![]() This is especially important for math or hard science books, and less important for literature. Use sticky notes, familiarize yourself with the index/ToC, or otherwise develop some way of accessing information in the textbook quickly.If you do one section on Monday, review your margin-notes on Tuesday to research the answers, or follow up on whether your opinions have changed. Write in the margins passages with which you disagree, or areas you are unsure. Engage further with the text by taking a critical eye to it.Mark things you believe you are likely to forget. Don't waste your time highlighting everything, or things that are already marked (like the aforementioned vocabulary). Engage with the text by using a highlighter to mark areas you think are important.If you do this, be sure to read thoroughly as to gain the insight provided in the book, rather than doing what your generation has been trained to do: scanning for information without reading in-depth Skipping straight to section/chapter exercises, and reviewing the section for answers as needed.Making note cards from highlighted, bolded, italicized, or otherwise marked words.You won't like the answer: the trick is to learn to be patient and just stick with it.Ĭommon study tools involving textbooks are: Note: Bans will not be reversed if the post/comment in question has been deleted from your history. You may appeal this initial ban by messaging the moderators and agreeing not to break the rules again. Note that moderators will use their own discretion to remove any post that they believe is low-quality or not considered a LPT.īans are given out immediately and serve as a warning. Posts or comments that troll and/or do not substantially contribute to the discussion may be removed.Do not post tips that are advertisements or recommendations of products or services.Do not post tips in reaction to other posts.Posts concerning the following are not allowed: religion, politics, relationships, law and legislation, parenting, driving, medicine or hygiene (including mental health). ![]() Do not post tips that are based on spurious, unsubstantiated, or anecdotal claims.Do not post tips that could be considered common sense, common courtesy, unethical, or illegal.The tip and the problem it solves must be explained thoroughly. Posts must begin with "LPT" or "LPT Request” and be flaired.No rude, offensive, racist, homophobic, sexist, aggressive or hateful posts/comments."No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible." Keep in mind that an aphorism is not a LPT.Īn aphorism is a a short clever saying that is intended to express a general truth or a concise statement of a principle. ![]() “A marriage proposal should not come as a big surprise, despite what you may have seen in the movies.” “Always be prepared to leave your employer because they are prepared to leave you.” Advice is offering someone guidance or offering someone a recommendation. Keep in mind that giving someone advice is not the same as giving someone a LPT. So, you'll come from your bus to the sheet, scan through it really quick and then come back, see the job that you've missed, and then you'll start work on that one.A Life Pro Tip (or an LPT) is a specific action with definitive results that improves life for you and those around you in a specific and significant way. Male working in bus garage: We use scanning quite a lot in the trade because you've done so many jobs, you've got all the hard work out of the way, but there's still jobs on the sheet, maybe half way up the sheet, what you've passed. ![]() Not all documents that I receive I need to read in great depth. Male wearing glasses and pale blue shirt: I tend to, sort of, use speed reading to, sort of, judge relevance really do I need to look at this document in depth?Ĭan I get enough information from what I've seen, to achieve what I need to achieve? So, I skim read I'm just glancing over until we find the subject matter that we want, then we'll sit down and then we'll pick the pieces out we actually need. Male wearing glasses and blue shirt: You're reading a complex report or a document, or even some of the Indistinct and procedure, they can be quite wordy and quite large. Male with gray hair, wearing, wearing black jacket: Skiming reading is a skill that you've got to learn.
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