Studying

This week we were asked:

"Do you think you have good study habits? Would your study habits work well for other students?  If not, what do you plan to do about it?"

I would have to say my study habits are good but they are still being shaped to how I like. At the beginning I was quizlet crazy but when I walked into my first test I freaked out and forgot most of the knowledge I had worked so hard on. I barely got a B which I was upset about. Now, I really use those flow charts in class we were given as well as teaching my notes to an "imaginary class". 

I learn all of notes and then make a flow chart based off it, study for 45 minutes and take a 15 minute break doing nothing and not touching my phone, then I attempt to fill in all the blanks of my flow chart, finally I teach it after studying for about 15 more minutes.  It is very tailored to my style of learning so I am sure another student could use it but would have to tweak it to their learning style. 

For example, I showed my friend my flow chart and she looked at it and was so confused she said, "What is that? Looks like you threw up Human Biology on a page". I told her how I learned it and she quizzed me and I was able to get all the questions right. She basically reviews everything by acting it out and then writing it down so not my style at all, I hate hand writing things. 

I also am starting to make a daily schedule, a min. of 4 hours of studying in the library and making sure I get breaks. It may seem like a lot but most of my classes are brutal. I do hope they get easier, which they won't but I know I will become more accustomed to them over time. 

Overall I think my study habits are really over trial and error which is hard but it doesn't mean I am not gonna succeed.