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this is bull, at first i thought it CS:S, but its not! i cant do reivison because its so ******* boring, i cant wait till a levels where i take subjects i will enjoy. but seriously, with no time left, whats the best and most engaging activity to do that will help me remember all this knowledgeee, and i dont want any of this bull like - try and make it fun, iff ure gonna say that! give examples.... xD

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I have no idea. I suck at revising too.

Personally I go for doing past exams and reading up on notes etc.

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If you lack the willpower to do it, your problem.

If you can't motivate yourself, you're pretty much screwed, ask the parents to keep nagging you to study maybe?

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link the information to something rememberable that will link you to the information you need in the exam.

EXAMPLE:
grounds for judicial review.
illegality - I remembered this thinking the diffuse bug. This is illegal. Therefore i can remember diffuse bug easilly ---> illegality.
irrationality ---> jeremy clarkson getting sacked from top gear.
procedural unfairness ----> the fact i have to revise = unfair.

etc.

for case names I do the same. e.g. one of my cases for contract law was eastwood, that's easy to remember of course. But stuff like Goodburne (today's exam). Simpsons = Mr. Burns. He's evil. If he turned good then he would be Goodburne. That's the name of the case and how I remembered it in the exam.

so yeh, that's how I remember stuff. That way I only need to learn a few triggers that lead me to accessing a lot of information.

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the best thing would be to find out how u learn best (by image , practical , audioable , or plain old reading(there are online tests designed to do this)) then once u know the do ur best to use that method to thy and learn / remember all the stuff u need, i tend to use mindmaps, colour coding and teaching the topic ( this 1 if far and beyond the best ( for me) if you can remember off the top of you head stuff to teach it you wont forget it easily ( and its a lot easyer to understand to )) always try and break up ur work you work better if every 20 min u do summin completly diff for 5 then coming back to it instead of working though 4 hour and having a long break

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Skillers wrote:
Personally I go for doing past exams and reading up on notes etc.


I second this. Past papers and revising of notes (or making notes as part of the revision).

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going over it with a mate or a partner, they will make it fun and engaging....... even maths, when its a serious one just breath think about it but dont wonder off topic otherwise ull only end up regreting it

find someone who is fun adn a laugh but can also be serious when need be

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even maths


To use a QFT token

LOLFUCKINGNO

Maths is never fun, but i find having someone instruct you, is the best way, taking in stuff from someone who knows what the hell hes talking about is the best.

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Maths is fun.

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I go by, past papers, 3 or 4.
Get someone to mark them for you, or just get the answers online.
Stuff I get wrong you go over with teach, at least that's what I do for maths

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The Avenger wrote:
find someone who is fun adn a laugh but can also be serious when need be

agreed :)

I hate maths >.< No offense to your mathematics lovers but when will you need to use trigonometry to help someone.

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Hellfire wrote:
The Avenger wrote:
find someone who is fun adn a laugh but can also be serious when need be

agreed :)

I hate maths >.< No offense to your mathematics lovers but when will you need to use trigonometry to help someone.


You need to rescue someone from a tower. You know the tower is 25m tall. The top of the tower is at an angle of 15 degrees from the floor as of where you stand. How far do you need to walk to do the rescue ;)

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Physics.

This wall is <number> m thick, it is made out of iron, how much heat would be lost in the transfer from one end, to the other?

WHO THE HELL NEEDS TO KNOW THAT!?!?!?!?!

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Anyone who wants to make something that actually works.

Without physics we wouldn't have anything that we currently have... computers, TVs, phones etc...

Faaaaar more useful than most other subjects.

Also, maths is therefore useful by association.

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I just read through stuff, underlined with highlighters to make it look pretty... ;P Meh, I'm a girl. As long as it looks pretty, I'm fine.

For my Classical Civilisation revision, all I had to do was know a book inside and out. I just read the chapters and made notes as I was reading about what happens, hidden meanings, symbolism, etc. I'm not one to study like crazy, but I found that easy enough and enjoyable, especially when I had like, 30 pages of notes at the end of it. I was all "Oooh. *admires*" ;P

But yeah. Having someone to revise with is cool too. Not necessarily someone who is all WORKWORKWORKGOGOGOREVISELEARN and no fun. But it's important to revise with someone who isn't going to distract you.


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Si wrote:
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You need to rescue someone from a tower. You know the tower is 25m tall. The top of the tower is at an angle of 15 degrees from the floor as of where you stand. How far do you need to walk to do the rescue ;)


C4 blow the tower down yea. Then walk couple of paces to pick up the remains :D (Y)

success. Job done :D

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I didn't revise for my GCSE's but ended up getting good grades. Things stick in my head quite well.

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Just make sure you do well enough in GCSEs, especially Maths, Sciences and (eurgh) English. Alevels are far more important, but only to get into uni, really.

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