Study Tips

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Study Tips

• Career Guidance and Counselling Office
• Giovanni Curmi Higher Secondary
• Naxxar Malta

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First of all- attidude

• Summer is over
• You had months of fun..hopefully.. and probably a
  summer job now settle down to a school routine

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Secondly - attitude

• If you are disappointed with your results you
  have a choice
• To get cracking and get better results
• To continue feeling unhappy and get more lost
  into not doing your work as a student because of
  self pity
• To think you are hopeless and spend time with
  friends doing nothing you will get an A level
  in friendship and hanging about

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Thirdly - attitude

• Decide what you really would like to achieve with
  some effort
• During this year if you are in course 1 or 2
• During the next two years if you are in course 2
  or three

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Fourthly - attitude

• If you do nothing, nothing will happen
• Asking for help and information is necessary as
  there are many further study options

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Fifth point - attitude

• If you only think about studying nothing will
  happen you need to sit down, make a plan and
  start
• It would help if you do this agreement to start
  together with a friend even if you study
  separately

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Self evaluation

• Everyone is different so if you got very high
  grades in your SEC results then you can assess
  the amount of time you need to study to achieve
  decent results that you deserve

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Self evaluation

• If you got low grades and studied a great deal
  you know you can do it but you need to work hard
  dont give up and start with a steady pace

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Illusions of confidence

• Whatever your grades for SEC are, for post
  secondary education you need to put in more
  effort

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Simple study plan

• Do your home works, essays assignments and
  projects
• Keep your notes up to date
• Disobey the instructions of the three Fs
  photocopy, file, forget

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Simple study plan

• So do the opposite
• Revise revise revise
• Read read read the notes and the books or
  handouts
• Ask your tutors when you do not understand and
  not three months later but ASAP as soon as poss

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Simple study plan some rules

• If your break is longer then your study period
  it doesnt work!!!!!
• Calculate how much time you use on MP3, fb, MSN,
  SMS, pets, PSP, TV, fighting with mum and anyone
  who is around.., hunting for food, clearing up
  your room ha ha

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Simple study plan some rules

• When you calculate how much time you use you will
  realise that you do have time to study
• You do have time to study
• You do have time to study

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Simple study plan some rules

• When you start studying eventually switch off
  your mobile, your computer if it is near you, and
  then you can use them as a reward after you have
  studied.

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Simple study plan

• Once your files are organised
• Oops they are not?
• So organise your files and books

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Simple study plan

• If you start as early as October/November
• Half an hour per subject per day after you do
  you homework and Saturday and Sunday are catch
  up days

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Simple study plan

• Sat and Sun are catch up days because you might
  have football, private lessons, scouts, ballet,
  music lessons, hanging out with friends on
  fountain, Barrakka or Hastings in Valletta etc
  etc on week days

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Simple study plan

• Sat and Sun are catch up days because you might
  have been out late on Fri or Sat and need to
  sleep it off but in 24 hours you can fit in 3 to
  4 hours work

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Simple study plan

• if you start later on in the year you will need
  to dedicate more time per subject per day or you
  set yourself up for poor results

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Simple study plan

• Remember that if you have free lessons in school
  you can start to do something - there is the
  library
• And you can drag your friends with you and you
  all do some work sit separately!!!!

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Simple study plan

• Some people find that half and hour per subject
  could be too short so you can decide to use the
  time on one subject and then the next day you
  study another

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Simple study plan

• You need to have self discipline
• You might agree with a friend so you plan
  together even though you work in separate homes
  so that you will be supporting each other study
  buddy

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Simple study plan

• You can also talk to your teachers at school or
  the guidance teachers
• They will help you to get organised
• If you do extra work you can ask your subject
  teacher to correct it

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Simple study plan

• Teachers are a good race of people mostly
• If you work they will help you more
• If you do not work they usually chase you it is
  their duty but when you do not respond or avoid
  they will move on

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So.

• Start
• Start
• Start
• And continue
• Continue
• continue

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So.

• Staff in the Career Guidance and counselling
  office can help you to get yourself going