3rd semester

              

                   My 3rd semester exams were finished  by November 23rd. I got 2 weeks holidays. College reopens on December 9.

                   I spent my entire semester gleefully. Myself and my friends went to movie and celebrated Aravindh’s birthday http://snipurl.com/tk1ep in beach which was an unforgettable day.

                                 I didn’t work hard for my exams. Actually, I was keep on changing my study patterns. Nothing suited me. Even if some methods suited me, it doesn’t help me even for a month.

                                 I like to spend more time with computer.  It doesn’t mean that I watch only movies and play games. Besides watching movies, I read articles based on   education “http://www.studyhacks.com”, personality development “http://www.stevepavlina.com, http://www.scotthyoung.com” and some novels.

                                  I read some articles on “time management”. I came across an article “The Notebook Method”, by Calnewport http://snipurl.com/tk1dl. He said that “writing is one of the best methods for preparing examinations. Writing makes you remember”. This sounds a silly method. It sounded a common method but I have never tried that.

                                   By the time my semester exams started. There are large portions that I have to accomplish in a short period of time. I started studying the corresponding subjects just the previous day of the exams. This time I used “Notebook method” even though I knew, it was too late.

                                   Better be late than never. I worked 6 hours to the maximum for each exam. That was not sufficient. But I covered a lot of portions. I worked on important sums on maths. And other subjects I understood the concepts and I wrote the points in my notebook. Some concepts I even practiced twice by writing.

                                   Some subjects I found it easy. Other subjects were really hard. There were unexpected questions and problems in the question paper. The last minute preparation didn’t help much.

                                    I don’t care about my GPA in this semester. But I found my method of learning. I realized that “writing once is always better than reading twice”. There is a wise saying

                      “When you hear – you forget,

                      When you see – you remember,

                          When you do – you know.”

I came to know the worth of this method only after I have implemented.