<p>I'm one of those kids who don't study, sleep at 8 (after coming home at 6), do homework in school or not at all, and still manage to get good grades. I know my GPA suffers from this kind of behavior, but it's not enough that I can't still take the most challenging courses my school offers and still be ranked pretty well (our school doesn't weight, so I guess that's an achievement).</p>
<p>Recently, I've been thinking about my study patterns, and it all seems like it came too easily. Part of me feels like I don't deserve to be a good student, and the other part of me is just plain happy.</p>
<p>I'm sort of like that. Example: in my APUSH class we were allowed to use notes on chapter quizes. My (asian) friend would study like 6 hours, type 15 pages per chapter and get 100 on every single one, I would read the chapter and write maybe 1 full page of notes during lunch the same day of the quiz and my scores ranged from 90-100, with an outlier of 30% one time (which I am quite happy with).My overall weighted GPA (extra 7% for an AP) is 101% and I'm ranked like 24/550, crazy grade inflation at my school. On a side note, what really ****es me off is not the ones who study such a ridiculus amount, but the ones like a different friend of mine, who studies as much as the previous one and then adopts the attitude like he's a slacker and laid back, when all he really does at home is study.</p>
<p>Haha, Nalcon, a closeted studier? I started doing that last year (but quickly quit).</p>
<p>Anyway. Used to be a slacker, but then I started focusing the extra engery on getting ahead and doing things perfectly and it's working out so much better. Yes, it's still to easy (re: school things) but going beyond that makes things a bit more interesting and the class rank race is fun. So. Whatever you feel like doing is good for now, just know that when you get to college you're probably going to have to stop slacking...starting now would probably make the adjustment easier, but if you can manage then go ahead.</p>
<p>I was a great slacker during first half of 9th grade, when I had exceptionally dumb assignmnents consisting majority of my grade. Trust me, it is not very interesting to write half of page on that type of assignment that you did in third grade. I had C in Pre-AP Geometry that way, with 90+ on tests..</p>
<p>However, the more interesting was my second semester when I had Chemistry Honours. Being impressed by the amount of new information I had to learn from school, it became very interesting for me to cram for exams. I developed exceptionally useful study habits from World History and Chem Honours, because, yes, it was hard and challenging for me and I wasn't slacking at that.
I got strong A in Chemistry H.</p>
<p>I've always been a slacker when it comes to actual work. I participate in a lot of extracirrculars and things, but only because I like them. All year in my AP World class, I'd go in to take a test and never read the chapter. It might make my exam score suffer (I haven't checked) but I aced the class. I feel that if it comes easy, then just go with the flow. Do what you want, don't feel guilty just because some people have to work for it and you don't. It's a gift, so use it wisely. </p>
<p>Because of my laid back attitude, a lot of people think I'm one of those kids who doesn't deserve to be in honors, and just got in because my parents called the school. Well, I'm sure they'd be surprised with my grades. I don't care, either. That way people don't bug me for answers/homework. (I give to those who ask for it, though.)</p>
<p>Oh, and my best friend is a closet studier. However, maybe she's not so much in the closet, because pretty much everyone knows her study habits, no matter how much she denies it.</p>
<p>Meh, if you don't need to study, don't. For quizzes in AP Comp Gov, you could always cram it the 5 minutes before class (as long as I showed up on time). AP Phys C was a joke to me the entire year, so I didn't do HMWK and didn't study. For English, for Math, it was hard (because I suck at English and my math teacher was from hell) and so I did HMWK and studied. Makes sense.</p>
<p>Last year I felt really guilty because I barely tried in English, and always ended up getting better grades then my friends. I think some people just have a talent for cramming or not studying at all, and still doing fine. There's this guy in my class who doesn't ever study for anything, and constantly gets straight A's. I always have to study in my science and history classes, but other than that I don't think I try and study as hard as I could.</p>
<p>I totally feel like this. My friends always complain about how much/how difficult their homework is, and how they have to stay up until 2 am to finish it. I am always asleep by 11 at the latest, have plenty of time to watch TV, run, go online, etc. I have gotten straight A's all through high school with minimal effort. I didn't even study for one of my finals and got a 96% on it.
I think that I just read really fast and I have a good memory. The LONGEST I will study for a test is 2 hours, and that's only for my hardest classes. I usually glance over the notes and I'm done. But I guess it helps that I always do the work when it is assigned.</p>
<p>I'm not sure if I'd be labeled as a slacker. I'm really uptight about my grades, but I absolutely hate to do any kind of work. I think lazy fits better; I'm not proud of it, but I tend to do only the bare minimum for the good grade. Does that make any sense? I also hate studying... so I don't unless it's something like French (which I suck at remembering purely off the top of my head), but all of the studying that I actually do goes on at lunch or on the bus the day of the test. My time at home is reserved solely for fun, unless there's a big project that I can't possibly work on at school. All other homework I do during other classes the day it's due. Don't get me wrong, I'm not stupid enough to leave so much stuff undone that I don't have time to finish it all, thus resulting in unturned in homework. It's a system... a crappy system that'll probably come back to kick me in the @ss... but it's a system ;)</p>
<p>classes are easy. seriously, getting good grades at most schools isn't very difficult at all because most courses (especially non-honors/ap courses) are designed so that even dull kids can pass if they invest minimal effort. for many of us, that makes classes ridiculously easy.</p>
<p>that's why i do harder stuff with my free time.</p>
<p>I'm going to concentrate this year and I've never gotten a B on any assignment or class. I'm entering High School and I have a 160% more rigorous course than the most rigorous course for Freshman.</p>
<p>Tests may be easier for you because tests are designed to be fair for all students of all calibers of education. Having a higher IQ would make these tests easier obviously.</p>
<p>Well, I'll say that I'm not a slacker. I'm not inherently intelligent, so I've never been one of those kids who never have to study yet always come right on top. Before the ninth grade, I admit to goofing off, and yes, my grades weren't that great. Sometimes I'm ashamed for being slow, because I have friends who are in the top 5% who love to talk about how "easy school is". So you'd never suspect that I'm smart, and to my delight, I've been able to shock people this past year.</p>
<p>yeah im like this too, i dont work hard but still get good grades. I'm a entering freshman so i may not know how hard HS is so please dont say something bout me. But i never really studied except for big exams and didnt do much hw at home but the day it was due at school and didnt work too hard. and my friend always complained about how hard he studied and all this. lol </p>
<p>but now that im going into HS, im going to deffinently work harder and study more and try to do better, cause now im really working towards something in college. and if i am going to get in where i want to go, i going to have to work really hard ad study hard so i hope i can make the transistion</p>
<p>PaxonIB - Work harder in high school? That's a real hard transition to make...I kept on telling myself that I'd work harder next semester, next year...and it never really worked out.</p>
<p>Yeah, I'm generally like this too. Like in math class, I would skip ahead a few sections and do all of the problems ahead of time. I read on my own while the teacher is lecturing and just work ahead. Yet, I end up with the highest grade in the class and everything. And I almost never have homework in that class since I work ahead. I never study or devote myself to math work at home.</p>