I wasn’t able to read the study tips from the planner we were given. All my books and everything in my room got packed. Everything is in boxes. However, I have my own tips for studying that I found very useful for me. I will describe my tips instead.
I had to make up my own study tips and environment at the start of high school. Before high school, I never really studied to be truthful. I was never able to study; I was never good at it either. I just didn’t know how. Nevertheless, I learned on my own how to study when I started to really need it. In high school, I started using index cards and rewriting the notes I took during class. At first, rewriting notes wasn’t a study tip until I realized it was actually helping me understand and memorize the important point of my notes. Just rewriting word for word what you wrote allows you to review, understand, and memorize the notes. I found this little trick to be very useful. It may be stressful writing everything again, but I started to do that because my notes seemed messy the first time around. Rewriting them comes out neater and it helps you study.
The uses of index cards are also very useful right before a test or a speech. Putting all the notes into bullet points helps understand and memorize the main points than trying to know all the small details. While rewriting notes, you can make index cards are the side. Any phrase you believe is important; you write it in the index card and test yourself on it later. Another tip for studying I think is not to be surrounded by distractions. Low music or the sound of TV for me is necessary for my studying environment but for others that might be a distraction. So make sure that where you are and what surrounds you will not take your mind away from your goal, studying until you’ve understood everything and you feel ready.
