/r9k/ - ROBOT∞

Im having trouble getting shit done. No problem sitting down to do the work but i always have a youtube vid playing and if its interesting i just get distracted. I ended up spending half hour last night watching a vid on my phone while sitting at my desk surrounded by work.

I think it affects how much i remember too, might have to stop having any media on when studying. Silence feels weird though.

What are you studying anon?

Literally just do your work and practice whatever goes in the exams over and over again, until you can do it with eyes closed.

I just get lazy the whole period and learn all my shit 2 weeks before the exams and I'm golden.

Somehow I've managed to keep my average over 4 out of 5 like this.

could be utterly wrong here, but I assume the technical school had better teachers who understood the concept of teaching boys actual skills.

now you're in a university, which is utterly dominated by twats and liberals. their teaching style is monumentally different.

which is also one of the massive problems I have with your cartoon image. it's FEMALES who suck at teaching, it's FEMALES who refuse to study (because they don't have to, their teachers will bump their grades and fuck your grades because you're male).

fuck this society, fuck this species.

>>107549

How easy are the exams you are taking? I can see this working if you have one exam at a time and nothing else to do but learning a serious subject in 2 weeks while also studying for 2-3 other tests wouldnt work.

>>107565

It was a high-school level trade school thing, I went as an adult student at 25.

Disclaimed: I am a humongous faggot and have the habit of calling my community college a UNI MEME KEK.

Yeah, females a shit. My tech math teacher is a fucking harpie that flies through the material. Either that or it's so late in the afternoon that while I can generally follow well enough, my retention skills are shit by that time, also we do our homework in Math on some faggot My Math Lab portal through Pearson and I don' t like it, although it is an opportunity to nail down whatever I'm missing on if I don't get too mad at it.

I'm taking STEM, with a focus on solar power.

I moved the laptop from my room to the living room/dining room table and have taken that over, so that's helping. It's easier to organize my workload with designated stacks of stuff for each class, active assignments, etc.

I got real burnt out and skipped Friday because I had only a few hours to do like 2 or 3 homework problems but even after looking at the Powerpoint from the instructor I still had no fucking clue. I was behind on the reading even after busting my ass on top of nofap last week, probably due to using precious weeknight study time for mundane classes of lower priority.

That, plus a night out to see The Revenant, killed Mon-Wed night. Thursday was hands-on labs at 8, 12, and 4; they were 2 hours each. In the between time was used for catching up and finishing the labs and doing some of the review questions and my instructor is a cool guy and always has an open lab anyways. So by the time I finally got done Thursday I took a short run, ate BK, and just passed out after a long week.

Fapped away half of Friday and didn't do anything meaningful the rest of the day besides entertainment. Did a few hours of study last night before going bowling though.

Today I am going to sit down and will myself to learn this fucking electrical stuff in an effort to catch up on the reading I haven't done, plus whatever I missed on Friday too.

ps it's two electrical classes, Circuits 2 and Electronic (Linear) Devices. smh tbh

>>107572

Oh, one more thing that is a complete demotivator in the electrical classes. The fucking instructor gives open book tests. The final might have even been open book too.

I know that some of the formulas are difficult but letting people use the book is going too far.

mfw I guess people still fail the class. they're either made for it or they aren't.

Even the harpy in math let people use a card with whatever we wanted on it, which while it was helpful for the formulas of various shapes to find their surface area and volume,

there is no excuse for not knowing the fucking Quadratic Equation

we weren't allowed to do that shit on our NYS Regents exams, why the fuck should we get to cheat at a supposed higher-learning institution?

I'm a sperg but I've always been too proud to utilize the tutoring/help center open to all students, I might have to go there for some of the more difficult concepts. I hate to admit defeat but it can only help that this point.

Also I'm taking 18 credits this semester, same as last. wew

>>107579

>Oh, one more thing that is a complete demotivator in the electrical classes. The fucking instructor gives open book tests. The final might have even been open book too.

