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Sean asked me to post this :D secrets to mugging!!!- Set priorities. Top students brook no intrusions on study time. Once the books are open or the computer is booted up, phone calls go unanswered, TV shows unwatched, snacks ignored. Study is business; business comes before recreation.
- Study anywhere -- or everywhere. Claude Olney, an Arizona State University business professor assigned to tutor failing college athletes, recalls a cross-country runner who worked out every day. Olney persuaded him to use the time to memorize biology terms. Another student posted a vocabulary list by the medicine cabinet. He learned a new word every day while brushing his teeth.
Among the students we interviewed, study times were strictly a matter of personal preference. Some worked late at night when the house was quiet. Others awoke early. Still others studied as soon as they came home from school when the work was fresh in their minds. All agreed, however, on the need for consistency. "Whatever I was doing, I maintained a slot every day for studying," says Ian McCray, a Middlebury College student from New Jersey. - Get organized. In high school, McCray ran track, played rugby and was in the band and orchestra. "I was so busy, I couldn't waste time looking for a pencil or missing paper. I kept everything right where I could put my hands on it," he says.
Paul Melendres maintains two folders -- one for the day's assignments, another for papers completed and graded. Traci Tsuchiguchi, a top student at Clovis West High School in Fresno, Calif., has another system. She immediately files the day's papers in color-coded folders by subject so they'll be available for review at exam time.
Even students who don't have a private study area remain organized. A backpack or drawer keeps essential supplies together and cuts down on time-wasting searches. - Learn how to read. "The best class I ever took," says Christopher Campbell, who graduated from Moore (Okla.) High School last spring, "was speed-reading. I not only increased my words per minute but also learned to look at a book's table of contents, graphs and pictures first. Then, when I began to read, I had a sense of the material, and I retained a lot more."
In his book Getting Straight A's, Gordon W. Green, Jr., says the secret of good reading is to be "an active reader -- one who continually asks questions that lead to a full understanding of the author's message." - Schedule your time. When a teacher assigns a long paper, Domenica Roman draws up a timetable, dividing the project into small pieces so it isn't so overwhelming.
"It's like eating a steak," she says. "You chew it one bite at a time."
Melendres researches and outlines a report first, then tries to complete the writing in one long push over a weekend. "I like to get it down on paper early, so I have time to polish and review."
Of course, even the best students procrastinate sometimes. But when that happens, they face up to it. "Sometimes it comes down to late nights," admits Christi Anderson, an athlete, student-council member and top student at Lyman High School in Presho, S.D. "Still, if you want A's, you make sure to hit the deadline." - Take good notes -- and use them. "Reading the textbook is important," says Melendres, "but the teacher is going to test you on what he or she emphasized. That's what you find in your notes."
The top students also take notes while reading the text assignment. In fact, David Cieri of Holy Cross High School in Delran, N.J., uses "my homemade" system in which he draws a line down the center of a notebook, writes notes from the text on one side and those from the teacher's lecture on the other. Then he is able to review both aspects of the assignment at once.
Just before the bell rings, most students close their books, put away papers, whisper to friends and get ready to rush out. Anderson uses those few minutes to write a two- or three-sentence summary of the lesson's principal points, which she scans before the next day's class. - Clean up your act. Neat papers are likely to get higher grades than sloppy ones. "The student who turns in a neat paper," says Professor Olney, "is already on the way to an A. It's like being served a cheeseburger. No matter how good it really is, you can't believe it tastes good if it's presented on a messy plate."
- Speak up. "If I don't understand the principle my teacher is explaining in economics, I ask him to repeat it," says Christopher Campbell. Class participation goes beyond merely asking questions, though. It's a matter of showing intellectual curiosity.
In a lecture on capitalism and socialism, for example, Melendres asked the teacher how the Chinese economy could be both socialist and market-driven, without incurring some of the problems that befell the former Soviet Union. "I don't want to memorize information for tests only," says Melendres. "Better grades come from better understanding." - Study together. The value of hitting the books together was demonstrated in an experiment at the University of California at Berkeley. While a graduate student there, Uri Treisman observed a freshman calculus class in which Asian-Americans, on average, scored higher than other minority students from similar academic backgrounds. Treisman found that the Asian-Americans discussed homework problems together, tried different approaches and explained their solutions to one another.
The others, by contrast, studied alone, spent most of their time reading and rereading the text, and tried the same approach time after time even if it was unsuccessful. On the basis of his findings, Treisman suggested teaching group-study methods in the course. Once that was done, the groups performed equally well. - Test yourself. As part of her note-taking, Domenica Roman highlights points she thinks may be covered during exams. Later she frames tentative test questions based on those points and gives herself a written examination before test day. "If I can't answer the question satisfactorily, I go back and review," she says.
Experts confirm what Roman has figured out for herself. Students who make up possible test questions often find many of the same questions on the real exam and thus score higher. - Do more than you're asked. If her math teacher assigns five problems, Christi Anderson does ten. If the world-history teacher assigns eight pages of reading, she reads 12. "Part of learning is practicing," says Anderson. "And the more you practice, the more you learn."
