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WCDT strips 3866-3871 (5th November to 10th November 2018)

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shanejayell:
Well THAT was a anti-climax.....

https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3866

Gyrre:
Never hurts to brush up a bit on it.

Otherwise, that study energy could be put to use for a videogame.

Tova:
I have never been a fan of last-minute study for an exam. You say it never hurts, but most likely you will not retain anything new. It's more likely you will just make yourself more anxious.

OldGoat:

--- Quote from: Tova on 04 Nov 2018, 20:16 ---I have never been a fan of last-minute study for an exam. You say it never hurts, but most likely you will not retain anything new. It's more likely you will just make yourself more anxious.

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A few years ago I decided that I was going to get comfortable with the material then stop giving a damn - the score I get is the score I get.  Now I do much better on exams.

Scarlet Manuka:

--- Quote from: Tova on 04 Nov 2018, 20:16 ---most likely you will not retain anything new.
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In my experience, whether this is true is highly variable from one person to another. Some people really are able to go through their material and retain a lot of details for a few days, enough to get you through an exam. I am one of those people, or at least I was during my university days; it's not something I have had much reason to test in the last couple of decades.

I think it has a lot to do with one's learning style. Mine seems to be predominantly verbal - operating with both spoken and written words, but obviously the latter is generally more relevant for exams. Even with a science curriculum at university this was useful; for my English Literature exams at high school it was very helpful - I remember that for our final exams, after I'd done my main revision, I went through our texts and noted down quite a decent stock of quotes which could be used to illuminate the themes we'd explored, and I was able to use several of these in the exam.

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