Why the hell is that demotivating? In the real world you'll use every tool at your disposal or at least should if you have half a brain. Besides, you're one to talk seeing as how you're fucking failing to study even WITH the lowered requirements.

smdh fam.

>>107565

I did community college first when i graduated hs and promptly dropped out. I'm back in another one now finishing a technical program and I'll just say that the teachers DO have a HUUUUGE impact. I won't write off all women since I've had some shit male professors as well but my token advice is to avoid women if you can.

Something that OP should take into account is that interest in your courses is a huge things too. If you can't fucking get interested in the subject material or at least care about the endgame which is graduation and a job then what the fuck are you wasting your time for?

>>107544

Americunt may be slacking off, but that chino and that indonigger seem more worried about checking out what the americunt is doing rather than studying

>>107829

also for the love of god don't fall into the "i'll rewrite them later" trap.

it's a waste of time and effort transcribing when you could be understanding.

>19 year old, last year of HS

>uni this fall

>on a scale from one to six where one is fail and six is perfect, my average is roughly 3.7

>study of choice to get into is 3.2, backup is 2.9 (when your average is 2.* you're a retard)

>tests tomorrow and wednesday, with more to come

>no energy or will to do it

How will I stack up in uni? I'm applying to something I think is fun and useful, and I'm hoping to learn a lot.

I feel like knowing my average is fucking up for me, because having a good average would still be a nice thing to have.

I should have prepared for the test that is tomorrow by grabbing buttloads of sources but I have no willingness, what do I do?

>>107829

Sounds good anon. Yeah my classes this semester really are not the difficult so I will probably utilize your advice next semester when I actually get to study engineering type things.

Also I was thinking about learning the entire topic the summer/winter break beforehand (torrenting textbooks, roaming the internet, and listening to podcasts) to give my self the room to understand and apply.

Has any one tried doing it.

>>107834

What type of test? How does it effect you?

Don't be a fag. Think to yourself sometimes studying can burn yourself out. Brush on the topics, do some exercise, get a good night of sleep, and a good breakfast. Go into the test with good test taking skills and unitize your logic.

>>107837

Focus resources that they give(the book that is assigned and stuff like that). Try to acquire them early then once you have a good feel for them troll through the internet for resources.

Whatever you say about reddit they're dead useful in gathering information and having a concentration of knowledgeable people about tons X subtopics. From there you can jump into more obscure forums and the like.

Don't discount genesis and the sci wiki either as well as MOOC providers like edx. The usual places may have something you need.

I have tried it before but tbh sometimes you just need those lectures for it to click. It is damn useful to have a list of resources to go by while you're doing the class however.

>>107841

K that is pretty much the response I would get. /sci/ wiki is pretty damn interesting too bad it is not worked on any more. I'm going to try studying ahead once I find out what kind of classes I will take next semester. I will update you in a thread in like 8 months or so lol.

>>107838

It's a test in International Relations. Going to have to write a text regarding liberalism and realism (not the political way :^) ) and I haven't really sorted through that many sources, and this is a class that relies heavily on sources.

The class is fun and interesting, except for my commie teacher being a bitch. A lot of my classes are fun, but I still have no motivation… What gives? Depression?

It affects me as in it's one of the tests that gets graded, so it impacts my grade. I need to score at least a 4, preferably a 5. Teacher used to be my old homeroom teacher, but she's a lot more of a bitch now than she was before.

A-M-P-H-E-T-A-M-I-N-E-S!

>>107899

good for short term use but if you keep using them much longer than college enjoy your shrunken brain and seziures.

>>107806

Generally, once I've understood a concept, I just write it down in the mose concise way. Notes exist to cement your understanding; you do them so that you can better remember the material later, not so that you can read them again when you didn't understand the first time.

>>107984

Do you have some kind of reading material you'd like to share? I don't think those are common problems. Doctors do that shit left and right.

