Monday, August 2, 2010

The Type Of Classes That I Detest

In a class, we have to concentrate and take down notes on what the teacher is teaching.We have to absorb as much knowledge as possible.This is important for us to do well and get good results.But some classes will let me feel hesitant.It makes me lose concentration in my class.The type of classes that i detest are classes that have bad timings, poor environment, and bad lecturers.

Most often when we heard about the reason why a student skipped their class is because the class haves a bad timing.What do they mean by a class that haves a bad timing?For example,the class is early in the morning like 8a.m. or a late class during night time.For morning class at 8a.m. ,I feel that the time is too early and it is difficult for me to wake up early in the morning. A lot of students will be late for class, some of them even skipped classes in the morning because they overslept.Actually I'm one of them.I usually missed all the lessons that the teacher taught in the class.While night class 8pm-10pm also a bad timing to study,this is because I will feel sleepy studying at night.It is difficult to focus in class and may miss some tittle that I have learned in class.

On the other hand,the poor environment in class will affect me too.What are the bad conditions of a class?Bad lightning,bad air ventilation ,dirty,smelly and also poor condition of school's facilities.A dimmed class will make me feel tired and sleepy.A bad air ventilation will make me feel uncomfortable during the class.A dirty and smelly class will affect my mood to study and unable to concentrate in class because I will be disturbed by those smell or even by the rubbish in class.A class with facilities in bad conditions such as unclear projector,broken chair or a shaky table will also make me feel uneasy and lose attention in class and sometimes,I may lost my patience too.

In addition,the most important reason that i detest the class is because of the bad lecturer.For me, lecturer’s teaching skills is the biggest factor that affects me. This is because a lecturer is the most important character, playing the most important role in a class.If a lecturer has bad teaching skills,most likely it will affect not only me,but all students in the class. Moreover, I also detest the class when the lecturer does not explain the things particularly.For example, the lecturer will just read through what shown in the text book.If students request for more explanation or for a example,the lecturer will simply pick an example question from the text book and show it to us.This make us hard to understand about what we are learning and we'll face a lot more problems when we are doing our homework or when we are sitting for the exam.

In short, in order to get good achievements in my study, I have to put more effort and more concentration in class no matter how I much detest that class.I hope I can cope with these problems that I am facing in the class and enjoy more in my studies.

Sunday, August 1, 2010

How To Stay Awake During Classes

There are different reasons why students have a difficult time staying awake in a classroom,late-night clubbing, playing computer games until late night or getting ready for an early morning class. Sleeping in class can be problematic for teachers as it can affect your grades. Staying awake in boring classes can be a very hard task for many high school and college students. Here are a few quick and easy ways for you to stay awake and avoid snoozing during lecture.

Firstly,as a college student, I can almost guarantee that we need more sleep, so we should start there. We probably don’t want to go to bed earlier, but we should. For most monophasic sleepers this requires you to get around seven to eight hours a day.Our body and brain need to take a rest to relax them.Therefore,give ourselves an extra hour to rest every night, and see if that helps. This will allow you to be more attentive in class.

Furthermore,we can stay awake in class by sitting in the front row of the class.If we sit in front of the class,we will have more eye contact to lecturer and this will make us not dare to sleep.This also will help us to be more alert and concentrate on what lecturer's teaching.If we are busying to concentrate more in the classes,we will not feel sleepy more.Besides that,we should get interested in the lecture.A lot of your interest in a lecture is affected by your attitude. If you go in thinking it’s going to be boring, you'll probably be bored. Even if you're taking a required class.So,try to get interested in the lecture every classes, it will help you stay alert.

On the other hands,we also can drink a cup of coffee, tea, essence of chicken or red bull before the class to make up stay awake during classes. Not only that, we also can take a nap or do some light exercise such as take a walk or jog before classes so that we can be more alert and won't feel tired during class.Before go to class,we should having some breakfast to let our body more energy and always stay alert during class.When we no eat anything before go to class,we will feel like whole body no energy and will not concentrated during class.

In conclusion, we should lead a healthier lifestyle as we can stay awake during classes.As a student, we must pay more attention during the classes so that they can learn more things and to avoid the wasting of times.