Successful Students
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5. Don’t sit in the back of the room. Successful students
minimize classroom distractions that interfere with learning. Students want the best seat
available for their entertainment dollars, but willingly seek the worst seat
for their educational dollars. Students who sit in the back cannot possibly be
their professor’s teammate (see no. 4). Why do they expose themselves to the
temptation of inactive classroom experience and
distractions of all the people between them and their
instructor? Of course, we know they chose the back of the classroom because
they seek invisibility or anonymity, both of which are antithetical to
efficient and effective learning . if you are trying not to be part of the
class, why, then are you wasting your time? Push your hot buttons, is
there something else you should be doing with your time?
6. . . . take good notes. Successful students take notes that
are understandable and organized, and review them often.
Why put something into your notes you don’t understand? Ask the
questions now that are necessary to make your notes meaningful at some later
time. A short review of your notes while the material is still fresh on your
mind helps you to learn more. The more you learn then, the less you’ll have to
learn later and the less time it will take because you won’t have time, also.
The whole purpose of taking notes is to use them and use them often.
CHOOSE THE RIGHT!
