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VCE Stuff => Victorian Education Discussion => Topic started by: stonecold on May 02, 2010, 07:59:05 pm
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Okay, so I basically feel as if I am getting nowhere with my study. Exams are in just over a month, and I need to pull my finger out because I am aiming high.
I have Wednesday's and Friday's off from school each week, which initially seemed great. Lots of time to study. But I just constantly find myself sleeping in, procrastinating, getting distracted by the TV and computer and consequently getting far less done than what I actually should.
I can't study with friends. At school, we either just talk all the time, or I find myself wasting time helping them out.
My dad works in the city everyday, and I'm considering waking up early each Wed and Fri and going with him. He can drop me off at the State Library, where I know I'll actually get study done in the silent study area. This is like the only place I know I'll get work done.
Any other techniques people have found to study at home and not get distracted? I live in a pretty small unit, and I only have a small desk to study on, and it often gets rather noisy in the house.
Thoughts much appreciated. :)
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Can't help you there :( I'm the Queen of procrastination! My house is always noisy as well, and I can't block it out (and I don't like listening to music while I work as it distracts me XD) But the state library sounds like a good idea! You should go for it :P
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Yeah go to the state library or a university library. They usually have quiet "shut the fuck up and study" areas where you have nothing else to do but read.
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Okay, so I basically feel as if I am getting nowhere with my study. Exams are in just over a month, and I need to pull my finger out because I am aiming high.
I have Wednesday's and Friday's off from school each week, which initially seemed great. Lots of time to study. But I just constantly find myself sleeping in, procrastinating, getting distracted by the TV and computer and consequently getting far less done than what I actually should.
Too much time and focusing only on study is counterproductive; it's not really possible to work at 100% intensity for more than 2-3 hours at a time so don't try to study for the whole day. My policy is not to work at all if I'm not able to put 100% focus in.
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I agree that there is no point studying if you're not focusing 100%, but this is not the problem. Once I start, I am okay. I can also go long periods and still take in lots of info. It's just that I keep getting distracted.
This won't happen if I'm in silence, and have absolutely nothing else to do. I'd obviously have a break and go get lunch or whatever. Plus I have tutoring on Wednesdays in the middle of the day, which at the moment causes Wednesday's to be a waste, because it's in the middle of the day, and I don't even bother to start studying until I get home afterwards.
I'm definitely going to try it, because something has to change, and quick.
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Okay, so I basically feel as if I am getting nowhere with my study. Exams are in just over a month, and I need to pull my finger out because I am aiming high.
I have Wednesday's and Friday's off from school each week, which initially seemed great. Lots of time to study. But I just constantly find myself sleeping in, procrastinating, getting distracted by the TV and computer and consequently getting far less done than what I actually should.
Too much time and focusing only on study is counterproductive; it's not really possible to work at 100% intensity for more than 2-3 hours at a time so don't try to study for the whole day. My policy is not to work at all if I'm not able to put 100% focus in.
Hahaha, that would mean no study for me at all! :p
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I get distracted all the time and i can only study at library or study when everyone is asleep so its quiet.LOL
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As for your question, stonecold, I'd say try and find a mental motivation for studying. This might seem trite, and even futile, but it definitely works for me. Try and mentally picture the closeness of the exams and get some pressure into you. For me this helps to start the studying (and reduce the time spent procrastinating before it). I find that once you start studying, you'll be off, and, really, before you know it, you've already done 3 hours of studying.
Hope this helps. :p
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I'm definitely going to try it, because something has to change, and quick.
0.o Seeing as though you've already finished the Chem course, you're probably way ahead of me
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i cant study i sit down do something then i will say break 15 minutes eat something and get back to it i wont get back for another 4 hrs. i either turn on tv and watch something or jump on computer and do nutin.
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i cant study i sit down do something then i will say break 15 minutes eat something and get back to it i wont get back for another 4 hrs. i either turn on tv and watch something or jump on computer and do nutin.
Same, I just look for distractions everywhere. Glad that I'm only in year 10. :)
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i cant study i sit down do something then i will say break 15 minutes eat something and get back to it i wont get back for another 4 hrs. i either turn on tv and watch something or jump on computer and do nutin.
Glad that I'm only in year 10. :)
im glad im in yr 12 nearly finished :)
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i cant study i sit down do something then i will say break 15 minutes eat something and get back to it i wont get back for another 4 hrs. i either turn on tv and watch something or jump on computer and do nutin.
Glad that I'm only in year 10. :)
im glad im in yr 12 nearly finished :)
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSs me too 6 more moenths freedom
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i cant study i sit down do something then i will say break 15 minutes eat something and get back to it i wont get back for another 4 hrs. i either turn on tv and watch something or jump on computer and do nutin.
