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Do you believe that your academic ability is fixed from birth? To what extent do you think that luck plays a part in your academic success? Can one significantly improve their academic ability with effort? All the questions posed above, when answered would expose what psychologist call your locus of control. The locus of controlContinueContinue reading “One of the best predictors of academic success”

The final phase of the study routine system is output. This is the phase that most student ignore, even though it is arguably the most important phase of the test preparation process. It’s amazing how we spend so much time studying for tests and pay no attention to simulating the test taking experience before sittingContinueContinue reading “Efficient study routine system: test preparation (3)”

In this blog post we will focus on the absorption phase of the study routine. It involves what we typically understand as studying. The first thing that needs to be discussed is how to muster up the courage to actually study. What I always tell my student is to start slowly. Your first goal isContinueContinue reading “Efficient study routine system: test preparation (2)”

Test preparation is analogous to the process of digestion. The two processes go through the same three phases, namely, ingestion (input), absorption (content comprehension and memorization) and egestion (output). In this blog and the two that that will follow, I will go through the three phases of the efficient study routine system as it relatesContinueContinue reading “Efficient study routine system: test preparation (1)”

Once you have built some momentum and working at home has become a routine, it is important to ensure that you are getting as much out of your study/homework time as possible. The key to having a successful homework session (and by this I mean work done at home, not only work that has beenContinueContinue reading “Efficient study routine system: daily routine”

In my previous blog post I recommended that if you have never really been an academic and therefore not accustomed to doing work at home, simply focus on reading over your notes and completing your assignments for the day. I explained that a high school student should not spend (occasional exceptions are allowed) more thanContinueContinue reading “Efficient study routine system: possible obstacles”

The easiest way to do something that is difficult is to build a system. The fast food industry uses culinary systems to ensure that the food they produce tastes the same all around the world. Excellent systems make difficult tasks easy, but for a system to be effective it must have two key properties:  1.ContinueContinue reading “Efficient study routine system: the foundation”

Mathematics is a subject that is very unique. It is fundamentally different from other subjects in two ways. One, it is abstract and two, it is hierarchical in nature. Because of the peculiarity of the subject, many students across the globe have difficulty understanding it. What often happens is that a student sits in classContinueContinue reading “The 24 hour rule (a great strategy for math)”

Having the right mindset and taking the right action is what will eventually lead to academic excellence. However, if you waver, and continuously stray from the path, academic success will be a mere dream. The three C’s of academic success describe ways of acting and thinking that will ensure that you stay the course. TheContinueContinue reading “The three C’s of academic success”

My personal story is what motivates me to give students the tools that they need for academic success. If I was aware of these tools earlier in my high school journey, I would have had a much smoother road to academic success – which eventually became my reality. At the end of 9th grade the teachersContinueContinue reading “My Story: the inspiration behind what I do”