How to Study Smart

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Why do some students study very hard, spending most of their time doing their revision but they aren’t the best in their study group? And why are there some students who only spend a fraction of the time studying but they often get good or even outstanding results? This was not due to the lack of natural talent in studies but it simply means that they have not found an effective tool which acts as a knack for understanding concepts and learning new ideas. One of the smart study habits is by using mind-map to promote effective and accelerated learning experience. A mind map is a useful web-like structure which emphasizes visual imagery that helps to engage in critical thinking and seeing a bigger picture. Empirically, mind-mapping is proven as an effective method of note-taking as an active learning (Abi-El-Mona and Abd-Ei-Khalick, 2008; Liu, Zhao and Ma et al., 2014). Mind mapping makes learning more vivid, thus promotes creative thinking and encourages brainstorming. Th...
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Pursuing you study: Does distance really matter?


The college is located so far away from my house that I will have to take two hours to travel to college using public transport. Most of my friends asked why do I spend so much time, effort and energy travelling so far to study. The answer is because colleges nearby my house do not provide the course that I am interested in, and somehow my parents are the main reason why I am doing so. They are my deepest source of motivation to wake up super early in the morning, coming so far just for a two-hour class every day.

My parents have never pressured me to get good results and be the daughter/son they want me to become. They gave me extreme freedom to choose what I wanted to become. However, I had taken for granted and became reckless, which then caused my SPM results to be terribly bad. But surprisingly they did not scold me, all they did was motivate me and asked me to cheer up and work harder next time. What they did has truly influenced me and now that I have changed. Because of them, and because of myself.

As the saying goes, the beginning is always the hardest. I have consistently told myself that who you are in the future depends on what you do today. And that’s the reason why distance is never an issue to me, but how about you? Change is never too late. Take your first step to make a change, focus on your goals. Yes, it’s difficult but believe me, difficult roads always lead to a beautiful destination. 
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