The most important "secret" of the super-achievers is not so secret. For almost all straight-A students, the contribution of their parents was crucial. From infancy, the parents imbued them with a love for learning. They set high standards for their kids, and held them to those standards. They encouraged their sons and daughters in their studies but did not do the work for them. In short, the parents impressed the lessons of responsibility on their kids, and the kids delivered.
boo jiayou for blogs ppl!
Zhen Rui
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Kp
HI GUYS!Wondering why you can't concentrate anymore?
Maybe its cuz you've reached SATURATION POINT =D
So play ball in school tomorrow!
Just remember to go in by the main gate thanks to the !@#@! preventive measures =\
There's no point stressing over blocks too much!
And me and Zhen Rui are lonely in school, though very well entertained (with some post-its)
Cheers and happy slacking,
~Sean
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Accendo Street Sales
Hey guys.. here is a possible area for your to get CIP hours if your still want to.. or to just help out and support the community. =) [Guen Yik's SL project btw]Accendo '09 (www.accendo09.com)
They are a team of students that formed a team to aid the Student Advisory Centre (SAC) which provides a myriad of services and programmes for underprivileged youth and children.
The Lunch Box Fund is the Centre’s cash gift to primary and secondary school students from poor and needy families, which sponsors the children for an entire academic year. With this, the Centre intends to contribute S$143,000 to the community in year 2009, to approximately 500 deserving students. The Centre hopes to empower youths from disadvantaged family backgrounds such that they may gain self-dependency.
Accendo '09 aims to:
I Raise $50,000 for the SAC
II Promote awareness of the SAC, and in particular, the beneficiaries of the Lunch Box Fund, to at least 200,000 students and members of the public
III Inspire other youths to rise up to the challenge and aid the community
To aid the SAC in its fund raising efforts, Accendo will be conducting 19 streets sales sessions to raise funds and they require volunteers. Details regarding the dates and timings of the sales are as follows:
Friday (3 P.M. – 7 P.M)
Session 16: 12 June
Session 18: 19 June
Sunday (9 A.M. – 1 P.M / 2 P.M. – 6 P.M. )
Session 17A: 14 June (9 A.M. – 1 P.M.)
Session 17B: 14 June (2 P.M. – 6 P.M.)
Session 19A: 21 June (9 A.M. – 1 P.M.)
Session 19B: 21 June (2 P.M. – 6 P.M.)
Session 20A: 5 July (9 A.M. – 1 P.M.)
Session 20B: 5 July (2 P.M. – 6 P.M.)
Session 21A: 12 July (9 A.M. – 1 P.M.)
Session 21B: 12 July (2 P.M. – 6 P.M.)
Session 22A: 19 July (9 A.M. – 1 P.M.)
Session 22B: 19 July (2 P.M. – 6 P.M.)
Session 23A: 26 July (9 A.M. – 1 P.M.)
Session 23B: 26 July (2 P.M. – 6 P.M.)
Session 24A: 2 August (9 A.M. – 1 P.M.)
Session 24B: 2 August (2 P.M. – 6 P.M.)
Session 25A: 9 August (9 A.M. – 1 P.M.)
Session 25B: 9 August (2 P.M. – 6 P.M.)
Session 26A: 16 August (9 A.M. – 1 P.M.)
Session 26B: 16 August (2 P.M. – 6 P.M.)
Session 27A: 23 August (9 A.M. – 1 P.M.)
Session 27B: 23 August (2 P.M. – 6 P.M.)
Volunteers will assemble at Atrium@Orchard, Thereafter, they will be dispatched to different locations to begin street sales and return to the meeting point by the end of their shift.
Volunteers may sign up for multiple sessions on different dates. Please include details as follows:
a) Name
b) NRIC/FIN
c) Age
d) Gender
e) Class
f) School
g) Mobile phone number
h) Email address
i) The session which they would like to sign up for
More information will be disseminated to the volunteers after their names have been confirmed. CIP hours will be awarded to participating students accordingly. Also, regular commitment for our street sales can be recorded under the Service component of the National Youth Achievement Award (NYAA).
Everyone makes a difference! Volunteer now!!!!!!xD
So, PLEASE sign up for their street sales! Please send a reply to
accendo09.streetsales@gmail.com at least 1 week before the session commences. Hope you guys can go down to help them!
Please feel free to contact Guen Yik at 96699721 should there be any queries. Thank you!
Show your support for our junior if you want to bah! =]
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HELLOOO!!
hello. omg this is the first time since 8000yrs that I used blogger. Wah and this is my first time blogging here!! I actually wanted to do a thankyou list for Atlantis but 时间冲淡了一切 ... bike hike is also over already nobody cares about atlantis anymore how sad. Anyway my point here is to post my debut entry on this blog because I got a bit bored of studying.Sigh, i have limited mobility cos of my ... TOE. >< I'm very disgusted. ><
No more WARTIE, hope all of you had fun while it lasted. Kinda a blessing in disguise since we actually now have a batch handsign that has become a mandatory pose for any photo taking ah. Glad to have made your days for the past 3-4 months that it was there.
