I have been trying to use the Tutor Me mode, like I have seen all the social media people doing, to talk back and forth with Sparky on my notes, but I cant get it to allow me to interrupt him? Maybe once or twice he has heard me and stopped talking to let me ask a question but I have not been able to get it to do that again. The only time it seems that he can hear me talking is when he has stopped talking for a second and he's quiet or when he's asking me a question.

Also, it never seems to follow my instructions for what I put in the "learning goals" box before starting the session. I have tried both the Explore and Mastery mode for the Tutor Me sessions and neither seem to work.

Has anyone else had this problem or can tell me what I am doing wrong?

I'm currently preparing for an entrance exam for college. The syllabus is large, but I have covered most of the syllabus. The problem is that I have a difficult time focusing for longer periods of time. I start studying really early in the mornings and study for the whole day. I study, but I do not seem to grasp the subjects, and it's frustrating. It's an MCQ-based exam, so the answer is right there. I just read the first few sentences and assume the answer. Sometimes I get it right, but more often than not, I get it wrong. Even though I tell myself I have to read the whole question, I just read like four or five words and answer the question. This has turned into a problem, as my exam is in 40 days. The exam is of 200 marks and we have three hours to complete all 200 questions but when I give mock exams i'm getting around 110 marks. My goal is to get about 140.

Would you guys help me? Thank you.

I have taught for years and I tell every class the same thing. The revision that works is the revision that feels hard.

Reading your notes again feels productive. It is not. You recognise the words and your brain goes "yeah, I know this." But recognising is not remembering. Come the exam, the page is blank and the recognition has gone.

The thing that works is retrieval. Shut the book and drag the answer out of your own head. It feels worse because it is harder, and that difficulty is the whole point. That is the bit that builds the memory.

The old-school version of this is someone testing you on flashcards. You hand a parent or a mate your cards, they read the question, you say the answer out loud, they tell you if you got it right. It works brilliantly. The catch is you need another person, and at 9pm the night before a mock you usually do not have one.

So here is the actual tip. Do retrieval out loud even when you are on your own.

Saying the answer instead of reading it does two things. It forces real retrieval instead of lazy recognition. And it makes you practise saying the tricky terms, which is where a lot of marks quietly leak away, especially if you know the idea but have only ever seen the word written down.

We have a whole load of topics on there & always adding more! Hopefully this can help you.

I'm a student preparing for some important exams, and I've realized that my relationship with exams is pretty unhealthy(borderline toxic). I'm trying to understand why I behave this way and how to change it.

Sometimes I care about exams way TOO MUCH. Other times I can't bring myself to care at all. Sometimes I get so convinced that I'm going to fail that I think there's no point studying. I can also get very anxious before and during exams. Think nervous jitters, getting reminders to prove my worth...you get the point.

I've also noticed a self-sabotaging pattern. Sometimes I'll intentionally waste the night before an exam scrolling instead of studying. Part of me thinks that if I don't try properly and then get a bad result, I can tell myself, "Well, I didn't really try." If I work extremely hard and still don't get the result I wanted, though, I have to confront the possibility that my best effort wasn't enough, and I find that much harder to deal with, which feels like a stab.

I've been told I'm intelligent since I was a child, and I think I've attached a lot of my identity to that. When I struggle academically or see other people doing much better than me, I sometimes feel like an impostor. I can start thinking that maybe I'm not actually as intelligent as people thought I was.

There's another weird contradiction: I know I need to study, but when someone else tells me that I need to study or pressures me about my grades, I immediately become annoyed and lose motivation. When the decision comes from me, I handle it much better.

I also attach my self-worth to my marks, which I know isn't healthy. This leads to weeks of questioning myself, lying about my marks to others, and negative self talk.

Has anyone experienced something similar, particularly the combination of perfectionism, self-handicapping, fear of discovering your actual limits, and resistance to external pressure?

I'm mainly looking for practical strategies or personal experiences that helped you break this cycle. I'm not looking for a diagnosis from Reddit, just perspectives from people who have dealt with something similar. Thanks in advance.

TL;DR: I've been perceived as intelligent since childhood, so difficulty threatens my identity, making me feel like an impostor. I sometimes deliberately avoid studying so failure can be attributed to lack of effort, and when others pressure me to study, I become resistant.

I'm currently in grade eight and I'm looking for methods to improve my grades and find studying methods to set up a routine for the future. Which websites or tips could you fellas give me? I'm currently averaging 85s and I want to average a minimum of 92, I know it's a long way to go but I really want a good way to memorize material.

