“In Oklahoma, dogs must have a permit signed by the mayor in order to congregate in groups of three or more on private property.” So says my spam.

It’s been really hard to establish decent study habits. I’ve never really needed to do the kind of review for learning purposes I am facing now. It’s always been so easy! Smart = knowledge! but not any more. Now it’s hard work = reflected learning. Ugh. Am currently, temporarily, in two different study groups: the old ladies vs. the locals.

The old ladies are those of us 30+rs. They have been meeting regularly since the start of classes (in Aug) and are women who I think I “should” befriend based exclusively on commonality of age. It’s not working. I keep trying, they keep extending, it just doesn’t naturally stick. The locals = my roommate, and a “two-headed” pair of flatmates who live down the road. No brainer here. But for both groups, which are using the same basic study strategy, I need to do homework and there is the real marrow of the issue: sit and parse the notes. Parse the notes? How? There are so many books needing to be read, so many facts needing to be sorted, so many classes to attend, so many reports to write up. Why are the Brits so casual?

One Response to “Sit and Spin: Study habits”

1. Gary Says:
   September 26th, 2006 at 9:24 am

   one thing at a time. ignore the vastness and focus on one thing at a time.

   there is more time in any one day than we could ever use…

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