slimjimpopo
9 Answers
FISH-O
Think in the opposite direction of 'boring'. Develop a taste for subjects you don't care for such as, looking up the history of the subject in your free time.
Extract key elements from the presentation and apply these key words to a musical currently in development by you. Not only will you be able to hum a tune while writing the tests (Which almost always are a given.), you will not forget anything... (As we all know exactly how a song can stick in your head for weeks on end... Take anything written and performed by ABBA.) The added bonus, if all else fails you can always do "Off Broadway".
Last but not least and if all else fails (Once Again... nothing like the 'Back Up Plan'), THE CHINESE TEA CEREMONY. Get good at this... which takes a gigantical amount of practice, is beautiful and depending on what type of tea is your 'all time fave'... DEE-LISH-OUS! The side effect being, you will not sleep for years on end. Perfect!
| 11 years ago. Rating: 11 | |
Ducky
Ask one question in every class. You will be forced to pay attention because you will (or should) want to ask an intelligent, well thought out and relevant question.
| 11 years ago. Rating: 9 | |
jhharlan
Make fist. Release and make again. Gets the blood to flowing.......
| 11 years ago. Rating: 8 | |
Do what ever you can to get that blood flowing. Good one, Julie.
When I watch TV, I get up during commercials and walk around or do some sort of exercise to make me feel less guilty. (Do not walk around during class.) I do not always do this. Just in moderation, you know. : )
Bob/PKB
itsmee
Get a pen that you love. Maybe colors. Doodle away. I ALWAYS doodle on the phone. I doodled in classes too. I think it helped me pay attention.
Actually, I hope you’re paying attention because I have the correct answer for you. “Pay for your own education, that’s always an incentive to get your money’s worth.” said Bustione.
| 11 years ago. Rating: 8 | |
daren1
5 cups of cafeinated coffee always worked for me !!
| 11 years ago. Rating: 7 | |
The worst problem with drinking too much coffee occasionally is that you might have to suddenly dash from the room and the other students will hear your foot prints dash to the restroom.
robertgrist
When you do not understand something, you should raise your hand and ask about what you did not understand. Otherwise you get off track and sleepy. If you develop your study and classroom listening skills you will do much better. Studying and classroom interactivity should be coached and practiced.
| 11 years ago. Rating: 7 | |
Robertgrist: I was sitting in my beloved Psychology class. The instructor was explaining hypnosis in detail. I was listening to his every word. Pretty soon I found myself in a beautiful golden ball. At the end of the class I jolted awake and the ball turned into golden droplets. I talked to him after class and said,
“I think I got hypnotized during your lecture.” I said.
“This college does not allow me to practice hypnosis,” he said.
“Ok,” I said and walked out and from that day on out I could hypnotize myself whenever I chose. Nice skill for me.
verb [ with obj. ]
take (a position of power or importance) illegally or by force: Richard usurped the throne.
• take the place of (someone in a position of power) illegally: supplant: the Hanoverian dynasty had usurped the Stuarts.
• [ no obj. ] (usurp on/upon) archaic encroach or infringe upon (someone's rights): the Church had usurped upon the domain of the state.
DERIVATIVES
usurpation |ˌyo͞osərˈpāSHən|noun,
usurper noun
ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘appropriate (a right) wrongfully’): from Old French usurper, from Latin usurpare ‘seize for use.’
It's good to look up words when you don't know the definition. I do that about 50% of the time ... maybe more. When my dad worked at a lumber camp he tried to memorize the dictionary. (He got along with everyone too! That's what he said anyway. What an early-day nerd. : )
bustieone
mycatsmom
