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If you use an SRS flashcard program, you'll see strong correlations between days you didn't get enough sleep and lowered retention rates. Similarly, staying up
by Scaevolus 14y ago
If you use an SRS flashcard program, you'll see strong correlations between days you didn't get enough sleep and lowered retention rates.
Similarly, staying up all night to study for an exam is silly.
- eksith 14y agoI can vouch for this. Best thing to do before a test is sleep! If you're too nervous, go to bed early at least so you can try to get some hours in before the morning. I've never remembered anything after a cram. And really, if you're only studying for the exam (and we know how much of school knowledge we use in the real world) then school is pointless if not for a piece of paper you get at the end.
- PakG1 14y agoJust because you have one or two courses where you study only for the exam, it doesn't mean the entire degree was like that.
- PakG1 14y agoIt's not silly if you never paid attention in any of the classes and you're learning the stuff for the first time. I know that's happened to me before, especially for a lot of the easier courses. Some knowledge that has a high probability of not being retained is better than no knowledge. :) This is of course a stupid solution to a completely different problem, but those courses didn't inspire me to try my best... if I had another chance, I don't know if I would try harder. I know that sounds bad.
- lifeisstillgood 14y agoNo, it sounds like a cost benefit analysis - the only concern is how to judge if a course is worth learning before conducting the analysis. "I don't need no Calculus" is a fail in the analysis, "I dont need no Media Studies and the effect of the Female Eunach on Porn Pay per TV channels" is not.
- PakG1 14y agoThat assumes that gaining knowledge is the only point of taking a course. Easy credits are also a viable reason. So are required credits.