Tuesday, March 20, 2007

How to Study for a Test

In order to get good grade on tests, we have to lay down some guide lines that would help, not just for the present, but for the long run as well.  I might not be that great of a test taker, but I do get good grades, at least the grade required to pass a class.  Here is some of the guide lines that I lay for myself, and would suggest that all of you to at least give it a try before throwing it out the window.First of all, I want all of you to clearly understand that this method might not work for you; it might just work for me only. So please don’t blame me if it doesn’t work on you. Upon hearing that I am going to have a test on specific subject, I would always try to write it down in my notebook as a reminder that I have to study for it, if I want to pass. That is the first step that I do.Since we have the same class on every other day; when I get home on that day, I would try to first get all of my homework/assignment from yesterday done first, if I am not done yet.  Then I would get my today homework/assignment done before I even start to study for my test. Once I am done with my homework/assignment, I would usually take a ten to fifteen minutes break before I start studying for my test. That way my brain would be rested and be fresh when I start studying. The way that I rest or refresh my brain is by going out and shooting hoops, kicking a soccer ball, or through reading. You can do whatever you think that will help your brain to rest.After that I would actually start to do my studying. There is no real trick here that I do to get all the information into my head; I just simply read my notes that I took in class. When I come across key dates or people I would say their names or that dates over and over again for at least seven times before moving on to new concepts. I would do this for however long I need to cover for the test. I would then take a break or shower because normally it would be night and time for bed.One thing that I fail to mention is this, always have snacks or a drink close by to turn too when you feel that you want to quit. By doing this, you will be energized and want to keep going. The other thing that I fail to mention is this, try to go to bed on time, even though you are not through your studying. This will help you greatly. One time, I refused to go to bed, and kept studying for my history exam until 1:00 A.M. Guess what, I flunked the examination, scoring only 56% out of 100%. Sleep is important, adults like us need to get 9.2 hours of sleep a day!  Also I would pray and ask God to help me get those hard concepts into my pittance mind as I am studying.

 

In points:

1. write down in your note book that you have a test and need to study for it

2. get all your previous and present homework/assignments before studying

3. take a ten to fifteen break before starting to study

4. say key dates and people to yourself at least seven times

5. pray and have some snacks and drinks

6. go to bed on time

If you want to get good grades, give my How to Study for a Test a chance, and you will be surprise at what the results might be.

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Saturday, March 17, 2007

Blood Running Down My Face

Have you ever run into something and busted your head open with blood running down unbelievably? If you have not experienced such an event, I hope that you will at least feel what it is like after reading this paper. It was one of the biggest days of my whole entire life—the last basketball game of the season against the Cambodian National Team. We were losing badly, if I remember it correctly, the scores were 19 to 49. In the whole first half, Coach Franky hadn’t played me. However, a couple minutes into the second half, Coach decided to put me in. Oh! I could recall the event clearly, as Tia did a pass but made it look like a shoot to me. I was at the right side of the three points like, facing the basketball that we were trying to score. The second I saw Tia throw the basketball, I sprinted for it. As Coach Franky, said later, “that was some crazy running.” Although, the ball was very far ahead of me, I still got there, and saved it from going out of bounds; however, I ended up running into the wall. I stopped myself from hitting the wall though with my right elbow. Everything was happening so fast, Joe was after the same ball that Tia threw, thinking that, as I talked with him later, “that ball was for me.” With that said, Joe ran into the wall too, but the only difference between him and me was that I was between the wall and Joe. Joe was running like crazy too, and had to stop himself as well.  He tried, but he did not stop himself on time, that is without bumping into me. With the momentum I had built up from running, my face was three inches from hitting the wall. However, when Joe bumped into me, I was forced or crashed between the wall and him.
 Right after that, all I saw was darkness and stars. The next thing I remember is sitting on the basketball court with my right hand over the corner of my right eye. Immediately I felt warm liquid running down my face. I knew something was terribly wrong as I heard a voice saying, “Oh! Blood is running out of his eye.” I ended up with twelve stitches. So are you feeling blood running down your face, yet? If not, next time you participate in any sport event, please do me a favor—play hard! Then you might experience for real the dame thing I did. Plus twelve stitches.
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