I have always sucked at studying, usually it just involves me disinterestingly going over old notes I took in class, or if I'm feeling particularly motivated I'll make a study guide, then go over that in disinterest. Fortunately I haven't smoked my amazing memory away and have found that a good hour of going over notes before the test along with what I have already retained is enough to get a mid to high B or low A if lady luck contends to smile.
Writing papers is a different story, I usually use RVCA's method of removing myself from a place of distraction and listen to ambient music on low volume (Tim Hecker's Ravedeath 1972 (2011) has gotten A LOT of listens this year). I use to go to a coffee shop that doesn't have an open WiFi network, but back in October I decided to learn how to do some basic level hacking and cracked their WEP key so now I can get online there. Fortunately my school decided to change up their wireless networking over the summer and for whatever reason, Linux based computers can't access their network, which works for me so now if I need to write a paper I just do it at school.
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