Like the title of this article states, academic success shouldn’t be a guessing game. The Study Hut is here to help you pave your way to becoming a successful academic student. Here are a few tips:
1. Go to class everyday (unless you are sick), and be on time. Teachers dislike it when students waltz in late because they disrupt the learning experience.
2. When in class, be sure to sit to the front (and center, if possible) of the room. This way, you won’t get distracted as much if you were sitting anywhere else, and this also encourages you to participate more either by asking or answering questions, or by writing through notes.
3. Always bring your pen, paper, notebook, and books. Being prepared for class is essential to becoming an outstanding student.
4. Take notes. Don’t doodle in your notebooks, or write notes to your friends in class if you want those As.
5. Behave and dress like a normal student (don’t be rude to your teachers, text or have your cell phones turned on in class, eat food, or dress inappropriately). All these factors are disruptive to your classmates.
6. Show respect and enthusiasm to your teachers.
7. Be sure to pay attention and listen, listen, listen. Talking to your friends while your teacher is speaking is not only rude, it is a distraction to those around you that are trying to pay attention to the teacher.
8. Have a study partner, and form study groups. Also, have your parents, friends, etc. quiz you.
9. Read, read, read. Read news magazines, the newspaper, fiction, or anything you can get your hands on in order to help expand your knowledge and vocabulary. (Fashion and gossip magazines and comics shouldn’t be considered as reading materials.)
10. Set aside at least three hours a day and five or six days a week to study. You can’t expect to earn As in your classes if you don’t put in the time and effort.
11. Get some of your homework done during school. Use free periods, extra time between classes, and the time before sports so you don’t have to use all your time afterschool at home to study.
12. Volunteer for extra credit. It will help you earn good grades.
13. Get involved in extracurricular activities. Don’t merely attend classes and go to practice. Get involved in high school. It will help you later with your college admissions process.
14. Work hard and be proud of it.
15. Realize that education is a key ingredient to many great things that you will accomplish in life. Make a commitment to becoming a successful student!
