeks better because there will never be a Well reviewing notes ideally soon time in your life when you can say'm er than the night before a test is done and just stop learning Unfortu certainly a part of studying But nately few schools spend time teach study habits actually encompass two ing study habits such as time man separate but related ideas learning agement prioritizing note taking and new information comes first and creating memory tools These skills remembering that information comes tend to be something that you have second After all if you've never re to pick up along the way and if you ally learned a concept not just read don't you'll likely find that learning about it or heard about it but really becomes more and more challenging understood it in the first place how as you progress through high school
to college or other opportunities and study for tests your teacher isn't Of course the immediate benefit likely to give you an A Or maybe you of learning good study habits is that love world history But if you refuse they can help improve your grades to crack open your textbook or take and it's the rare student who would notes good luck passing the class say No thanks to higher grades Of Earning better grades in turn can course your innate talent and abilities increase your self confidence in a certain subject have something Although it may seem that college to do with your grades But you'd be and a career are far away learning good surprised at how much of your grade study habits now can also increase your comes down to study habits You chances of getting into college or being might be a genius at algebra for exam a successful employee Focusing on ple but unless you do the homework such skills now means that when you get to high school you'll already have the skills you need to do well hey they'll have become regular habits by then And your high school grades will have at least some effect on where you J get into college or what job you obtain And since these skills will be a habit they'll benefit you in college and on the job as well Say your first semester of college includes a science class with 0 0 0 three textbooks and seemingly end less lectures for example No need to panic just use the note taking skills you've been practicing for years Or what if your first job after graduation has lots of pressing deadlines No sweat You know how to manage your time and get everything done Despite its obvious advantages learning study habits does take some
III I WOULD ADVISE YOU TO READ WITH A PEN IN YOUR HAND AND ENTER IN A LITTLE BOOK SHORT HINTS OF WHAT YOU FIND FOR THIS WILL BE THE BEST METHOD OF IMPRINTING SUCH PARTICULARS IN YOUR MEMORY WHERE THEY WILL BE READY M ON SOME FUTURE OCCASION Benjamin Franklin