Glad that I'm only in year 10. :)
im glad im in yr 12 nearly finished :)
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSs me too 6 more moenths freedom
30 months more... freedom! Yay! :D
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You could try setting incentives. If you have a whole day off you have plenty of time to chill as well as study, so to get yourself started you could promise yourself that if and only if you get x amount of work done, then you'll watch a movie or hit the gym or whatever floats your boat.
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write "I did not go through 13 years of schooling just to fall at the final hurdle" and stick it on your wall
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Can't help you there :( I'm the Queen of procrastination! My house is always noisy as well, and I can't block it out (and I don't like listening to music while I work as it distracts me XD) But the state library sounds like a good idea! You should go for it :P
Yeah my place is always really noisy too, its weird for me when i go to a really quiet place... its like... wah.. whered the noise go
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i find studying at home best.
whenever i procrastinate from commerce study, i tend go to on youtube and watch some gilbert strang linear alg lectures or other cool vids from mit opencourse ware or watch some khan academy vids.
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lol I think the internet is seriously detrimental to my studies. There's so much to do on youtube and with e-gaming that it's so easy to get distracted. It doesn't help that bandwith is unlimited at my hall so I can download or watch as much as I want.
When I spent time in China without youtube etc. I was able to study hardcore from the early morning till dark.
And it's not even because I find procrastinating interesting... studying is far more interesting... but procrastinating is just easier, and I'm lazy.
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A 'to do' list really helps, but only if you're realistic. Also, when I find it difficult to get motivated to study, I just decide to do it for 5 minutes. By the end of the 5 minutes I always feel as though I can keep working - it's just that getting started is the tricky bit.
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Can't help you there :( I'm the Queen of procrastination! My house is always noisy as well, and I can't block it out (and I don't like listening to music while I work as it distracts me XD) But the state library sounds like a good idea! You should go for it :P
Yeah my place is always really noisy too, its weird for me when i go to a really quiet place... its like... wah.. whered the noise go
Lol yeah, I like it when I work somewhere quiet though. A lot of people I know like working in noise,hmm
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I live in a pretty small unit, and I only have a small desk to study on, and it often gets rather noisy in the house.
I get distracted all the time and i can only study at library or study when everyone is asleep so its quiet.LOL
Hmmm...i think the main problem here seems to be excessive noise. If you can come straight home after school then sleep straight away then wake up at around 12-1 am you'd be able to study for SO long in a quiet and calm environment. That's what you need to do!
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Oh man the fkn birds outside the window are also so distracting. Like, do they have anything better to do than squark their beaks off all day?
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Oh man the fkn birds outside the window are also so distracting. Like, do they have anything better to do than squark their beaks off all day?
They're conspiring against you, i wouldnt trust those bastards
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going state tomorrow. :)
stayed back at school today and studied in the silent room. definitely a success.
silent study rooms are so good. no distractions, and everyone around me is working hard and it just makes me work hard too.
make that city library. state doesn't open till 10, and i'll be there by 8...
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Wow, I've actually studied for 3 hours today. Record for the school semester :D
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going state tomorrow. :)
stayed back at school today and studied in the silent room. definitely a success.
silent study rooms are so good. no distractions, and everyone around me is working hard and it just makes me work hard too.
make that city library. state doesn't open till 10, and i'll be there by 8...
can i come.after my oral presentation at 8:45am i have the day off :D can iiiiiii commmmmeeeeeeeeee toooo
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does it really work going to the library? i find it distracting so noisy and theres always no tables at sydenham or st.albans... maybe i should try the state library
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yeah, go state library, city library or rmit library. unimelb would have a good one too. the silent study areas are really good. i just find i really work well there.
last year i would study in the rmit library after school finished a few times a week. i' not really sure why i stopped. i actually got some good work done last year.
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Yay finally finished Chem unit 3 and going to finish Physics Unit 3 tomorrow ~
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Yay finally finished Chem unit 3 and going to finish Physics Unit 3 tomorrow ~
Nice! I was going to karma you, but it won't let me do it again so soon...
I have no idea what to learn for the final part of Biology. Every textbook and set of notes I have seems to focus on different things. :(
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Yay finally finished Chem unit 3 and going to finish Physics Unit 3 tomorrow ~
hmm almost fifnished like up to chptr 12 :P but its bio stuff which is okay
physics,....i feel as though i only get someof it and cant connect stuff together :L
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I just finished Bio Unit 3 today. Finally! :)
NOB > Heinemann
Should have just read that from the start.
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maybe unplug your comp and tell your parents to hide the stuff that distracts you