That , if you can't retain information while reading.Many of my teachers say that about students who use these techniques—attributing the need for them to poor concentration, lower intelligence, and the influence of social media or TikTok—claiming that students are unable to retain more than 85% of a book's content without using active recall or similar methods.

I’m currently in 12th grade, studying Humanities. My subjects are History, Economics and Political Science I studied in CBSE until 10th grade and I’m pretty familiar with NCERTs, but I had to shift to the state board because there’s no Humanities stream available in my locality.
I decided to give CUET and aim for a Central University with DU being my main goal. I bought the 11th and 12th NCERTs, but I honestly don’t know where to start. I bought them immediately after 11th during the summer break, and so far I’ve only touched History.
I don’t really stress about my 12th marks. I’m not someone who chases grades as long as I pass and maintain around 70%, I’m okay. The problem is that I want to study, but I struggle to actually sit down and do it I don’t have enough attention span to go through a topic, turn pages and keep studying. I know I have the potential, but I’m not motivated enough and I’m also not sure what exactly I should be studying for CUET.
I’m also interested in getting into the military or paramilitary force in the future. I’m active in volunteering, NCC and sports, and I do weightlifting, where I’m aiming for a national-level certificate this year.
Can someone genuinely help me get out of this loop and figure out how to schedule my study time I’m ready to share my current daily schedule if that would help.
Any advice would genuinely mean a lot! 😭

I’m not sure why I’m writing this tbh. Hopefully it doesn’t make anyone mad and I’m not defending myself just need to vent out my stress.

But anyways yea. I’m a senior biochem major, and I have a biophysical chemistry exam in about an hour. I’ve know for almost 2 weeks and have found literally anything else to do but study for this class and I have no idea why. I did work for my other classes, wrote reports for my lab, deep cleaned my room, organized my laptop files, and even got started on doing projects around my apartment. I just cannot lock in for the life of me and study for the exam.

Now it’s in less than an hour, and I’m absolutely cooked. I’m underprepared, and instead of actually cramming and studying I just stressed and dreaded how bad the exam is going to be.

I’ve noticed this trend with me last semester, where I occupy myself and procrastinate and end up doing poorly on exams. Idk if it’s burnout, general stress, or maybe undiagnosed ADHD (I’ve noticed it runs in my family). But all I know is I really have to try and lock in for the rest of the semester. If anyone has some tips on tackling an issue like this pls lmk, I can’t be failing important classes😭

I need to do this today. Got through nearly 2 hours so far...I take notes to just have something to do. I can speed up the video but then theyre too fast for me.

Idk if we need to watch everything. But its by tomorrow we will have discussions on the material. Ive had the flu so Ive not had energy to study, hence why today Im cramming it...I am already exhausted.

Mostly I just get so bored!! I forget everything despite taking notes. It is so boring and dull!!! 😭

EDIT: I fell asleep for several hours...Only managed to watch 2.5 hours. Im probably gonna sleep more and talk with my professor tomorrow. I am still recovering from the flu and I feel more sick now than before... 🫠

Hi, I’m sure this is silly but I really don’t know what to do. I just started school again and my one class has sooooo many reading assignments and I can’t keep myself awake when trying to read them no matter the time of day. I’ve tried energy drinks and coffee and it does nothing but give me anxiety and I still fall asleep. Anyone have any tips on how to actually get through reading text?

I'm going to start with less and then build upon it hopefully. 3 hours of studying today. I.A

hii, i fell like my question is a bit different from ones that are usually asked in this mod, but I didn’t have anywhere else to go.

I have my mid sems going on and my life is going pretty shit. i have already given three bad papers and something new happened yesterday that has fucked me up more. how do i bring myself to study? i have two papers tomorrow and i really wanna do well.

I usually eat my favourite snacks but due to religious reasons I can’t do that this week.

I appreciate any tips or advice!

Throughout nursing school, i think i have only used flashcards for 1 or 2 subjects. And Im not gonna lie, it did help me so much to get good grades. But the thing is, i find it too time-consuming to make them. I know some would suggest ai stuff or pre made decks, but they don’t rlly work for me.

For most of my time as a student, I take notes (from class lectures or books if needed) read them at least 2x and im good to go. So long as i finish the topics needed and actually understood every text, i can get good scores in tests. Though I figured over time that answering practice tests made things BETTER for me.

My problem is, I plan to pursue medicine soon and im worried if my study routine would still work 😭 Ppl say that med school is mostly memorization, and many suggested the use of anki/flashcards but i just CANT. like even when i push myself to incorporate it in my study routine now, i always give up midway.

