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Simple and Direct process which works. This has been my experience too except i didn't do (3) & (4) diligently which directly affected my grades. I am not sure

Simple and Direct process which works. This has been my experience too except i didn't do (3) & (4) diligently which directly affected my grades. I am not sure why people come up with elaborate frameworks (most of which are unworkable due to time, complexity and reqd. effort) for such a simple and fundamental process. But one crucial step needs to be inserted into the above process to make it really work; 2.5. After the lecture whenever you have time, within 24/48 hrs sit down with the Notes and Textbook and go over the Notes in the context of the Textbook i.e. filling in the details and gaps in understanding. Try and engage in "Precis Writing" with Pen and Paper to get to the heart of the matter.

WalterBright 5y ago
Doing all the homework on time mostly eliminated the bubbling panic that threatened to overwhelm me when compressing for exams. I still have unpleasant dreams themed with endless variations on that. I told my dad about this, and he laughed and said they were common, and were dubbed the "examination dream". I've never needed anyone to analyze my dreams :-) But this persistent dream makes me feel empathy for combat vets with PTSD dreams. It must be infinitely worse for them.
- rramadass 5y ago
  Right, we are often our worst critics when we fail to live up to some view of ourselves. I was recently reading the book; The Words of my Perfect Teacher by Patrul Rinpoche which is a manual for introduction of Tibetan Buddhism and found it full of great practical advice on how to learn (anything). There is nothing new under the Sun. For example, here is a relevant passage; Do not focus too intently, picking out individual words and points, like a dremo bear digging up marmots--each time you seize one item, you forget the one before, and will never get to understand the whole. Too much concentration also makes you sleepy. Instead, keep a balance between tight and loose. Once, in the past, Ananda was teaching Srona to meditate. Srona had great difficulty getting it right. Sometimes he was too tense, sometimes too relaxed. Srona went to discuss the matter with the Buddha, who asked him: "When you were a layman, you were a good vina-player, weren't you?" "Yes, I played very well." "Did your vina sound best when the strings were very slack or when they were very taut?" "It sounded best when they were neither too taut nor too loose." "It is the same for your mind," said the Buddha; and by practising with that advice Srona attained his goal. Machik Labdron says: "Be firmly concentrated and loosely relaxed, Here is an essential point for the View." Do not let your mind get too tense or too inwardly concentrated; let your senses be naturally at ease, balanced between tension and relaxation.

WalterBright 5y ago

Doing all the homework on time mostly eliminated the bubbling panic that threatened to overwhelm me when compressing for exams. I still have unpleasant dreams themed with endless variations on that. I told my dad about this, and he laughed and said they were common, and were dubbed the "examination dream". I've never needed anyone to analyze my dreams :-) But this persistent dream makes me feel empathy for combat vets with PTSD dreams. It must be infinitely worse for them.

rramadass 5y ago
Right, we are often our worst critics when we fail to live up to some view of ourselves. I was recently reading the book; The Words of my Perfect Teacher by Patrul Rinpoche which is a manual for introduction of Tibetan Buddhism and found it full of great practical advice on how to learn (anything). There is nothing new under the Sun. For example, here is a relevant passage; Do not focus too intently, picking out individual words and points, like a dremo bear digging up marmots--each time you seize one item, you forget the one before, and will never get to understand the whole. Too much concentration also makes you sleepy. Instead, keep a balance between tight and loose. Once, in the past, Ananda was teaching Srona to meditate. Srona had great difficulty getting it right. Sometimes he was too tense, sometimes too relaxed. Srona went to discuss the matter with the Buddha, who asked him: "When you were a layman, you were a good vina-player, weren't you?" "Yes, I played very well." "Did your vina sound best when the strings were very slack or when they were very taut?" "It sounded best when they were neither too taut nor too loose." "It is the same for your mind," said the Buddha; and by practising with that advice Srona attained his goal. Machik Labdron says: "Be firmly concentrated and loosely relaxed, Here is an essential point for the View." Do not let your mind get too tense or too inwardly concentrated; let your senses be naturally at ease, balanced between tension and relaxation.