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Are You Good at Studying?

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MNS
Posts: 5386 - Karma: 3,241
I fucking suck, i can never sit down and do a solid hour of homework, im smart, but my shitty study skills suck.
Oct 15 2010 12:31AM
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vandersteeze
Posts: 2650 - Karma: 1,511
I cant study or write papers for shit, but give me like 20 math/science etc problems and ill fuckin charge through them
Oct 15 2010 12:32AM
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thisandthatfilms
Posts: 7714 - Karma: 526
cant do it
Oct 15 2010 12:33AM
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BootySpunk.
Posts: 8148 - Karma: 84
I have terrible study skills...I get so distracted.
Oct 15 2010 12:33AM
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hurrisun
Posts: 6284 - Karma: 49
i have a mid term in 12 hours and i just cant bring myself to do it
Oct 15 2010 12:34AM
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shibby
Posts: 7088 - Karma: -19
I was up until 5 this morning finishing a paper. So no.
Oct 15 2010 12:34AM
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[tk]
Posts: 3863 - Karma: 1,906
if i'm on my comp, it multiplies however long it would take x3
Oct 15 2010 12:35AM
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HowNeatIsThat
Posts: 1191 - Karma: 112
Adderal, Ritalin, Vyvance
Oct 15 2010 12:36AM
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Deezy
Posts: 4580 - Karma: 1,004
im in the same boat bro. i can't do any work if i dont like it.

especially homework. its so bad.

but for me, if i go on http://www.rainymood.com/ it kinda gets me into an easy mood. dubstep doesn't help with studying.
Oct 15 2010 12:37AM
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Gameboy
Posts: 2657 - Karma: 127
I agree with you and OP. I simply suck. I'm at a point where cleaning my room is a distraction.
Oct 15 2010 12:37AM
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KatyPerry.
Posts: 1051 - Karma: 23
i was good at studying..... and then i discovered wow. but i find that if i take my laptop/books to a coffee shop i'm more likely do actually get work done because i'm less inclined to game in public and there are less distractions.
Oct 15 2010 12:38AM
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KatyPerry.
Posts: 1051 - Karma: 23
don't judge, i thought we were friends
Oct 15 2010 12:40AM
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bluedevil493
Posts: 233 - Karma: 27
me neither :(
Oct 15 2010 12:42AM
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paige.
Posts: 1932 - Karma: 926
I just can't get started ever.
I seriously need eat a big meal, shower, find the perfect comfy studying outfit, find all my notebooks and stuff, make tea before I can study. At which point I'm often hungry again so I grab a snack and check fbook/NS while I eat it and get stuck.
But once I start I can go for hours straight with only a couple 5min breaks to go to the bathroom/grab a different textbook. With an energy drink I can pretty well go 8hrs without breaks, without I generally can last 5.
Oct 15 2010 12:43AM
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Kangbang
Posts: 14211 - Karma: 423
+1
Oct 15 2010 12:43AM
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KatyPerry.
Posts: 1051 - Karma: 23
whatevs i'm on the island until next weekend anyway. and btw it was super sunny at the turkey sale after all, and i got the skis i wanted haha :) scoreeee.
Oct 15 2010 12:45AM
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Skibumsmith
Posts: 5433 - Karma: 11,846
i found that if i did my homework in the morning i didn't get distracted. sometimes i went to bed at 8:00 and got up at 4:00
Oct 15 2010 12:48AM
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no_steeze
Posts: 23992 - Karma: 4,274
i'm so bad at focusing. fuck ns
Oct 15 2010 12:48AM
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Gameboy
Posts: 2657 - Karma: 127
Yeah that's actually a good tip, this or either staying at school after classes. You work a lot more than at your house.
Oct 15 2010 12:49AM
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KatyPerry.
Posts: 1051 - Karma: 23
:)
Oct 15 2010 12:49AM
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lineskier10
Posts: 11339 - Karma: 796
i just procrastinate but when i do shit i crank it out, in the past 2 days i had to study 5 hrs for a midterm, write a 3 page paper, and write 9 page paper, sometimes procrastinating sucks but i had fun before this so fuck it
Oct 15 2010 12:54AM
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cooper.fry
Posts: 2229 - Karma: 34
hahaha i went to this and it scared the shit outta me cause my volume was up all the way
Oct 15 2010 12:57AM
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BootySpunk.
Posts: 8148 - Karma: 84
Holy fuck...this + reagee(sp) is fucking unbelievable.
Oct 15 2010 1:35AM
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katalina
Posts: 794 - Karma: 16
I suck at studying any place i can get distracted.. i lose my focus and then it takes me forever and then i lose my motivation and then i fail. like right now
Oct 15 2010 1:39AM
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freestyler540
Posts: 13122 - Karma: 19,182
I have amazing studying skills! I sucked at school so I had to learn how to cram. I can cram up to 8 hrs straight! The stuff I did not understand, I cheated. I graduated top class average in college! Funny thing because I was 2 points away from failing high school.
Oct 15 2010 1:46AM
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Deezy
Posts: 4580 - Karma: 1,004
oh my god. thats dope, how did i not think of that b4.
soooo good. thx
Oct 15 2010 1:53AM
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futbol
Posts: 319 - Karma: 10
Haha exactly how I am.
Oct 15 2010 1:55AM
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MNS
Posts: 5386 - Karma: 3,241
me studying =

