“เคฎเฅ เคเค เฅซ เคเคเคเคพ เคชเคขเคพเค เคเคฟเคฏเคพ” [I studied for 5 hours today]
“เคชเคฐเฅเคเฅเคทเคพ เคเฅ เคคเฅเคฏเคพเคฐเฅ เคเฅ เคฆเฅเคฐเคพเคจ, เคคเฅเคฎเคเฅ เคเคฎ เคธเฅ เคเคฎ เฅฎ เคเคเคเคพ เคชเคขเคจเคพ เคเคพเคนเคฟเคฏเฅ. ” [During exam preparations, you need to study at least 8 hours a day]
We all have heard statements like these in our student life. However, we feel that there is an inherent flaw in studying by time. Each one of us will study a topic with different speeds [of learning]. Like some of your friends from school may take a few hours to memorize something that you might memorize in a few minutes!
Let us study a simple example. If you want to build a chair, you call a carpenter. There are two ways to pay the carpenter. Either pay him Rs. 100 per hour or Rs. 200 per chair. He takes 2 hours on an average to make the chair. Now if you pay him hourly, why should he can extract more money form you. But if you pay him to make a chair ie job wise, a smart carpenter will in fact work faster. He knows that this is what he has to do. So, if he does the in an hour, heโll save time which is a more valuabe resource.
Similarly, donโt schedule time daily schedule quantity – like 1 chapter of science or 25 sums in Maths. You will get a rough idea of how much you can study within a certain time. Allocate slightly more than that. This will make sure that your attention span stays and you stretch your mind.
Simply donโt get up till you finish the quantity planned. If youโll spend more time, that will eat into your reserve hour. Isnโt that a great incentive to work hard with focus ? It sure is!
TIP: Donโt rush though the portion that you are supposed to complete โ you need to grasp it thoroughly. At the same time, donโt set unrealistic targets for yourself. Theyโll in hurry and tension.
PRACTICE
You need to get an idea of the quantity v/s time taken equation which will give you a rough idea of your speed in a particular subject. Make a sheet like this:
| Date | Quantity/Topic | Time taken |
Soon youโll have a rough estimate of the time you take. Then you can try to reduce time taken for a task. Just keep the sheet filled so that you know you are at a good speed.
