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Advice like this (which itself is good) makes me wonder how much higher education is missing. If a 4.0 is possible with 1.0 hours of work, then surely the expec
by zipdog 14y ago
Advice like this (which itself is good) makes me wonder how much higher education is missing. If a 4.0 is possible with 1.0 hours of work, then surely the expectations of the students are far too low. Its great that its possible for a focused student to achieve a 4.0 with so little work, but doesn't that just mean that all the students should be achieving so much more?
Perhaps there should be a compulsory 101 course that just teaches studying skills (some places may do this already). It seems like that would boost the overall gain from the education experience.
- citricsquid 14y agoThis assumes your goal is to pass exams and not learn. It seems a lot of people still mistakenly believe their goal in formal education is to learn and so instead of focusing on passing their exams (which is all that matters) they focus on learning.
- aplusbi 14y agoThe title is a bit misleading and I'm not entirely sure what the "1 hour" actually refers to. The author suggests studying 10 minutes at a time, preferable twice a day most days of the week (so that's 1-2 hour a week). He also suggests going to every office hour (so that's at least another hour per week). That's in addition to treating class like you are studying (2-4 hours per week). In reality, this is "how to get a 4.0 without cramming".
- jzone3 14y agoI think you misread the article. It is not only 1 hour of work, it is 1 hour of continuous work/studying. In the article it states that one should "stealth study," or study in 5-10 minute increments multiple times (in addition to the 1 hour).
- superphil0 14y agoIf you only need one hour a day to get good grades take more courses, that's how I do it :)