Successful Students

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5.      Don’t sit in the back of the room. Successful students minimize classroom distractions that interfere with learning.

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tudents want the best seat available for their entertainment dollars, but willingly seek the worst seat for their educational dollars. Students who sit in the back cannot possibly be their professor’s teammate (see no. 4). Why do they expose themselves to the temptations of inactive classroom experiences and distractions of all the people between them and their instructor? Of course, we know they chose the back of the classroom because they seek invisibility or anonymity, both of which are antithetical to efficient and effective learning. If you are trying to not be part of the class, why, then, are you wasting your time? Push your hot buttons, is there something else you should be doing with your time?

6.      . . . take good notes. Successful students take notes that are understandable and organized, and review them often.

Why put something in your notes you don’t understand? Ask the questions now that are necessary to make your notes meaningful at some later time. A short review of your notes while the material is still fresh on your mind helps you to learn more. The more you learn then, the less you will have to learn later and the less time it will take because you won’t have to include some deciphering time, also. The whole purpose of taking notes is to use them, and use them often. The more you use them, the more they improve.

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