Study Motivation

tedtwilliger · Post by **tedtwilliger** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:29 am

This is just a simple question, what do you use as motivation to study?

I have finished my final year of school, and i have my final exams coming up *formally known as the HSC*. I have been studying a bit, 3 hours a day at most for the past month or so, but i need some more motivation and inspiration to study. SO, what do you people use?

I have been going off sheer willpower, but thats run out, so i need something else lol

Any advice or help would be great appreciated.

AnemuS · Post by **AnemuS** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:32 am

if u wont study enough u will clean this rest of ur life

iGod · Post by **iGod** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:34 am

I always find a way to procrastinate studying, but when i do study i do it with a pen and paper. But i can't help you much here... do you have any important plans? Maybe that can motivate you more, if not look at above post lol.

tedtwilliger · Post by **tedtwilliger** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:40 am

haha, im a little too smart to be a garbage worker lol, even if i didnt study.

My plans have slowly faded, my dreams of going to uni have faded, which was my previous motivation. Now i don't know why i am even bothering.

Cyndaine · Post by **Cyndaine** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:40 am

i look at my ipod...or computer or tv and go: if i dont study enough, i wont be able to afford this later on in my life.

Shadowman20818 · Post by **Shadowman20818** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:41 am

Think about how shitty it was when you wished you could go back in time at some point in your life to re-do something and couldn't, now you can prevent that.

iGod · Post by **iGod** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:42 am

Cyndaine wrote:i look at my ipod...or computer or tv and go: if i dont study enough, i wont be able to afford this later on in my life.

Yeah same here sometimes, but then i find another ridiculous excuse not to study (i.e. i can always play lotto). >.>

tedtwilliger · Post by **tedtwilliger** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:45 am

Shadowman20818 wrote:Think about how shitty it was when you wished you could go back in time at some point in your life to re-do something and couldn't, now you can prevent that.

I like that, thanks.

*turns off the pc and starts studying*

Post by **dom** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:04 am

I have to write my project. It's due tomorrow and I haven't wrote a word. I procrastinated by spending $200 on ordering a keyboard and mouse, then spending 4 hours on reading reviews.

I guess writing about this is just delaying the project even more. I need to grab my laptop and go downstairs in isolation, but I need both monitors

Shadowman20818 · Post by **Shadowman20818** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:12 am

dom wrote:I have to write my project. It's due tomorrow and I haven't wrote a word. I procrastinated by spending $200 on ordering a keyboard and mouse, then spending 4 hours on reading reviews.

I guess writing about this is just delaying the project even more. I need to grab my laptop and go downstairs in isolation, but I need both monitors

I'll sell you a third monitor cheap, only $150

Ell · Post by **Ell** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:15 am

I practically procrastinate on every single assignment I get but still somehow manage to still pull good grades. I should be studying for the PSATs which are next week but I'm procrastinating, no surprise, I dunno I study so I can get into a good university, and because getting a 5.0 would look pretty neat.

Vandall · Post by **Vandall** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:23 am

Ell wrote:I practically procrastinate on every single assignment I get but still somehow manage to still pull good grades. I should be studying for the PSATs which are next week but I'm procrastinating, no surprise, I dunno I study so I can get into a good university, and because getting a 5.0 would look pretty neat.

i got the PSAT's this week :shock:

and yea, i procrastinate lots, but get good grades in general

Dystopia · Post by **Dystopia** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:57 am

In canada, garbage men get payed a little over 90k a year

Locketart · Post by **Locketart** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 4:11 am

I have a calculus exam tommorow and I still haven't studied the chapters. I didn't really pay attention in lecture either. I'll probably be up till 3.

Hitman144 · Post by **Hitman144** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 4:20 am

i have a element 9 weeks test tommorow and i gotta know all about the elements 1 - 92 in periodical tabel.

but i only know the first 37 , OMG THIS IS TAKING FOREVER! :banghead:

but i gotta keep studying, so i can provide my family with a good life. raise my kids with a good life. also need to study and do good in school to be a radiologist

Cruor · Post by **Cruor** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 4:40 am

Ell wrote:I practically procrastinate on every single assignment I get but still somehow manage to still pull good grades. I should be studying for the PSATs which are next week but I'm procrastinating, no surprise, I dunno I study so I can get into a good university, and because getting a 5.0 would look pretty neat.