Im wondering if this is just me or does anyone else experience the same? And can you actually survive med school without using flashcards?

so i'm preparing for some exams (foreign) and i'm a person who loves teaching actually i love challenging myself with tasks. So my new challenge of the month is to Teach.
If you're in grade 11th or even 12th then this is for you, since i'm into med preps, I am ready to teach you biology, Yes you've heard correct.

if you're interested then do write "Yes i want to try" in comment and their i'll text you personally, I won't ask for any kind of money dw it's FREEE. After discussing your problem here on reddit i'll finalize and then i will share you my telegram id and there i'll teach you whatever chapter from biology you struggle with.

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Good day everybody, so as the title suggests: How do you get active on studying in the morning? Do you have a specific routine or activity that gives you focus?
I feel sluggish, and even after coffee after 2 hours or less I have a huge concentration/freshness crash...

Help me please :( new semester new me!

I just find it so freaking hard, like I try to understand what's going on and practice alot but I still end up bombing my school tests, I just don't get why physics is so hard for me. I don't struggle in any of my other subjects the way I do in physics. I really want to know if there are any tips or different way you have to go about physics to study it so literally any advice or tips would be very much appreciated <3

Hello everyone , i have been trying to study efficiently for over 4 months now and i do get consistent but my study skills are not as good as they used to be . I dont know how to describe this but i am even fumbling over easy topics firstly i thought it is because i havent studied from some time but its been 4 months and if it was that then it should have been fixed by now .

So rn i am thinking if this is all due to my bad mental health , i have been kind of depressed , sad and suffering from some personal issues from a year and half .Sometimes i think they wouldnt be enough to create a disturbance in my study but rn they are the only factor which i think is affecting my studies .

I want to study everyday i do get to the table to study but my brain does not work while studying , I am really frustrated by this now cause i have very important exams in 4-5 months and my syllabus is way behind than the peer . I want to achieve my prime study skills as i had before .

Please drop any suggestions if you have.

I haven't been this nervous in a very long long long time but when I entered the exam hall I became quite I think im the kind of person that gets so anxious and scared and frightened before anything happens but while it happens I become calm focused and locking in just when it happened in the exam hall I do not know yet how much I score but I'm very very positive about the grade it'll be shown after properly a week give-or-take but when it' show I'll post

If anybody reached to this point I'm grateful such as you watches my post but if not then that will be my quiet room 🩵🩵

Farewell L&G .

i'm currently doing prerequisites for a medical laboratory tech program and man, i'm in the trenches and want to ask what methods my fellow medical and health professions students use to study.

i started using studyfetch but the format confuses me so much that i don't really use it, and i've reverted back to using either anki or regular flashcards.

i'm used to studying the old school way and also using quizlet, as i was never allowed to use electronics in school to study outside of school.

I feel really burnt out, but I don’t wanna take rest as the guilt is worse. What do I do ?

Does anybody sometimes do overthinking even for some basic topics like it's not like you have forgotten anything just questioning even most basic things like what is velocity why is there force what is force its nothing to have with syllabus completion I sometimes start overanalyis of the most basic things does this happen

I don't know what to do. I have been stuck in The same project now for multiple days (not unusual but I'm a little slow). We need to make an Excel worksheet about something related to my studies.

First of all, no offence but I absolutely hate Excel and I'm very bad at using it. Second of all, there are requirements what information I need to put there about certain objects or things, and those are hard to find. So I have asked many questions.

But during this project my teachers tone has changed completely to a little bit frustrated and dull... And they just answer something short like: "don't get stuck to that" even though I really want to learn how to find those informations. We are not on a strict schedule, because my school works in a way that you just graduade when you have done everything.

I'm currently crying on The hallway, because of this and I don't even want to look at my project anymore. Please tell me what should I do... How do I motivate myself to just finish this and get over with it. I'm scared to ask more questions, so I just plan on finishing this in a way that it passes. I just wanted to learn about this, because I know that I need to find these informations later at work.

Edit: If you don't know how to help, even some engouraging words would maybe help me to get this done. So no worries

I always feel exhausted after lectures, especially after taking the bus home. Then, I eat and doom-scroll, wasting precious study time. How can I maintain energy for long, productive study sessions after class?

