When I heard about this lecture I wasn't very excited. I thought it would be cool to learn how to get better grades, but I thought it would be pretty boring. It was actually quite the opposite. Gary Tuerack opened with a slideshow that had everyone cracking up. He then proceeded to have someone jump as high as they could and mark on a piece of paper. After this, he taped a $10 above the mark. If the volunteer was able to mark the dollar she would win the $10, if she went above the $10 she would win $20. Of course, she won the $20. He was trying to demonstrate that we may think we are doing our best, but having an incentive, we can do better.
I truly believe that I can get better grades in a shorter amount of time. I came to the lecture only able to read 240 words per minute, and left the lecture reading 530 words per minute. I need to practice this daily, but I believe reading faster could really cut down on my homework time. He also told us three things that will help us get better grades: 1) within 5 hours of taking notes, review them. 2)take breaks when studying and during those breaks don't listen to music or watch TV because that is still more information 3)get enough sleep
This lecture was very beneficial to go to. I will use this throughout the semester and see if my grades improve at all. I will also have to see how much faster I can read.
I truly believe that I can get better grades in a shorter amount of time. I came to the lecture only able to read 240 words per minute, and left the lecture reading 530 words per minute. I need to practice this daily, but I believe reading faster could really cut down on my homework time. He also told us three things that will help us get better grades: 1) within 5 hours of taking notes, review them. 2)take breaks when studying and during those breaks don't listen to music or watch TV because that is still more information 3)get enough sleep
This lecture was very beneficial to go to. I will use this throughout the semester and see if my grades improve at all. I will also have to see how much faster I can read.
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It's amazing what we can accomplish when motivated. However, extrinsic motivators (in other words, bribes) sometimes lead to faux passion. But I too took away a little something from that lecture.
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