Transcript Study Tips - Giovanni Curmi Higher Secondary School

Study Tips
Career Guidance and Counselling
Office
Giovanni Curmi Higher Secondary
Naxxar Malta
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
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
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
Fourthly - attitude
• If you do nothing, nothing will
happen
• Asking for help and information is
necessary as there are many further
study options
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
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
Self evaluation
• If you got low grades and studied a
great deal you know you can do it
but you need to work hard… don’t
give up and start with a steady
pace
Illusions of confidence
Whatever your grades for SEC are, for
post secondary education you need
to put in more effort
Simple study plan
• Do your home works, essays
assignments and projects
• Keep your notes up to date
• Disobey the instructions of the
three Fs: [ph]otocopy, file, forget
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]
Simple study plan – some rules
• If your break is longer then your
study period – it doesn’t 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]
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
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.
Simple study plan
• Once your files are organised
• Oops they are not?
• So organise your files and books
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
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
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
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
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!!!!
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
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
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
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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Start
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And continue
Continue
continue
So…………………….
• Staff in the Career Guidance and
counselling office can help you to
get yourself going