Do you lie about studying?

HeatherLeahxx
HeatherLeahxx Posts: 156 Member
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There are three types of students when it comes to exam time...

1. The ones that study and have no problem telling people that they have studied for an exam :smokin:
2. The closet studier : Those that claim they "didn't open a book", and spent the night before the exam watching tv. Yet they come out with the highest grade in the class... :mad:
3. Those who don't study but will tell you they have...... Da *kitten*? :huh:

I'm #1 :love:

Which one are you? Be honest! :flowerforyou:
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  • superrjo
    superrjo Posts: 112 Member
    Number 1! My studying pays off and if I've worked hard I feel like I should be proud of that :)
  • Flab2fitfi
    Flab2fitfi Posts: 1,349 Member
    As I'm bust studying for an exam on friday i guess I'm a 1. As a mature student time is limited so I always post when I've got the books out so I dont get disturbed.
  • spade117
    spade117 Posts: 2,466 Member
    I figure you either know it or you don't. No sense in wasting time trying to study.
  • blondejester
    blondejester Posts: 63
    i rarely studied but i told people that i didn't haha no point in lying about it!
  • minnie_monroe
    minnie_monroe Posts: 56
    number 1 myself.
    but I believe, there is a number 4. the ones who told you they didnt study, and they actually did not do that, but are so freaking smart that they read everything once and always get better grades than you do.
    those i hate.
  • Shweedog
    Shweedog Posts: 883 Member
    I figure you either know it or you don't. No sense in wasting time trying to study.

    Lol. This-kind of. I was a 4.0 student all through out college and rarely studied. So I guess Im #4- the one who absorbed all the info while in class. :)
  • grotas
    grotas Posts: 28
    I often don't study, try and pass the exams, writing loads and managing with what i know, people often caractise me as number 2 but it's not like that anymore...
  • contingencyplan
    contingencyplan Posts: 3,639 Member
    I have never studied for anything in my life or taken notes and never needed to. But it wasn't until after I was in college that I realized my memory and knack for absorbing things was unusual. I never understood why they tried to push studying on people in grade school because it always seemed pointless to me. I had no idea there was anything unusual about me at the time in that regard.
  • Grlnxtdr0721
    Grlnxtdr0721 Posts: 597 Member
    I have never studied for anything in my life or taken notes and never needed to. But it wasn't until after I was in college that I realized my memory and knack for absorbing things was unusual. I never understood why they tried to push studying on people in grade school because it always seemed pointless to me. I had no idea there was anything unusual about me at the time in that regard.

    This makes me SUPER jealous. I was diagnosed with ADD when I was in elementary school. Studying has always been difficult for me- not to study, but to retain the information. I have test anxiety, and it feels like I can study for hours and hours, know the material for the exam, walk in and start it- and the material is no where to be found. And when it comes to matching, I get everything confused. Short answer and essay, I can do because I can show what I know and write it out.
    But, I would classify myself as #1.
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    I was that #4.

    It's been a long *kitten* time since I had to study for anything, but I rarely studied. I think of it as the difference between learning, really learning, the subject matter, and memorizing some facts for a good grade. Like the difference between saving something to your mental hard drive, or having it a cookie in your temp folder. :laugh:
  • HeatherLeahxx
    HeatherLeahxx Posts: 156 Member
    I have never studied for anything in my life or taken notes and never needed to. But it wasn't until after I was in college that I realized my memory and knack for absorbing things was unusual. I never understood why they tried to push studying on people in grade school because it always seemed pointless to me. I had no idea there was anything unusual about me at the time in that regard.

    Photographic memory? (o.O)
  • rychma
    rychma Posts: 47 Member
    I am a 3. I don't always lie about it, but I have before. Mostly because I feel guilty that I can get the A's without studying while others struggle through hours of studying and still have a hard time.
  • HeatherLeahxx
    HeatherLeahxx Posts: 156 Member
    I have never studied for anything in my life or taken notes and never needed to. But it wasn't until after I was in college that I realized my memory and knack for absorbing things was unusual. I never understood why they tried to push studying on people in grade school because it always seemed pointless to me. I had no idea there was anything unusual about me at the time in that regard.

    Photographic memory? (o.O)

    I just read in your profile you have Aspergers Syndrome. My cousin has that and she is EXTREMELY intelligent! She sounds the exact same
  • rychma
    rychma Posts: 47 Member
    I have never studied for anything in my life or taken notes and never needed to. But it wasn't until after I was in college that I realized my memory and knack for absorbing things was unusual. I never understood why they tried to push studying on people in grade school because it always seemed pointless to me. I had no idea there was anything unusual about me at the time in that regard.

    Agree 100%. I don't study...ever. I don't feel like I need to. I read it and retain it. I never thought it was unusual...until now...lol
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    I honestly never needed to study. Studying itself never helped me anyway as I was a 'doing' learner - reading something? pff. Don't get it. Doing something? Mastered. I came away with top 1% percentile in the country at 16.

