<p>I am a student at Vanderbilt University. I went to a public high school in Tennessee, and I have heard that the education there is less than desirable, but did not fully understand what this meant. Now that I am here, I realize how my learning style has been different than some of the friends around me. I used to memorize to get answers right rather than thinking of information as entering a permanent body of knowledge. I am not sure if this is a normal shift in perception to have happen in college, but it is extremely significant. I "memorize" facts faster than ever, mostly because I no longer need to memorize, but because it simply is fitting into the categories my mind is creating. I feel I have missed out on all of the information I could have absorbed earlier! everyone knows more than I do.</p>
<p>Do you think I am way behind, or is it just never too late to learn how to learn? Is this change right on time or a little bit late?</p>
<p>^I’m across the street from you at Belmont haha, and I completley know what you mean actually! I went to a public high school as well, which never bothered me, until I was surrounded by classmates who had always been in privates (which is clearly popular in the South for well to do families) and noticed how different my learning style/curve was with things. I used to memorize everything as well… now it more so soaks in as a learning opportunity. I don’t know if we’re both just behind, but I know how you feel.</p>
<p>I know exactly what you’re going through, but lucky for me, I went through that in high school in one of my English classes. It’s never too late to learn how to learn, though. It happens all the time, and you simply have to be open. At least you know that you’re the one having the trouble, and you’re not blaming the system. This is just a learning curve, and you just need to run with it and try to keep up for now. Eventually, you’ll get used to this learning style and it’ll get a lot easier. Trust me. Just keep an open mind about this. You already know what the problem is, so things will get a LOT better from now on.</p>
<p>Also, random side note, my uncle teaches at Vanderbilt in the PoliSci department.</p>
<p>I totally understand this! In high school, I learned facts just for the semester or year of the class and never took the time to “store it away” as part of my education. Not to mention, my school had a really bad science program and now I’m a science major up against these students who took every AP science. Yikes!</p>
<p>The important thing is, it’s definitely not too late to learn. You might just have to work harder at it for the first semester or so. The nice part is for the most part, intro professors don’t expect you to draw on too much former knowledge. The ones who do, just go explain to them that you don’t have a great background in their subject and ask if they could tell you what you need to go back and learn to be caught up. Also, I’m finding that a lot of these students who already appear to know everything get very complacent and don’t work hard because they think they know it all in these “easy” 101 classes. So taking the time to learn everything from the basics may help you out in the long run, the trick will be just remembering to remember it after the final! :)</p>
<p>As far as “learning to learn”, how people learn is often very individual, so just try different things! For me, personally, I learn best when I read a paragraph/page from the text then re-write it in my own words. But it definitely took me a while to figure that out! There may be people at your school (like tutors or counselors) who can give you study tips. It may be hard, especially since it’s so easy to kick back into memorization mode, but keep pushing yourself to really understand. </p>
<p>(Sorry if this is a little scattered, I just had a huge intake of caffeine, and my mind is all over the place haha.)</p>
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Thanks.</p>