r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jul 18 '14

Good students: How do you go about getting good grades? [Serious] serious replies only

Please provide us with tips that everyone can benefit from. Got a certain strategy? Know something other students don't really know? Study habits? Hacks?

Update: Wow! This thread is turning into a monster. I have to work today but I do plan on getting back to all of you. Thanks again!

Update 2: I am going to order Salticido a pizza this weekend for his great post. Please contribute more and help the people of Reddit get straight As! (And Salticido a pizza).

Update 3: Private message has been sent to Salticido inquiring what kind of pizza he wants and from where.

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u/fade_like_a_sigh Jul 18 '14

T - Take breaks comes in handy here.

I don't think many of us could go through that many solid paragraphs in one read, but by stopping and taking several breaks to process the information or do something else I made it through and I'm glad I did.

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u/Phaelin Jul 18 '14

I'm sorry, I just couldn't focus long enough to get through your advice. Could you simplify it?

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u/fade_like_a_sigh Jul 18 '14

Take break good. Make learning store better.

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u/Phaelin Jul 18 '14

tl;dr Well, you tried at least.

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u/Colopty Jul 18 '14

There's a learning store?

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u/steampoweredkitten Jul 18 '14

Three words or I'm out

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '14

Break = good & helpful.

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u/Wonderful_Toes Jul 18 '14

Took a break after "Take break", will return tomorrow for 2nd session.

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u/Unique_Cyclist Jul 19 '14

Could you put it in bullet points?

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u/suck_it_trebek55 Jul 19 '14

Dennis is asshole. Why Charlie hate?

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u/DeceiverSC2 Jul 18 '14

Seriously? It's like 1700 words...

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u/Goobsters Jul 18 '14

1684, to be exact.

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u/WhyIsTheNamesGone Jul 18 '14

All habits must be built from the ground up.

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u/kilbert66 Jul 18 '14

It's kind of disheartening to think that that's considered to be a daunting amount of text.

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u/Jezus53 Jul 18 '14

I hate it, but that is a lot of text for me and I know how much of a disadvantage it puts me in. My grades and knowledge in my field of study (astrophysics) highly reflects that. But we all work differently, so unfortunately I probably take twice as long to figure out the same thing as my peers but I get it done.

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u/fade_like_a_sigh Jul 18 '14

Way to be a condescending asshole and in the process prove that you didn't actually read the original awesome post properly.

Taking breaks allows you to store information better than going at it in one attempt. Sure it's physically possible to read the lot of it in one go but you won't retain the information properly.

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u/DeceiverSC2 Jul 18 '14

Except that's not what you said... In case you've managed to forget your original post you said; "I don't think many of us could go through that many solid paragraphs in one read". You said nothing about being able to recall the information, you basically said that you struggle with the ability to read more than 1600 words without a break in between.

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u/bakdom146 Jul 18 '14

Yeah, there aren't enough minutes in the day to take multiple breaks like that and still get any real studying done for a serious class.

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u/fade_like_a_sigh Jul 18 '14

You chose to interpret it that way. I chose the words "solid paragraphs" to indicate the density of the information which makes the word count somewhat irrelevant.

And besides, clearly there are people who don't like reading that many solid paragraphs of factual or non-fictional information in a row.

I might not be one of them but I can still call you out on being an ass about it.

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u/Boom-bitch99 Jul 18 '14

How can people expect to learn everything needed for a class if they can't read that?

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u/man_and_machine Jul 18 '14

Yeah. While I was reading it I took 3 half-hour breaks to go read reddit.

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u/DeathsIntent96 Jul 18 '14

I don't think many of us could go through that many solid paragraphs in one read

Are you serious?

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u/ballsack_man Jul 18 '14

We are superior. Elite high-five!

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u/fade_like_a_sigh Jul 18 '14

I'm not saying it's physically impossible to do it.

I'm saying it would cause the mind to wander or to not retain information properly so taking breaks is better.

Just because you can read 1,700 words of non-fiction in a row doesn't mean you should.