What to expect from Cramster’s new study tips blog!
posted by Simmy on 11/1/2007 9:08:54 AM
Hey everyone,
Welcome to Cramster’s new study tips blog. We did away with our old study tips format because, well, it was just a little too stale. Besides, Cramster is all about community resources, so what better way to communicate effective study habits and tips than in a blog format?
For most of us, our approach to studying and test-taking in middle school and high school was akin to Lindsey Lohan’s approach to law-enforcement: something you don’t really need to worry about unless you inexplicably decide to cut ties with all responsibility. For us that would mean not reading an essential textbook chapter, for Lindsey that means forgetting cars don’t steer themselves.
But college is a whole new ballgame. Upon beginning your freshman year, everyone will tell you some derivation of the schpiel, “Go to class, take notes, do your assignments, don’t wait until the night before to study for a test, and you’ll be just fine.” After hearing this for the fifteenth time you start to wonder if these “brilliant minds” give a flying you-know-what about actual student experience, because let’s be honest, achieving good grades in college isn’t that simple – there’s an art to it all.
So let the discussions begin. This blog will be updated frequently, becoming a forum for everything from the benefits of listening to music while studying, to tips on how to stay awake in class when you find yourself playing peek-a-boo with your notebook.
All from the minds who really know what’s going on…
Until next time,
Peter
The Cramster Team