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Re: shity attention span ; ( how do YOU study effectively [Re: muirileD]
#19158467 - 11/19/13 06:54 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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i dont study in my accounting class i have this program i sign into so before a big test i'll wake up extra early in the morning and my teacher puts like quizzes? study guides? idk what you'd call them on there but i just do those and i usually pass my tests.
i think thats called cramming and teachers say not to do but i gotta pass! classes cost too much skrilla to take
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Re: shity attention span ; ( how do YOU study effectively [Re: lunarpiscean]
#19158474 - 11/19/13 06:58 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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ou pleaz tell me more about those things your cramming
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Re: shity attention span ; ( how do YOU study effectively [Re: Konyap]
#19158500 - 11/19/13 07:20 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Make an effort to want to learn the material by being interested in it.
For me it's a combination of that and racemic alpha‑methylphenethylamine salts.
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Re: shity attention span ; ( how do YOU study effectively [Re: kneesocks]
#19158613 - 11/19/13 08:10 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Reading fiction books will increase your attention span tenfold. Once you get hooked to a book you never want to put it down which takes a conscious effort to concentrate more.
Ever since I have started reading fiction I have notice that I can concentrate like a laser beam for a much longer time than I could.
Try it
EDIT: Also, drink a tall glass of water before studying. Hydration has proven to increase pretty much every brain function, especially math skill and concentration. A very large percentage of the population are constantly dehydrated. You might be one of them
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Edited by Patlal (11/19/13 08:13 AM)
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Re: shity attention span ; ( how do YOU study effectively [Re: Patlal]
#19158684 - 11/19/13 08:41 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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i generally study in total silence. i also give myself time to when i get distracted to where i can't continue i can stop. making yourself stare at the words on the page won't help you assimilate the information if you're not interested in doing what you're doing. but the more you do it, the longer you'll be able to focus. you'll want to study daily, even if it's just for a little bit. i try to stay neck and neck with the syllabus so at the end of the semester, like now, when i've had enough of being educated, it isn't as hard to stay caught up by doing it in larger chunks when i can. it also gets much easier to stay on task when you start taking classes that have material that interests you.
edit: i'll second patial's recommendation about reading fiction or anything that interests you. i usually have a couple of novels going and i follow various comics. i do most of my recreational reading before bed. when i'm not in school i'll read for 4+ hours a day.
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Edited by millzy (11/19/13 08:44 AM)
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Re: shity attention span ; ( how do YOU study effectively [Re: Alexestalex]
#19158688 - 11/19/13 08:44 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Amphetamines.
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Re: shity attention span ; ( how do YOU study effectively [Re: robbyberto]
#19158699 - 11/19/13 08:46 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Mdpv and daily ginkoba.
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Re: shity attention span ; ( how do YOU study effectively [Re: Chowder963]
#19158728 - 11/19/13 08:57 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Addiction to technology, we all have it to some regard.
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Re: shity attention span ; ( how do YOU study effectively [Re: muirileD]
#19158830 - 11/19/13 09:38 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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badchad said: There's a simple solution: Remove yourself from the situation. Leave your phone at home and go to the library for 2-3 hours a day. You won't have any distractions. Always worked like a charm for me.
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muirileD said: "Boo Hoo I don't like doing boring, mundane studying and would rather play video games - therefore I must need amphetamines!"
That's how it comes across. You sound like a child. It's school work: noone is excited to do it, its slow, boring, dense and sometimes ineffective at teaching. It is completely a normal response to be uninterested in studying.
BUT you've still been assigned it, and you sound like you are interested in doing somewhat well, so just fucking do it.
i'd just read books on subjects that interest me instead. So instead of doing my basic math i'd end up reading chemistry books, a library is a HUGE distraction. so much books
I shouldve done amphetamines in school, it's not that i'm NOT interested, it's that I get a few hours of class and that would leave me with too many questions, so many thoughts thus i'd just immerse into something for hours and hours and hours on end without doing my schoolwork .
le fail
Edited by Beanhead (11/19/13 09:39 AM)
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Re: shity attention span ; ( how do YOU study effectively [Re: Beanhead]
#19158846 - 11/19/13 09:41 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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amphs don't give you better scores
they just make kids with bad focus shut the fuck up for a second
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Konyap

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Re: shity attention span ; ( how do YOU study effectively [Re: Konyap]
#19158850 - 11/19/13 09:41 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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they only use them 5% of the time in france for comparison
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Re: shity attention span ; ( how do YOU study effectively [Re: Konyap]
#19158852 - 11/19/13 09:42 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Illyabo said: amphs don't give you better scores
No, they don't. I'm smart but I chronically procrastinate.