is my room clean?
have i gone to the gym?
have i trated myself to a bit of cod mw2?
have i checked the pirate bay for new vids?
have i checked ns for anything new?
have i checked my hotmail and ebay for new stuff?
have i check my letter mail for anything?
am i perfectly organized?
ok have i brushed my teeth and gotten ready for bed?

then i go to bed

oh yeah i didnt get around to studying so i'll do it tommorow
Oct 15 2010 2:03AM
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MNS
Posts: 5386 - Karma: 3,241
i propose we all think of some way for us to study more effectively
Oct 15 2010 2:03AM
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KatyPerry.
Posts: 1051 - Karma: 23
temporary ns bans during exam week?
Oct 15 2010 2:08AM
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mmallender.
Posts: 5805 - Karma: 936
ive done this before, helped me out soooo much
Oct 15 2010 2:36AM
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Abc567def
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there was one weekend when i hate to write an 85 page paper (i had been procrastinating all semester). In one day i had 9 red bulls and about half a pack of caffine pills. My heart started racing and just stopped, I was about the reach for the phone when my heart started beating VERY slowly again. I was pretty freaked out after that so now i just drink a ton of coffee :).
Oct 15 2010 2:45AM
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Ben.
Posts: 21463 - Karma: 683
omg. so falling asleep to this tonight
Oct 15 2010 2:45AM
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agame4life
Posts: 185 - Karma: 30
thats awesome haha i'm gonna use that
Oct 15 2010 2:47AM
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katalina
Posts: 794 - Karma: 16
this kid drank some redbull and took caffeine pills one morning before school (i'm not sure if that's the exact story.. it's been passed along through many people) but long story short.. he had to run a mile or something in PE and something fucked up happened with his brain/heart.. (i probably shouldnt even be telling this because i'm slaughtering it) ANWAYS he is now mentally challenged to an extent.. people say he has all the same thoughts in his head yet he can't do anything with his motor skills to let them escape
Oct 15 2010 2:48AM
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Candy
Posts: 1051 - Karma: 176
I have a ridiculous history mid-term tomorrow at 2, and I'm sitting on NS. I need an NS ban. I need to ban everything else too. I can't study for it.
Oct 15 2010 2:49AM
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soulskier
Posts: 17806 - Karma: 3,841
my first step is always asking for a temp ban, then i sit down and do work
Oct 15 2010 3:07AM
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K_Fresh
Posts: 385 - Karma: 234
Newschoolers is my study downfall. But I've quickly learned how to study I guess. I just go somewhere else on my campus like the library, and leave my computer in my dorm. Works like a charm. Except writing papers...
Oct 15 2010 3:20AM
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Nurgle
Posts: 1249 - Karma: 15
Ive been going for the last 2 days on vyvance, and adderal... fucking me up.