    Same story for my driving theory test. I read the theory test book once and had family ask me random questions from it for a week before the actual test date. 100% on test day and completed in about 15 mins out of the 45 I was given.

    Also, my brother has Asperger's and an IQ of over 150. My IQ is 135, so I may have some tendencies too.
  • rychma
    rychma Posts: 47 Member
    I have never studied for anything in my life or taken notes and never needed to. But it wasn't until after I was in college that I realized my memory and knack for absorbing things was unusual. I never understood why they tried to push studying on people in grade school because it always seemed pointless to me. I had no idea there was anything unusual about me at the time in that regard.

    Photographic memory? (o.O)

    I just read in your profile you have Aspergers Syndrome. My cousin has that and she is EXTREMELY intelligent! She sounds the exact same

    My son has Asperger's/A.S.D. and he is very similar to me in that he doesn't study, tests well above the other kids in his grade, always does well in school.
  • contingencyplan
    contingencyplan Posts: 3,639 Member
    That's right. Asperger Syndrome. For some reason people with it like me tend to have exceptionally good memories. All the teacher has to do is brush over something in class and it's in your head for life. No note taking, no studying needed. That's always the way I was.
  • BeautyFromPain
    BeautyFromPain Posts: 4,952 Member
    I have never studied for anything in my life or taken notes and never needed to. But it wasn't until after I was in college that I realized my memory and knack for absorbing things was unusual. I never understood why they tried to push studying on people in grade school because it always seemed pointless to me. I had no idea there was anything unusual about me at the time in that regard.

    Photographic memory? (o.O)

    I'm a #1...

    I wish that I could do this..
    Because of PTSD, I will study for hours and hours and not absorb any information :/
  • AmadaLynn
    AmadaLynn Posts: 116
    I study the day of the exam for about 30-60 mintues, freak out, but then I always get A's.

    I have a photographic memory though and I take killer notes in class and pay close attention.

    I am a mom of 2 small children, I have no time to study and the free time I do have it's the last thing I want to do.
  • thetrishwarp
    thetrishwarp Posts: 838 Member
    I study. My friends study. We study together. We discuss studying.

    & when finals are over we do fun things, too ;)
  • KatieJane83
    KatieJane83 Posts: 2,002 Member
    I was always a #4. Never really studied and somehow developed mad test-taking skills and strategies. I know how to work a test, lol.
  • vim_n_vigor
    vim_n_vigor Posts: 4,089 Member
    #2 and #3. Sorry....
  • charmingtrouble
    charmingtrouble Posts: 54 Member
    I don't lie, I procrastinate like crazy though and manage decent scores...it's 6am and now I'll go back to studying for my 4pm final today :grumble:
  • jcpmoore
    jcpmoore Posts: 796 Member
    I never saw much point in 2 and 3. Either you study or you don't. Why lie about it either way?
  • CaseRat
    CaseRat Posts: 377 Member
    Lucky enough to be a #2 with a semi-photographic memory :)

    But I claimed to be a #3 to all my teachers haha
  • JPod279
    JPod279 Posts: 722 Member
    I look back on college and wonder how I ever passed. I can only remember studying 5 or 6 times. The crazy thing is I was on the Dean's Honor Roll twice (3.5 or higher GPA) and the President's Honor Roll (4.0 GPA) once (would have been twice but my last semester I only had 8 hours and you have to have 12 to qualify).
  • d0gma
    d0gma Posts: 3,966 Member
    I figure you either know it or you don't. No sense in wasting time trying to study.

    Lol. This-kind of. I was a 4.0 student all through out college and rarely studied. So I guess Im #4- the one who absorbed all the info while in class. :)

    I was one of these, too. While the teacher droned on and on, I was reading the chapter.
  • Dragonnade
    Dragonnade Posts: 218 Member
    I'm secret option 4 - I do actually study but it doesn't look like it. My last three months at uni, I did a helluva lot of revision, yet my mate's recollection is just that I never seemed to do any work, played hide and seek and dared him to run across the chairs in the cafeteria.

    But hey, breaks are important! Even now I work in 20-25 minute bursts and then have a mooch for 5-20 minutes in between!
  • suzzann666
    suzzann666 Posts: 334 Member
    I study the day of the exam for about 30-60 mintues, freak out, but then I always get A's.

    I have a photographic memory though and I take killer notes in class and pay close attention.

    I am a mom of 2 small children, I have no time to study and the free time I do have it's the last thing I want to do.


    ^^^^This is my story too!
  • Kailel
    Kailel Posts: 61 Member
    I never really studied, so I'd say I didn't. I'd study maybe an hour, tops, for all of my finals combined. Did a lot of dramatic literature courses and would skim 1 out of every 10 or 15 pages to remind me which play was which (and give me some semblance of textual quotes) so I could write those final essay questions... always made As... or a really high B.

    I discovered in first year university that studying actually makes me do *worse*, because focusing on how much material I have to know actually sends me into panic attacks and my mind freezes/blanks. Just another of many ways that I function completely the opposite way of what is considered proper. :grumble:

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