Okay guys, I would like you to post your favorite studing or reading techniques. I mean how do you guys get ready for an exam or just read a book without distraction: Lets all share ideas.
Please also post why its good, and why its bad.
Mine:
Go to star bucks, Get the biggest Coffee I can find, sit there and read/ study.
Pro: Little distraction, no computer, no other books, no freinds or familily to distract you.
Cons: Stupid annoying strange music they always play.
here’s what i do:
i usually sit on my bed and study because sitting at a desk would make me feel too much at school, where i don’t want to be; it’s also relaxing.
clear your mind of everything and focus on the subject at hand.
i usually have music playing in the background, dunno if it helps everyone or not.
also, and most importantly, if you’re cramming, take breaks, and eat.
I like to go to Barnes and Nobles.
Pros: Great resource for books and nice atmosphere. Starbucks is right next door.
Cons: There are a lot of cute girls that goes there as well so I end up studying them. 
Me:
I go to the student union and try and sit where none of my friends are.
there’s always caffeine, it’s quiet. sometimes i listen to my cd player.
i can’t study at home, it’s impossible for me to stay on track.
When I’ve gotta do homework or study, I just sit on my bed and do it. It’s comfortable and doesn’t have the distractions that coffee shops and stuff have.
Only problem is that I don’t have the coffee and books close to me like i would at barnes and noble or some place like that.
A proven to technique to help you remember something is the smell of chocolate. So I sit and smell a chunk of chocolate while I’m learning :thumb: It works 
Lol @ Soul. I ought to try the whole chocolate deal. O no, I’ll just end up eating all the chocolate everytime I study and end up being fat and useless.
=)
I just turn the computer off. If I don’t, then I’ll end up foruming everywhere like here mostly. Then I just stare at something real long, but with absolutely no distractions, such as food or music. So, sit and stare.
ok… Im not in school anymore, but here is a true and tried technique.
Take a large post it note and write everything for your test on the post it; front and back, as small as you can.
Believe it or not, it works like a charm. No, it’s not a cheat sheet.
I’ve used that, I use notecards. Just in tiny characters that eventually become unreadable.
=)
I think what Montoya was getting at is that to write text small you have to concentrate on what you are writing, and if you are writing what you are supposed to be studying, then you end up concentrating on what you are studying as well and it get’s into your head easier. At least that is how it works for me, I’ve done it a few times (no cheat sheet).
My usual study technique is just getting away from anyone and anything that can be distracting. Complete solitude (if I can find it), then I just focus on the task at hand.
Pros: No distractions = easier to study.
Cons: Quite boring.
I just finished the hugest set of exams ever and for the first time in my life don’t have any serious ones ever again, phew.
For those that do - this worked for me:
Make a serious timetable - it feels a bit like work, it’s not really and by the time you’ve realised how much you have to do you’ll maybe knuckle down.
Break it into sections. Then break those down into really small chunks, almost smaller than you think they need to be. That way you no longer have an impenetrable wall of study, just lots of small managable bits.
Attack it one chunk at a time and take plenty of breaks.
When I’m really concentrating I can’t listen to music. Though music, concentartion and art do seem to work.
The thing to watch out for is the paralyzing cycle of non-work. You don’t work but you don’t do anything else either and you hate yourself for it. Change where you are working - move rooms and settle down somewhere else. Keep going it’s worth it just for the morning after your last exam when you wake up, roll over and go back to sleep again.
Note: If everyone boycotted Starbucks they wouldn’t be all over the place like a bad rash.
*Originally posted by lostinbeta *
**I think what Montoya was getting at is that to write text small you have to concentrate on what you are writing, and if you are writing what you are supposed to be studying, then you end up concentrating on what you are studying as well and it get’s into your head easier. At least that is how it works for me, I’ve done it a few times (no cheat sheet).
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Lost! Don’t tell anybody how it works! Then it wont anymore!
I am acctualy not studing for a test!! 
I just have two books : XML and AS, that I want to attack… I did the Barns and Noble… thing… and as EG said… yes I studied the chicks there more than the books… hehehe…
Well if you are sutdying XML and AS of COURSE you must be in front of your computer. Even though your ideas come on paper you gotta eventually test them right away on your comp’…
Just turn the internet off, which means no outside distraction…
Or get somebody’s pootah’ which has no games or distraction whatsoever…
my technique: dont do anything… then panic 
exam this afternoon anyone? :beam:
collapses
I usually wake up extremely early such as 3-4 AM, put on some Yanni/Classical music in the background and start studying. You can get about 4 hours worth of studying done before school starts, and you are usually well prepared for whatever you are studying.
EDIT: For computer books, being in front of a computer makes more sense =) Of course, I find that after few minutes I am subconsciously surfing the forums hehe.
Cheers!
Kirupa :cyclops:
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