Navyblue
Headphoneus Supremus
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I like to study at home, because I have everything I "need" at home such as food, drinks, and etc.
I can't sit still for very long and I need to walk around when I am studying.
The thing is as you and others mentioned there are lots of distractions at home. The upside is that most of these distraction falls under three categories:
- human
- electronics
- sleep
The first can be largely mitigated by going nocturnal.
For the second, you can pass small but important parts to others for "safe keeping". For PC, game console and etc, it can be the power cable or the power adapter. Then you can stare at your pretty stuffs that are practically dead. Remember to keep away other power cables too that are usable on you PC, never trust an addict.
A DAP for yourself probably won't do much damage. but I prefer to be quiet.
For the third, saturate yourself with sleep when possible, sleep until you can no longer sleep. It also keep your mind fresh and help your memory.
For science and mathematics subjects understanding is key. Once you get a complete understanding of a subject you'd be able to take most things being thrown at you. And armed with old exams and "popular" cases, you'll be largely invincible. The other thing is to practice doing the problems with your pen. I once made the mistake of only rehearsing the problem in my mind, I was able to answer the questions in the exams, but not within the acceptable time frame. There is a Chinese saying "to discuss war on paper", meaning one can do something in theory, but not in practice.
For factual subjects such as history, my approach is to read it like a story book. In the early stage I'd read the chapters from the beginning to end without trying to remember anything, let your subconsciousness work here. After a few times you should be able to remember the gross sequence of events, then you can start working on parts that has lots of points that need to be consciously worked on. I like to remember a total number of points to a certain question to ascertain that I am not missing out anything. For example there are 7 points to the question "why does the chicken cross the road", I'd made sure that I remember there are 7 points, even though I might not remember what the 7 points are. It helps my mind to form a structure and I can work to fill in the blanks later.
Other subject are likely to be a mix of these two extremes, and you can just adapt accordingly.
Good luck.
The thing is as you and others mentioned there are lots of distractions at home. The upside is that most of these distraction falls under three categories:
- human
- electronics
- sleep
The first can be largely mitigated by going nocturnal.
For the second, you can pass small but important parts to others for "safe keeping". For PC, game console and etc, it can be the power cable or the power adapter. Then you can stare at your pretty stuffs that are practically dead. Remember to keep away other power cables too that are usable on you PC, never trust an addict.
For the third, saturate yourself with sleep when possible, sleep until you can no longer sleep. It also keep your mind fresh and help your memory.
For science and mathematics subjects understanding is key. Once you get a complete understanding of a subject you'd be able to take most things being thrown at you. And armed with old exams and "popular" cases, you'll be largely invincible. The other thing is to practice doing the problems with your pen. I once made the mistake of only rehearsing the problem in my mind, I was able to answer the questions in the exams, but not within the acceptable time frame. There is a Chinese saying "to discuss war on paper", meaning one can do something in theory, but not in practice.
For factual subjects such as history, my approach is to read it like a story book. In the early stage I'd read the chapters from the beginning to end without trying to remember anything, let your subconsciousness work here. After a few times you should be able to remember the gross sequence of events, then you can start working on parts that has lots of points that need to be consciously worked on. I like to remember a total number of points to a certain question to ascertain that I am not missing out anything. For example there are 7 points to the question "why does the chicken cross the road", I'd made sure that I remember there are 7 points, even though I might not remember what the 7 points are. It helps my mind to form a structure and I can work to fill in the blanks later.
Other subject are likely to be a mix of these two extremes, and you can just adapt accordingly.
Good luck.
