Tuesday, July 7, 2009

The Midterms Rush: Study, Study, Study


STUDY, STUDY, STUDY!!!

Duh. Isn't this the most obvious? I can't stress it enough...Study! Study! Study! This is the most useful rule but the most taken for granted, LOL.

Let me tell you why studying helps, why it is the best tool out there, and why even if you fail, this is still the most important thing (and that's not only in the confines of your academic life, but in your real life as well). To begin with, studying makes you prepared. It will arm you with all the things you need in answering your exams or responding to what your panel might throw at you. Aside from that, studying will duh, of course, increase your knowledge. By reading or by researching you will learn of things you do not understand or you do not know to being with. Now I know that this may come off as a cliche but isn't the feeling of actually knowing something really really good? It's like you become smarter by an inch than the rest of those who do not care about their studies. Another benefit of studying is the passing factor. If you pass then you know it is because you prepared for it, you studied for your lesson. It means that you did not choose to go the evil route and copy from someone else or bring cheat sheets with you. It actually makes you a good person, a better one actually. Being honest and hardworking has its results I tell you. You may not get the perfect score but you know you did things with your integrity intact. In relation to this, one of the things I like most about studying is the reassurance it gives you when you pass or when you fail. Because when you fail, you can still proudly say that you've given your 100% because you prepared for it. Saying that you failed because you did not study just spells out L-O-S-E-R! Most students would say that if you passed because you study you become a loser. But really, isn't it the other way around? It makes you a winner, it makes them the loser. Take that!

More than anything, you must realize that studying is always a win-win situation. If you pass then you pass! Hooray! If you fail, you still win. Why? Because you know you've spent a considerable amount of time in making things work, you just fell short in reaching it. And even if you failed, the knowledge you have instilled in your mind is already there. It can't be taken away now, you can use it the next time you take an exam or even outside the halls of your classroom. Lessons are there for a reason, they're not just there to be taken in like a medicine. They serve a purpose greater than your academic goals.

Wasn't that just too geeky? I know. I don't care. I'd rather be one than a dumbass.


No comments:

Post a Comment