Anyone else enjoy revising?
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Anyone else enjoy revising?
Recently I have noticed that once I understand the subject I enjoy revising it. For example I am currently revising Statistics 2 and originally I didn't know what was happening, mostly because I dick around in class, but now that I understand it I enjoy doing past papers.

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Re: Anyone else enjoy revising?I enjoy it when I know it, I hate it when I don't know it/find it boring.
And I feel suicidal when I don't know it, and know I have an exam the next day.
(I do find past papers really quite fun though... I'm so sad...) -
Re: Anyone else enjoy revising?It's not sad at all. I really enjoy past papers, especially Maths ones(Original post by ummm)
I enjoy it when I know it, I hate it when I don't know it/find it boring.
And I feel suicidal when I don't know it, and know I have an exam the next day.
(I do find past papers really quite fun though... I'm so sad...)
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Re: Anyone else enjoy revising?
I enjoy revising in the sense that I've accomplished something... I can't say I actually find the process itself enjoyable. Learning on the other hand can be fun, but revising is generally memorising and that's pretty tedious.
Edit: Except for maths revision, that can be entertaining, especially when there are some funky problems. And maybe economics essays, as I tend to go way like 2 or 3 times over the word limit on my own little spiel.Last edited by Aeonstorm; 22-04-2012 at 12:31. -
Re: Anyone else enjoy revising?
I find maths past papers quite fun
especially further maths aha (as long as I can get to the answer..otherwise i'm pulling my hair out:P)
But I do feel that revising makes me feel good afterwards..like i've done something productive for the day
a bit like exercise does..
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Re: Anyone else enjoy revising?
I like the idea of putting in the work and getting rewarded at the end of it. This will sound weird but I always study with the intention of getting 100% in the exam/test. It seldom happens but then it kind of feels like a challenge to learn everything rather than being bored and learning tiny bits and bobs hoping what you know might come up and you could scrap your desired grade.
Aiming for full marks does work, even if you get no where near it, you will still get good grades considering there is normally a 30% difference between an A and full marks. -
Re: Anyone else enjoy revising?I do this, but careless errors always kill that hope :P(Original post by nerd434)
I like the idea of putting in the work and getting rewarded at the end of it. This will sound weird but I always study with the intention of getting 100% in the exam/test. It seldom happens but then it kind of feels like a challenge to learn everything rather than being bored and learning tiny bits and bobs hoping what you know might come up and you could scrap your desired grade.
Aiming for full marks does work, even if you get no where near it, you will still get good grades considering there is normally a 30% difference between an A and full marks.
I hate it especially when an exam or assessment is so easy that the top students all get like 90% - this happens a lot with Maths Extension at my school (in Aus), where the top 5 people in the Maths Extension 2 class all get 27-29/30 in the easier Maths Extension 1 exam. A careless error or two can send you out of the top 5. -
Re: Anyone else enjoy revising?
Depends.
I get strangely happy when I start revision before the other people in my class, it makes me feel good about myself.
But when the exams get nearer, I just want to bang my head against the wall. I get so sickeningly nervous, and I can't concentrate properly, so I like to start revision early. -
Re: Anyone else enjoy revising?I'm doing something similar, I'm doing revision cards with handdrawn Elizabeth I sporting a very fetching handlebar moustache..it looks suprisingly good!(Original post by Ra Ra Ra)
I gave up on revision cards days ago, so now I'm making powerpoints of my exams. Child that I am, I've replaced James I's portrait with this one, just for fun

I adore history revision, enjoy politics revision and am terrified by English literature revision. -
Re: Anyone else enjoy revising?History revision seems to be the most fun at the moment, though I love revising for The Great Gatsby. Poetry, not so much.(Original post by confusedexcited)
I'm doing something similar, I'm doing revision cards with handdrawn Elizabeth I sporting a very fetching handlebar moustache..it looks suprisingly good!
I adore history revision, enjoy politics revision and am terrified by English literature revision.

I suppose the enjoyment comes from knowing you're doing something worthwhile with your time rather than procrastinating, as well as enjoying the subject you're studying
. But revising for Maths and doing questions is fun, fun and fun! 