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Re: shity attention span ; ( how do YOU study effectively [Re: Pureless]
#19159300 - 11/19/13 11:43 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Studying at the library helps me. When I'm at home I just wanna hit the vape and play xbox 
When I'm at the library I can still get distracted on my laptop but I'm more likely to actually do my work/study. Nobody likes school, you just gotta do your shit if you want to find a decent job.
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Re: shity attention span ; ( how do YOU study effectively [Re: Can-i-bus]
#19159328 - 11/19/13 11:57 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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I know.
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Re: shity attention span ; ( how do YOU study effectively [Re: Chowder963]
#19160737 - 11/19/13 05:13 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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i wouldn't recommend amphs for studying. not that i have anything against them but dude, come on, learn some discipline (which, btw, is part of the overall learning process) and get the work done.
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Re: shity attention span ; ( how do YOU study effectively [Re: millzy]
#19161201 - 11/19/13 06:42 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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When youhave self control and can afford it why not use them? I'm not saying to use ten everytime either. I hve a test every 3 weeks and use them to cram once per test, alot of time on test day since my class doesn't start until 6:30 pm, I take them at 12 and go to the math lab to study from 2-6 and go straight to class to take the test. I only use them sparingly, nothing wron with that.
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Re: shity attention span ; ( how do YOU study effectively [Re: Chowder963]
#19161207 - 11/19/13 06:44 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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you're sinning chowder. some would call that pretty bad.
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Re: shity attention span ; ( how do YOU study effectively [Re: zZZz]
#19161232 - 11/19/13 06:49 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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We are all sinners. Only adderall can wash you clean of your sins.
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Re: shity attention span ; ( how do YOU study effectively [Re: Chowder963]
#19161537 - 11/19/13 07:38 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Chowder963 said: When youhave self control and can afford it why not use them? I'm not saying to use ten everytime either. I hve a test every 3 weeks and use them to cram once per test, alot of time on test day since my class doesn't start until 6:30 pm, I take them at 12 and go to the math lab to study from 2-6 and go straight to class to take the test. I only use them sparingly, nothing wron with that.
if that works for you then awesome. i just wouldn't recommend it as a general strategy. do the work, get the grades. all i'm saying.
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Re: shity attention span ; ( how do YOU study effectively [Re: Pureless]
#19162056 - 11/19/13 09:02 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Pureless said: Amps relax and focus people who are actually adhd.
For people that aren't, it just makes boring shit (studying, class, work) more exciting.
I'm pretty sure they work that way for everybody, but ADHD people have a lower boredom threshold, ie they get bored very easily and are generally bored all the time, even if they're having fun. When it comes to doing shit that even normal people consider "boring" it's a wash. They have no choice but to act out or to simply drift from subject to subject, it's the only way to remain conscious. Most people take this as a sign of indifference, but it's just the opposite. I seem really hyper when I'm not medicated and calm when I am, but being me I know that it makes me feel very stimulated.
I don't actually think ADHD is much of a "disorder", anyway, at least not of individuals. It's an evolutionary clash with modern lifestyles. For whatever reason we never adapted to the cognitive necessities of agrarian life, we're still trying to hunt and gather. Schools don't cater to that. Certain lines of work are better tailored to our abilities, but school is really just all about tending your crops, even if you can't see them getting any bigger. Every. Fucking. Day. (cue extreme fidgeting)
Which brings me to...
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Chowder963 said: When youhave self control and can afford it why not use them? I'm not saying to use ten everytime either. I hve a test every 3 weeks and use them to cram once per test, alot of time on test day since my class doesn't start until 6:30 pm, I take them at 12 and go to the math lab to study from 2-6 and go straight to class to take the test. I only use them sparingly, nothing wron with that.
if that works for you then awesome. i just wouldn't recommend it as a general strategy. do the work, get the grades. all i'm saying.
Yeah, cramming only goes so far. Once you blow through the easy classes, they get hard. Once you hack your way through those, they get still harder. It gets to where you have to give up a significant chunk of your life to stay above water. In my classes I study on the daily but I still have to cram come exam time. If it was easy to gain valuable skills, they wouldn't be valuable. I know how it is to assume I can just brush up the night before an exam, or bang out a project in a weekend, only to be utterly annihilated. Certain things are just not intuitive at all.
Anyway, I just popped a dex and I should probably expend its dopamine release on my actual studies. Ta-ta, all!
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Edited by Sophistic Radiance (11/19/13 09:13 PM)
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Re: shity attention span ; ( how do YOU study effectively [Re: Sophistic Radiance] 1
#19162068 - 11/19/13 09:04 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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its pretty easy actually. i just tell myself that i will fucking fail if i don't study and waste my my tuition fee that could have gone to much better uses.
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