Getting Straight A's (Monday Musings 58)

TL/DR: Click the link at the very bottom for details.

Since school will be starting soon, I decided to use this time to again feature a book that will help all college students get straight A's, as long as you follow the tips, in Gordon Green's Getting Straight A's.

You can buy a used copy of this book at Amazon for around $8, which is well worth the money!

In fact, I only had to follow several of his suggestions, which led to LESS studying, but better grades (C's to A's), in a win-win fashion!

The issue with other books on getting good grades in college is that they're inaccessible. One such book (which was rated near 5 stars in Amazon) actually gave me a nervous breakdown when I thought of what I needed to do to follow that book's instructions, as it literally discussed scheduling in brushing your teeth?!? Even in medical school, which is at least 10 times more intensive than college, I never had to schedule dental hygiene.

Further, these books don't seem to take into consideration parents who are working, because now you have the demands of caring for your children AND working. How can you do all these ridiculous demands that these books advise? Especially, when I, who have no responsibilities in terms of work and family demands, can't even muster up the time and energy to do so?

However, with Getting Straight A's, because I was studying 2 hours a day at most, I think even parents with a work schedule can get straight A's, and not have to skimp on hygiene and other basics? For instance, there are times when I was too lazy to do the 1 hour of note cards that weekday, so I finished up those note cards on weekends, which parents can do. 

In fact, I can envision on weekends, parents talking with their kids about what they're learning in college (kids are sponges and can pick up these concepts), and even teach their kids how to make these note cards in a win-win educational/bonding fashion??!?

Since it's easy to make these note cards, I can even see your kids helping you write them up, which also leads to your children learning valuable studying methods as well! Further, the best way to learn is to learn the concepts in class, absorbing the knowledge through note cards writing, and then teaching your kids the concepts in language they can understand! If you can teach someone using basic language, you have mastered the material.

I've noticed that, indeed, the best teachers use the most basic, simple and clear language to explain very difficult concepts in an easy to grasp manner. If you can do that for your children, you've clearly mastered the material and on your way to all A's!

Now, if you don't have the extreme demands of parenting and working, you can easily incorporate these skills and get straight A's with such little effort!

Here's the link!

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