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Study

I've known this for a long time, but I haven't had any affirmation of it since the last time I was in school: I can't study worth shit.

Basically, my rule of thumb is: the less I study for an exam, the better I end up doing.

I'm one of these people who just has to learn it right the first time around. And if I've learned it right, then it's not going anywhere. I don't need to remind myself of it because it will still be there. If I haven't learned it right in the course of doing the reading or work the first time around, then no amount of cramming is going to save my ass.

So when I have the confidence that I know it all, I don't bother studying and I do fine. If I don't feel like I already know it all, then I obviously don't so I try to study. But it doesn't work. If I try to study for stuff that I already know, I end up boring myself to death and falling asleep. I hate exams. What a stupid way to measure someone.

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