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09-28-2011 at 09:29 PM
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What's the best way to catch up?
I'm behind on most things and I'm especially worried for chem and bio. The lectures don't seem to be doing anything for me, its just the prof reading off the slides, especially Stone for bio 1m03. I find myself leaning my head back on the seat in his bio class and then what do ya know, my eyes are closed. I have a bio test coming up real soon too.
This weekend is coming up and I'm planning to do the best I can to catch up with everything, especially bio cuz of the upcoming test. What's the best way I can catch up effectively and efficiently?
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09-28-2011 at 09:32 PM
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Its hard to catch up efficently in one subject so quickly.. but I remember there being a website supplement to the bio1a03 textbook, so perhaps there is one for 1m03 thats just as good? I think I saw some ecology stuff on the site when i was doing 1a03...
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09-28-2011 at 11:12 PM
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Get up at 8am every day and go to the library until you catch up.
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09-29-2011 at 06:36 AM
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gahh i suppose so...but i was hoping for something a lil specific, like a method
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09-29-2011 at 06:45 AM
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Get up at 8am every day and go to the library until you catch up.
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gahh i suppose so...but i was hoping for something a lil specific, like a method
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and read the notes that you copied from your classmate(s).
Method: READ.
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09-29-2011 at 08:56 AM
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gahh i suppose so...but i was hoping for something a lil specific, like a method
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I wish it were that simple.. All you can do is just sit down, focus, and get work done!
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09-29-2011 at 09:22 AM
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I'm behind on most things and I'm especially worried for chem and bio. The lectures don't seem to be doing anything for me, its just the prof reading off the slides, especially Stone for bio 1m03. I find myself leaning my head back on the seat in his bio class and then what do ya know, my eyes are closed. I have a bio test coming up real soon too.
This weekend is coming up and I'm planning to do the best I can to catch up with everything, especially bio cuz of the upcoming test. What's the best way I can catch up effectively and efficiently?
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My first year chem class was the same way, and i showed up to every class for about 3/4 of the year. I found IF you have good study habits (if you dont, ignore the rest of this post), then i read the textbook and the slides by myself in the library without any distractions whenever the lecture would be and i found i learned more that way.
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Do twice as much work. There's really no shortcut... :S
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09-29-2011 at 05:10 PM
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Lmao...there's no "method". You need to figure out what works for yourself. For many people, not falling asleep in class and not falling behind in the first place tend to help. If you do fall behind, you have to work harder and put extra time in to catch up, doing whatever you need to do to learn the material. There's no easy short cut. |
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09-29-2011 at 05:43 PM
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don't fall behind
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but bio with stone is crazy boring!!! Any tips for me to keep things interesting? Cuz literally his classes are just read off slides. I could just do that at home couldn't i
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but bio with stone is crazy boring!!! Any tips for me to keep things interesting? Cuz literally his classes are just read off slides. I could just do that at home couldn't i
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Then do it at home, if that works better for you. No one can make you interested in the material if you're not. Have a coffee in class if you have trouble staying awake. The class being boring isn't an excuse for falling behind. |
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09-30-2011 at 04:39 PM
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but bio with stone is crazy boring!!! Any tips for me to keep things interesting? Cuz literally his classes are just read off slides. I could just do that at home couldn't i
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I wouldn't waste your time trying to make it interesting. He gives you all the information and makes easy test questions that come straight from the power points.
You just have to face the facts that the class requires you to memorize a whole bunch of information and then regurgitate it on the test. |
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09-30-2011 at 05:11 PM
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but bio with stone is crazy boring!!! Any tips for me to keep things interesting? Cuz literally his classes are just read off slides. I could just do that at home couldn't i
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I skipped most of his classes last year because they were exactly as you said, pretty useless. If you feel that you would be more productive at home rather than in class and if the prof of said class just reads off slides, then skip.
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