This is a very lame post i'm going to eat dinner now byeeezzzxxxxzzz. (i don't usually blog like that)
Your wart-friend.
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Post Bike Hike Updates
Hey all!
bike hike is over! (yes i know i'm lag) Not going to have a thankyou list since charlton has already done it, but i really wanna say a BIG THANK YOU to each and everyone of you, no matter you took part on the day itself or during the preparation itself, because without you all, bike hike '09 would not be so successful! Special thanks to bike hike comm, you guys tanked so much ever since the day we met up with Alex at KAP, really thank you :D :D
woots Singapore Record of 314 participants! it's our record (at least for now), hc's OAC record :D :D :D
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it's really fast eh? Our 8 major events are now officially over, it seems like yesterday when we were preparing for invest :/ But before we all start getting emo and stuff, there are still many activities/minor events that are still on going! Here's some updates for people who are not sure what's happening :D
- Kids Camp! 5th June 2009
2. Rockclimbing with 35th, 8th June 2009
Rachel has sent out the email, basically it'll be next monday, at the ulu rockclimbing place that we went for ITC. Check your email to know how to get there and what to bring, and bring along your level one rockclimbing card! In case we need it to loan equipments.
oh anyone interested in batch dinner after the rockclimbing session? if got enough people maybe we can go for some steamboat or other stuffs. Just some suggestion :D
3. Bike Hike Post Mortem, 15th June 2009
Read Alex's email! Remember the deadline for the stuffs he requested is on 9th June 2359hrs! And keep that day free!
4. Investiture, 22nd July 2009
Yup invest has been confirmed to be on that day, so make sure that you keep that day free! Start preparing all the gifts and stuff that you want to give your juniors/batchmates, we'll offically step down on that day!
5. FOS
Eh date not confirmed yet, PTI PTI go go liase with juniors! :D
6. Meet up with jnr event i/cs
Urm this is not an event but juniors should be looking for you guys soon (when blocks end) so hurry get them over and done with so that they don't pester you guys anymore :D
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that should be roughly what's up for us this hols/next term. there will still be CCA next term although CCA should be over for j2s! haha i haven't decided yet but most likely it will be once per week on wednesdays. Just play some sports or do some PT to relax from all the mugging :D I don't think you guys will object right? :D
Oh and some random suggestions on what we can do since our events are over already.
- Cable Ski! (wc's idea) we can do this during this june hols/ dec hols depending on which one you guys prefer, the rates are quite okay i think, $95 per person for a day, inclusive of 2 way ferry trip, one day ski pass, full usage of house skiing equipments, coaching, 1 lunch. And it's just 1 day!
- Build structure! this was an idea from some of us after seeing our jnr's (dismal) pioneering skills during YL and we wanted to find a day where we can build a super zai structure for fun :D :D People can touch up on their pioneering skills or learn to tie if you still dunno :D
- Kayaking. Haha most likely after A's bah, but it's been some time since i'm in a kayak :D :D
- Steamboat/BBQ/Potluck at some random person's house/ecp/anywhere possible :D we haven't have a proper batch outing with proper attendance for quite sometime and june hols is a good time!
Yup that's all from me here, so mug hard for blocks! Jiayou people and i'll update you guys on any cca stuffs :D :D
From your cow CI,
Zhen Rui
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Yay.. Just realised its the holidays..
Hi guys!!Some of us are still recovering from post bike hike blues, some of us are settling into the idea that the June hols has just arrived, some of us are trying to upload the massive number of photos taken into picassa, some of us are already mugging our butts off.. but let's not forget one important thing.. the HOLIDAYS are here!!
Maybe I'm just a little slow.. but for awhile, it did not exactly feel like the holidays were already here.. and it came pretty shocking.. but half the year has passed already. Our last major event was just over, and we have our CIP left.. and investiture and FOS.
So as we all start preparing for BT2.. don't forget that the HOLIDAYS are already here.. which means that we should be ENJOYING ourselves! I am sure... I hope... I sincerely wish that all of us are not interested in mugging 24-7-25 this holidays.. (5 days removed: 2 for bike hike, 1 for post mortem, 1 for rock climbing, 1 for CIP). So let's have outings!!
The post mortem, rock climbing and CIP do not count as outings.. even though we can convert them into outings.. =) [edit] Okay.. I won't be able to make it for the post mortem. >< [/edit] But apart from these activities.. let's have a batch outing!!! On top of mugging sessions (in school? outside?) if we still want them that is. =D
So someone.... help me plan a BATCH OUTING! We don't have people to join the competitions already.. cause we have a lack of female participation.. haha. I may have to poach a junior now.. =S
Batch outing!!
Cheers,
yohz
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