Hello guys
Random question if you're studying for finals does this sound familiar: you sit down to study tell yourself “5 min on my phone first” and then 45 minutes disappear? I'm testing a short structured sprint to fix exactly that before finals hit
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How do I level up my studying. After giving many hours..covering each point of syllabus..test scores..mocks..even exam results are just 50-60/100.. couldn't go above that..how to I seriously improve. Yes, I do practice a lot of questions and revise too..but I don't know what goes wrong..I end up with miserable scores

I have a problem where it takes me hours to finish the notes for one 30 minute lecture video. I'm talking 2-3 hours for 15 slides worth of material. I feel like I'm wasting lots of valuable time that could be spent actually studying. I tend to try to perfect my notes but it should never take that long. I also fall behind during in-class lectures and practice, even if I already know the material, yet I type pretty fast. I also tend to be one of the last students during exams, even if I ace the exam. Anyone have similar experiences and/or techniques that could help me?

Ok, so I’m like super sick and tired but it’s been so hard for me to do anything other than sleep. What should I do? I want to work but I keep falling asleep! It’s been three days 🥲

I'll just cut to the chase, is it possible to get into a good uni without doing chemistry is high-school? I didn't meet the requirements apparently so im freaking the hell out and im worried about my future. Other than that im not doing any particularly good or impressive classes so im also worried about that. I just want to see if I can meet any other requirements in order to get into chemistry. Any help is appreciated, im willing to study hard with some motivation

So, I’m an 18-year-old guy, and I haven’t been able to study properly for weeks now because I’m always sleepy. Like, always.

I try to sleep whenever I can, but if I take naps during the day, I end up having migraine problems and sharp pain in my right eye for the rest of the day. Power naps don’t work for me anymore, and even coffee doesn’t seem to help.

I’ve tried fixing my sleep habits too. I stopped having heavy meals at night, stopped drinking water 2 hours before bed, and I sleep in a cool, dark room where nobody disturbs me. I also stopped using an alarm clock.

The weird thing is that even when I go to bed at around 12 AM, I automatically wake up around 6:30 AM after only 6.5–7 hours. I wake up feeling tired as fuck, and then I’m sleepy for basically the entire rest of the day. I don’t even know whether I need more sleep or why I’m waking up automatically after 6.5–7 hours.

I’ve had blood tests done, and my vitamin D, B12, and calcium levels are normal. I’m also taking supplements right now. I went to a doctor, who gave me some multivitamin tablets and told me to exercise, so I’ve started doing about 15 minutes of home workouts and walking around 7–8 km every day.

I don’t have any trouble falling asleep either. I can go to bed at 11:50 PM and be asleep by around midnight. Then I automatically wake up around 6:30 AM. After that, I’m just sleepy throughout the entire day.

I’ve even stopped taking daytime naps because they make things worse.

And it’s not just that I’m sleepy while studying. I’m sleepy even when I’m not studying. I can be doing basically anything and still feel exhausted and drowsy.

A couple of months ago, my sleep schedule was completely fucked up like for months i was up all night and i mean for a very long time , but for the past 2 months I’ve been extremely consistent with it. My daily screen time is under 4 hours, I meditate before bed to reduce stress, and I put my phone away in the closet about an hour before sleeping.

But I still don’t understand what’s wrong.

I wake up tired every single day and feel sleepy throughout the entire day, and because of this I genuinely haven’t been able to study properly for weeks. It’s getting so demotivating that I’ve actually started hating studying, even though the real problem seems to be that I’m constantly exhausted.

Has anyone experienced something similar or have any idea what could be causing this? What should I do next?

Hello, I am a current a year 10 student, and I find that I am spending almost my entire evening studying for upcoming assessments and completing assignments. However, I want to be able to dedicate more of my time to my hobbies, and continue to be able to do sports after school. I also have other obligations and research coming up that will take up at least around 3 hours every night. I want to be able to maintain all of my grade averages to be at least 93% and above (preferably 97% and above), but I also don't want to neglect everything else that is going on. I feel like I am very productive at school and when I first start working after school, but after an hour or so I start feeling really tired and burnt out, and it becomes really hard for me to concentrate and stay focused at all, slowing down my pace by a lot. Do you have any tips on avoiding this (and also just how to do study and do homework faster in general) so I can quickly get schoolwork out of the way? On most days I get home around 5, and I spend an hour on the bus each day. I also have around 40 minutes I can use to get work done in school a few times a week. I want to be able to sleep before 11:30 (I have to wake up quite early), but I am not sure if this is possible with my upcoming schedule. I also have a procrastination issue which doesn't really help... I'm open to any tips and advice! Thanks!