PREPARING FOR A QUIZ

Here are some inside story of how
to understand the psychology of your
teachers in school.


Most teachers give quizzes to check on
their students whether they are
getting the subject or not.

If you are the student, most times
you don't like surprise quizzes as
you also surprise your teachers with low
grades, so its good to work on the following
at the start of your lectures:

First, love your teacher. Even if he or she
can be characterized in one word as "terror",
more often than not, their aim is to
put discipline and order in the classroom.
Most terror teachers, I finally discovered
as I am finishing my M.A. studies, give the
"effect" for the purpose of helping their students
to get "disciplined". Most of them, if not all
of them are simply lovable educators, who wants
to share learning at its finest.

Second, always go to class
reading two chapters
ahead of schedule, and keep
important points
mentally. The technique
here is to create a
story of those concepts.
I remember, we were
asked to memorize all the
different big wigs of
the philosophical world,
plus Latin declensions and
Spanish verbs on top of that.
Honestly I started joining the
group of the Latin declensions who sang it
La Bamba style (this is choppy music of the Latinos).
In so far as Rene Descartes and
Husserl are concerned, we just gave
them nick names like
Karl, Rene and
"Kant understand a thing" style.
Do your best to focus
your attention to your
teacher while he or
she is speaking, even if you
see yourself dozing off. Ask
your seatmate to give you a nodge,
just in case you really did fall asleep.
Your teacher will
appreciate it very much.

Third, after the class,
relax a little, then make
a quick review
of your notes, and
upon arriving home,
block a time for review
before making
your assignments.

Fourth, Television is
not really bad,
but based on research,
it hampers your creativity
and analysis. Internet use are
useful, in so far as doing research
and organizing group work, otherwise
navigating endlessly can just be a
waste of time.

Choose to block
watching the news and
favorite shows on weekends, by
asking your mom or dad to tape
it for you, because choosing to
sleep on time can help you maintain
your intellectual capacities sharp,
as it makes your neurons create
synapses very well.

Lastly, enjoy being as student,
since its very different
from the professional
world.

Learning will never stop,
but to be in school
and in the university as a student
is just one of those memorable
days which will come to pass,
the next time you
find yourself in it,
is you are either balancing
work and finishing your masters,
doctorate, or being one of
the professors, or officials.
A very different
world of young student life.