Did that at my high school. Public education's a joke so it was relatively easy. Not so easy now. I spend about three hours every day studying in the library. I'm also taking the PSAT soon.

Locketart wrote:I have a calculus exam tommorow and I still haven't studied the chapters. I didn't really pay attention in lecture either. I'll probably be up till 3.

Same, although I usually try to pay attention during lectures so it shouldn't be too bad. My instructor is a Nazi about proper form and notation though.

hitman144 wrote:i have a element 9 weeks test tommorow and i gotta know all about the elements 1 - 92 in periodical tabel.

Are you in high school? If so, that's exactly what I'm talking about as far as public education goes. What a waste of time.

Ell · Post by **Ell** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 4:44 am

Cruor, where do you go now?

Post by **dom** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 4:49 am

On the subject of academics, environmental studies and business sucks. I`m so sick and tired about learning that polar bears are going extinct, and that there are beetles in the trees in BC.

Dystopia · Post by **Dystopia** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 4:49 am

Lol, im in 10th grade, I have a English test, about a book (Kite runner) and a math test about substitution and elimination, curor is right im so far public education is a joke, i remember I solved the same type of questions i am now in grd 4, i was in a high end private school, some of you might know it, its Choueifat, but i dun think its in america..

Post by **dom** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 4:55 am

I have an environmental studies and business paper due tomorrow

A western intellectual history mid term on tuesday

An environmental resource management mid term on thursday

A macroeconomics mid term on next tuesday

A management mid term on next wednesday

An environmental studies and business mid term on Halloween

and... an economics assignment due each tuesday, as well as 2 meetings a week with my team for our bike simulation business thing and the rollover of our decisions on fridays

Cruor · Post by **Cruor** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 5:14 am

Ell wrote:Cruor, where do you go now?

Community college, paid for by a statewide program for Juniors and Seniors.

Post by **dom** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 5:49 am

/finished

*goes and looks at reviews for mouse and keyboard again*

Locketart · Post by **Locketart** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 6:12 am

Mouse and keyboards huh, I was looking at reviews for the 2900pro

Midori · Post by **Midori** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 6:21 am

AnemuS wrote:if u wont study enough u will clean this rest of ur life

is that some bones i see there?

Post by **dom** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 6:29 am

Locketart wrote:Mouse and keyboards huh, I was looking at reviews for the 2900pro

Fan = sexy as hell

I ordered a tarantula and deathadder today. I need optical because I don't use a mousepad...my diamondback can't track on my wooden matte black desk. My old school mx510 is dying, the LED keeps turning on and off, and the optics can't track.

Locketart · Post by **Locketart** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 6:36 am

What kinda gaming do you do, I always did fine with my $10 Logitech optical.

Dark Shifty · Post by **Dark Shifty** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 6:41 am

i use of what my dad will think of me if i drop out or fail one of my classes. i really don't want to disappoint him.

AnemuS · Post by **AnemuS** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:21 pm

X-Lax wrote:
AnemuS wrote:if u wont study enough u will clean this rest of ur life

is that some bones i see there?

its not me i swear :shock:

Luoma · Post by **Luoma** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:25 pm

i have a chemistry test tomorrow, i hate studying >.<

Innovacious · Post by **Innovacious** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:39 pm

i havnt had any tests for over 3 years. Im doing a computing course which is mostly about software engineering (some hardware and networking stuff chucked in aswell) and its hard to make tests on programming.

Its much easier to create assignments that are similar to whats going to happen in the real world. Someone is going to want something, they give you a spec, you make it. Ok, its more complicated than that but anywho it just cant be done in an hour or two examination. Plus, one of the best things about programming is re-using code. If you've done something similar before you can just copy, paste and modfiy code as needed. You cant really do stuff like that in an exam.