ive never had to study

ive never had to study because my brain automatically retains information. but now im in high school and im having a hard time. i have found that writing things down helps me learn. any suggestions?

i have always been smart too and things have come easy to me. just like you said is how i study. i just write everything down and read it again and again. i quiz myself that way. write down the main words and then i have to go through and write out all the information i know about it.

Oh man, I'm like this too! I just pay take notes and it helps me retain enough info to do well on tests and stuff. I agree that it's harder now that I'm in high school but it still works. I think quite a few people are like this. I heard that college is going to be even more difficult if you don't have good study habits though. I would suggest developing good study habits now while you're in high school. Just start readin over your notes and looking through your texts for at least half an hour every day. I think that might help ya

Yes, College/University is definitely harder than high school & requires good study habits.

Reading & writing down the important facts helps but also understanding the theory behind classes when you start to get into any math or computer science or engineering or Chemistry classes. I struggled to get through a year of calculus for my Accounting degree with my computer science minor....but that was years ago back in the 1970's before you guys were even born.

I ended up with an computer design engineering career for government communications systems........I found that the same study habits that worked for college worked for my career in that the government contract would have the design documents & specs written up & we used them to design from & also to give the presentations from to the military regarding the work we were doing. I found that going through the documents & reading them several times & highlighting the important areas.....I could actually go back to the page & paragraph of the spec when someone asked me a question about the design & whether that detail was in the design.

So in reality.....study habits are important to get through school but are also important in the careers we end up in also.

The guy I got married to had a study attitude problem.....if he thought he was smarter than the professor, he wouldn't do the work in the class & he would get by with a C or a D & he graduated with a very BAD GPA....& he thought that he was going to be handed a programming job with the company he had worked for while he was going to college.....but they told him that his GPA wasn't good enough & they weren't interested. He claimed that his GPA didn't reflect his ability or his intelligence.....the problem was that it did reflect his attitude & they didn't want someone who would be picky about the work they did if they didn't think it was challenging enough or thought they were too good for doing a specific task. Couldn't get through to him EVER that he had an attitude problem that seriously limited his ability to succeed......& he ended up getting fired or leaving companies before he got fired......the attitude also was a serious problem in the marriage also.....so we may not think that our study habits really mean anything.....but in reality.....they do as they truly are a reflection of ourselves.

I don't know exactly your problems since you weren't very specific, but I'll tell you what I do when I'm struggling with a class. I'll take notes during class, even if it isn't required. I write down everything the teacher says, too, since sometimes it helps you make sense of things. Then later on on my own I will go through and underline everything I find extra important, then narrow it down further by highlighting over the underlines stuff. Then you can just go back and look at the highlighted stuff. That way you don't waste time looking over stuff you don't really need. It helps to ask yourself what the teacher might ask you on a test, so then you can really think of what you need to know. Flashcards are always helpful, too. And if you're really struggling with studying you can always ask the teacher of the class (since they'd obviously know how they will test you) or even your guidance counselor. Hope that helped

Very good suggestions here. All I'll add is, I was like you when I was young, learning came very easily <sigh> but now I have trouble getting complicated concepts into my aging brain. I started reading my textbook out loud, taping the audio (voice memos on iPod), then I make an audio CD to listen to during long drives to and from work. This really helps me see the broader picture of the content, and is great review for tests. I usually put some good tunes at the end for a reward, and sometimes I spice up the extra boring stuff with an accent. I hope you find what works best for you!

Flash cards might help. Some websites have them free if you prefer digital. Using various means of learning might help, too, like skimming a chapter before reading it fully, watching a video, or looking at diagrams.

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