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Re: shity attention span ; ( how do YOU study effectively [Re: Alexestalex]
#19158864 - 11/19/13 09:46 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Alexestalex said: I find it extremely difficult to study effictively. The moment I start doing school work, the focus required to get it done properly seems to require so much effort. I can't stand it. It just upsets me too much. I have a crazy urge to check shroomery, my phone, fap, play ps3, listen to a song, etc because the studying feels so mundane in comparison. Its pretty much impossible for me to study more than one hour in a single sitting without satisfyig one of those urges for a tiny bit.
Do I sound like I should get tested for ADHD? Its pissing me off how I challenging of a task studying is. I used to be a semi heavy cgarette smoker for over a year and the withdrawal of going cold turkey after that was easier to bear than a week of studying for me.
OP, something that works well for me is to set a timer to break the work up into chunks. Which makes it seem a lot more manageable. Set a timer for 15-30 minutes (your choice) and stay focused the whole time. Just do it. Force yourself to not do anything other than work until your timer goes off. Then set a timer for 10 minutes and take a break and relax. When that timer goes off, right back to work.
It works for me because it turns 6 hours of school work in easily manageable half hour chunks and I stay much more productive.
-------------------- DISCLAIMER: None of the ideas expressed above are actually mine. They are told to me by Luthor and Ferdinand , the five inch tall space aliens who live under my desk. In return for these ideas, I have given them permission to eat any dust bunnies they may find under there.
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Re: shity attention span ; ( how do YOU study effectively [Re: Konyap]
#19158883 - 11/19/13 09:51 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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24h+ of music creating and ending up with three tracks in the process.
Amphs are great.
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Re: shity attention span ; ( how do YOU study effectively [Re: Konyap]
#19159016 - 11/19/13 10:29 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Illyabo said: amphs don't give you better scores
they just make kids with bad focus shut the fuck up for a second
Yeah, I don't think there is a lot evidence they increase retention or cognitive ability. They certainly help with mundane, repeated, menial tasks though.
-------------------- ...the whole experience is (and is as) a profound piece of knowledge. It is an indellible experience; it is forever known. I have known myself in a way I doubt I would have ever occurred except as it did. Smith, P. Bull. Menninger Clinic (1959) 23:20-27; p. 27. ...most subjects find the experience valuable, some find it frightening, and many say that is it uniquely lovely. Osmond, H. Annals, NY Acad Science (1957) 66:418-434; p.436
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Re: shity attention span ; ( how do YOU study effectively [Re: badchad]
#19159023 - 11/19/13 10:30 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Have to ever done any stims..?
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Re: shity attention span ; ( how do YOU study effectively [Re: badchad]
#19159029 - 11/19/13 10:32 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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badchad said:
Quote:
Illyabo said: amphs don't give you better scores
they just make kids with bad focus shut the fuck up for a second
Yeah, I don't think there is a lot evidence they increase retention or cognitive ability. They certainly help with mundane, repeated, menial tasks though.
And how!
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Re: shity attention span ; ( how do YOU study effectively [Re: Chowder963]
#19159032 - 11/19/13 10:33 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Adhd? It is called a bad diet... eat more healthy..
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Re: shity attention span ; ( how do YOU study effectively [Re: Alexestalex]
#19159229 - 11/19/13 11:22 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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In the title, why are you winking and crying at the same time?
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Re: shity attention span ; ( how do YOU study effectively [Re: Chowder963]
#19159247 - 11/19/13 11:26 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Amps relax and focus people who are actually adhd.
For people that aren't, it just makes boring shit (studying, class, work) more exciting.
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