>>107986

Yeah anon I understand you. When I hit that hard wall in a year or so I will switch my style. Its just that I can't actually focus on what the teacher is saying while I right down what he says.

I think honestly the best option for me is too make friends with the best note taker in the class and get their notes.

>>107806

I'll be graduating college this year, and I don't think I've taken more than a page of notes in any class since middle school.

In general, I find having and looking at notes gives a false sense of knowing more than I do.

I don't think brains remember information when it is too easily accessible somewhere. For example, think about how the internet has basically killed the concept of "general knowledge". Think about how many phone numbers people remembered after phones could do it for them.

>>107572

Somehow my post didn't post (?)

It really depends on the teacher and the subject.

Most subjects on the last semesters can be worked out like this, but the hardcore ones should be studied on an almost daily basis in order to pass them with a high grade.

Particularly things like Numerical Methods and Programming must be done over and over again, for an extended period of time in order to be decent.

>>107544

>Falling for the uni meme

Looser.

>>108289

sounds like they are discriminating against you based on a disability.

there's no reason for you not to have all the school's money already.

>>108306

I've been reading a webcomic by a guy who got medical marijuana prescribed for his IBS.

it sounds like a very effective remedy.

>>108316

Too bad I'm a Europoor and in Luxemburg marijuana in all forms is illegal.

And even if it was legal a doctor would need to prescribe it.

>>108318

To quote our retarded minister of "health" (who smokes) Mars Di Bartolomeo:

"You can't underestimate the negative effects. It's a recreational drug."

NO, YOU CAN'T HAVE MEDICAL MJ, THINK OF THE SIDE EFFECTS!

BUT DO TAKE YOUR APPROVED MEDICATION THAT HAS SIDE EFFECTS WHICH ARE MUCH WORSE!

Polititians need to hang like the fucking kikes they are.

>>108335

>tumblr

fuck off and die

supposedly ibs has a lot to do with being overweight and not having enough fiber.

>>108362

don't be butt mad just because you couldn't manage to post anything worthwhile.

On the rare occasion that I study, it's like 10 minutes before the test. I don't even read the textbooks, I just have a photographic memory of lectures and 99% of the time, that's enough to get me at least a B on quizzes, tests, and exams. But like you, I'm allergic to homework. I've been slacking in that department since high school, though. I'm to the point where I don't even worry about it unless passing or failing the class absolutely depends on it, because in most classes, I test more than well enough to get by.

>>108373

>Last year I sat in the Walmart parking lot several times until classes were done for the day, then I'd head home

Damn. I did exactly that during two of my finals of classes that I failed.

alcohol, codeine, alcohol, valium, caffeine, alcohol.

Fucking normalfaggots in this thread.

>>108523

Normies for giving studying tips?

Fuck normal faggots that don't develop substance abuse problems, it's like they're not even getting high.

>>108512

The same day, I should have said.

also went to cousin's for superbowl because his tfw recently no gf and he kept bitching and guilt tripping and I just wanted him to shut up. He buys movies on Xbox Live before they are released on JewRay because he is a faggot, then complains about the lag when it streams from their servers. Anyway Black Mass and Chappie were both God-tier movies. Came home around 3am, skipped my 11am class and just said fuck and fapped the rest of the day.

>still not making smart decisions at 30

WHY

I guess I'm gonna have to go no caffeine and nofap next week and note the results.

I barely remember anything from my caffeine-fueled week either, like doing something while drunk or high for long enough, I gotta fucking learn how to do it sober pretty much all over again.

I found an Asian friends who helps me with my homework, I just recently found out he is a /b/tard today. Life's looking up for me robbits.

>>107901

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>>108737

Well put.

>>108737

> it all ultimately comes down to you and what you truly desire

My only desire is to sit at home and do nothing with my life.

>>107544

I do all my work at school the end

>>109768

Finally someone who understands me.

>>113694

Spring what?