Revision

[Janderson]

Since most of you are in college I guess this is the right place to ask;
How do you bring yourself to do revision when you know you can be doing something else more fun?

[Job]

...what?

[david_a]

. . .

[Ichor]

A revision of what?

[Disorder]

I hardly do that. I've got a serious problem when it comes to doing homework and paying attention in class. I find it really hard to focus on something I don't like. Somehow I still manage to get good enough grades to pass every year so far.

[Janderson]

Any thing. School work.

EDIT: for exams.

[Job]

Oh. I don't need to revise. I'm a one draft kind of guy - I also don't really study for exams. I don't complain. It's gotten me A's thus far. Then I got outside and play. Actually, I just stay on the computer and go outside when necessary.

[Janderson]

I'm bad at everything I do.
I need tips.

[Job]

Janderson said:

I'm bad at everything I do.
I need tips.

What, studying and writing?

[david_a]

For studying, writing stuff out helps you remember it much better. It sounds stupid, and yes it takes some extra work, but you really do remember the material better.

[Remilia Scarlet]

I don't usually revise stuff, save for a few poems or short stories. And I don't study. But usually, I just write stuff down in class and seem to remember it. Mountain Dew also seems to help. And relating stuff to videogames.

[SteelPH]

Janderson said:

Since most of you are in college

LIES!!! many of us are still in high school, dropped out, or are currently not in school at all.

[Sephiroth]

Janderson said:

Since most of you are in college I guess this is the right place to ask;
How do you bring yourself to do revision when you know you can be doing something else more fun?

man i totaly hear you there. it is a total bitch for me cause doom is always calling to me, that and depression. also that depression has caused a mental state where i can totaly loose track of time, so that really sucks.

[Cyb]

I go somewhere away from my computer when possible (not always possible if I need to program or there are notes online in quantities too great to print) like the school library or something. I find once I'm away I can get a bit of studying done without distractions, which are really the main reason for doing something else.

Aside from that there's really not much else I can say really, but good luck

[pritch]

If I absolutely have to its always like a day before the exam, like it will be next week.

I turn off the computer and all the phones. I get up when I wake up, go straight to my study, lock the door and get down to it for as long as possible.

It's like 50/50 revision and exam technique anyway. Works for me.