And kate, that story you told... sketchin me out
I had just taken a 70mg, and went to PE class, and was working out, and was all fucking weird afterwards...
Oct 15 2010 3:23AM
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katalina
Posts: 794 - Karma: 16
yeah you needa be careful with that stuff.
i take adderall sometimes too and i've gotten terrible side affects from it. its addicting and it only helped me at first.. it sometimes still helps if i take more but i can't have any distractions or else i'll get too engulfed in them instead of actually studying.

but i have heart problems now cause of addy. not something to be proud of..
but a warning for you NSers.. don't take adderall, you'll most likely end up abusing it and paying the consequences.
Oct 15 2010 3:30AM
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Nurgle
Posts: 1249 - Karma: 15
yea i know, im going on day 3 now...
I was mad addicted to it back during junior year of highschool, and the side effects changed me. My personality def changed, and my heart started freaking out after a few months, of doing 70s almost daily.

Ive been bout a year sober, and just started up again, and im not proud of it at all

This shit will cause depression, and can def give you suicidal thoughts... its a fucked up drug, and i would suggest staying away to everyone whos thinking about doing it
Oct 15 2010 4:18AM
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katalina
Posts: 794 - Karma: 16
the bad side affects aren't worth it. i used to love taking it because i'd get that euphoric feeling but i barely get that anymore unless i take way too much or haven't taken any for awhile..

it gave me cold chills, my skin started turning purplish on my feet, no appetite, couldn't sleep and when i tried my eyes felt like they were vibrating. and if you're coming down from a binge you literally want to kill yourself, it feels worse than being e-tarted after a fun night.

Oct 15 2010 4:32AM
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Nurgle
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Yeah i had every single one of the effects...
and i know what you mean about that euphoric feeling...
day 3, only felt it for bout 5 min... tomm should be intresting, but im just going to crash at a friends after my 10am IT class...

Oct 15 2010 4:34AM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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ever heard of moderation?
Oct 15 2010 9:56AM
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Nurgle
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ever heard of addiction?
Oct 15 2010 9:59AM
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Ski_the_east01
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then its obvious you went to a shitty ass college

I cant study for shit..but any other aspect of school work/projects I could bang out like nobodies business because of the sense of accomplishment you can achieve when finishing a paper/homework
Oct 15 2010 10:10AM
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IanAvery-Leaf
Posts: 9932 - Karma: 9,411
I cant study for shit, I always pick up my computer and get distracted for hours :(
Oct 15 2010 10:21AM
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Funnel
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Yeah studying is tough for me. Sometimes I get into the flow and can go for hours and other times I can go for 30 minutes and spend 30 minutes distracted. I also have to study at my desk. I can't work at a library, in a different part of my house, or with a friend.
Oct 15 2010 10:21AM
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philwebster
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no, especially not when there's a ton of snow falling. 
Oct 15 2010 10:26AM
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molsongolden
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i can never study, i would stare at a wall for 3 hours before i would do 3 hours of solid work. I finally got into the groove of it though my last year or two of college where I would go to the library (open 24 hours/less distractions) at like 10 or 11 (sane people are rolling out/less distractions) and I would stay there and do work until like 3 am sometimes 6 or 7am if i was buried. Lots of coffee, good work environment, not a lot of people there. The cafe closed at 3am so i would take instant coffee bags and a mug with me to make coffee in the microwave.
Oct 15 2010 10:34AM
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molsongolden
Posts: 1649 - Karma: 162
it's really good if you have actual "add" (i put it in quotes because apparently half the world has it)

many people who take add medicine and don't have add actually get less work done because they just get hyper and talk a fuck ton and do stupid shit (my friend ended up concentrating on beating every level of bloons instead of concentrating on writing his paper)

i have the so called add and had 54mg concerta for it and it really helped me just be a more productive person overall. i don't like the idea of taking pills all the time though so I don't take it anymore/only really took it for a semester or two where I was really struggling.

high school girls used to take it as a diet pill because you don't get hungry all day lol
Oct 15 2010 10:39AM
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