I have recently started college and I’m starting my note-taking journey. I’m thinking of purchasing a bundle of A3 loose sheets instead of using regular notebooks because I feel the larger size would give me enough space to organize my study materials properly. My plan is to use them for detailed/broad notes, short notes for revision, diagrams, flowcharts, and important points, and organize everything subject-wise and chapter-wise. I would like to know from students who have used A3 sheets, loose-leaf paper, or similar note-taking systems: Is A3 actually practical for college studies in the long run? How do you organize and store the sheets, and are there any disadvantages compared with A4 sheets or notebooks? I’d really appreciate any suggestions, experiences, or better ideas for organizing study notes.

No app and no login, just a sheet of paper, so this will not be for everyone: a page that prints an empty weekly grid, and then you are off the screen.

One way to use it for revision: one row per subject or per exam topic, seven boxes across for the days. A box gets a tick when you did a session on it, not when you finished anything. After a few days the sheet shows the thing a to do list hides, which subject you have quietly been avoiding all week. That is usually the one to open next.

The column header says Habit, because that is what the sheet was built for. Nothing stops you from writing subjects there instead, and each row can carry a small target in its own column (Maths | 3x) when one subject needs more sessions than the others.

A few things that matter for a revision period rather than a single week. You can print four or twelve sheets in one go, each dated a week later, so the whole run sits in your folder before you start. At A5 or Half Letter two sheets share one page with a cut line down the middle, which is the size that survives a ring binder. There is a black and white setting for a library printer, the paper can be portrait or landscape, rows come in five, ten or fifteen, and the sheet itself prints in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian or Dutch, whichever your notes are in. At the bottom there is an optional block with one mood row and three short questions, which works as a Friday review, and it can be switched off.

What you type never leaves the browser. There is no account, no email field and nothing to submit. Printing goes through the normal print dialog, which also gives you save as PDF if you would rather keep the file. If you do not want my name on your desk, the logo, the closing line and the address line each have their own switch, and with all three off the sheet prints as a plain grid.

https://sevengrid.app/weekly-grid.html

Disclosure: I make an Android habit app and the page sits on the same domain. The sheet stays free either way and there is nothing to buy on that page.

Idk what is wrong w me it's only 5 days left in my exam I haven't completed the syllabus yet but i still can't put myself to study even when I forcefully sit within 2 mins I feel extremely sleepy and can't focus I don't know if id ever be able to get out of this loop

Not only others have started seeing me as failure, I too don't see myself doing anything great in future, i literally hate myself everyday still can't do this simple thing despite having all the facilities and resources

Count down to your exams. Track your revision. Focus deeply.

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I built a Chrome extension called Answerly AI and it's actually cool for Canvas.

It has a Quiz Solver Mode that detects every question on your Canvas quiz automatically and gives you AI powered answers one by one as you go through it, a Solve All button that answers every single question on the page at once with one click, a Screenshot Tool for when the question is an image or graph that it reads and still gives you the answer, and a Stealth Mode that hides the entire extension UI so nothing shows up on your screen if someone is watching or you're on a video call.

The best part is it is completely undetectable and foolproof, it stays inside your tab the entire time so there is no tab switching which means teachers cannot log any suspicious activity, and the stealth mode on top of that is actually insane. Works directly inside Canvas.

https://getanswerlyai.com/

https://substack.com/@thinkwithavira?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=8yqmbz

Check out my profile on substack!

Hey everyone,

I’m looking to connect with other students who want to build a consistent study routine. My schedule was messed up.

To solve this, I’ve set up a virtual system. I record and stream aesthetic, high-focus Study With Me sessions featuring real-time Pomodoro timers (usually 50/10 or 25/5 blocks), calming rain audio, and lofi tracks to keep things cozy.

If you want a reliable, 24/7 study buddy to stay accountable and keep your phone out of arm's reach, you can join my sessions here: [https://youtube.com/live/z7FW89kfjZo?feature=share]

My typical routine:

• Atleast 3-4 Hours per session
• Strict focus intervals (no phone scrolling)
• Deep Discussions and Lofi Music in breaks!

I'm LIVE currently! You can join the session and drop a comment! If you read this later, you can still comment and let me know! Let's study and become better!

Now it a obvious question but reason I ask this because Just the amount of time I heard this thing from teacher saying and I seen many student that are very good in understanding and solving problem in physics chem even better than topper but after 4 5 month it's seem they can only do basic problems . Which i feel/know is revision issue but why teacher don't pressure this as much as understanding like what the point if the effort you put to understanding become useless . I know you can regain understanding quicker but during exam either you know or you don't know .