The Overnight Student and Self-Improvement

[Fephisto]

I lurk in the shadows for these topics.

FYI, this has already been discussed:

Personal Productivity.

I actually d/ced it a few months ago, and when I do check e-mail/etc., it’s at a library. I’d have to say it’s probably the biggest boost I’ve ever gotten. I don’t have cable, but I still have a T.V., and I’m eyeing that next. Other than that, I guess I should share some general basic things: Time-logging How in the world can you know how to improve how you use your time when you don’t even know how you use your time. Seriously, start a log. It doesn’t have to be that big, even if you start…

Study tips; How do you learn

Agreed. I find that memorization, as a first step in learning, does not encourage any deep thought or inquiry on a given topic, i.e. learning. It only encourages a rote repetition and no further. I do think memorization has its place, however, but this is only after you have wrestled with the topic for some time, so you do not forget what you have already learned. In other words in my opinion there is some cause and effect confusion in education, in that memory is something used after learning,…

You might notice that first link’s OP is a certain special someone…(cough me cough)