A Great Experience

A detailed Summary of A Great Experience

When I read "Becoming a Master Student", I ask myself, what is important to me and what do I actually want to get out of this book? I never knew I could get this much information out of eight chapters than I did in a whole life time. I don't plan on selling this book after the class is done or ever for that matter and there were a few methods that interested me and I will be talking about at least three of them. I feel Time management, effective note taking, and reading styles are the most important to me.

Time Management is very important to me because it seems I never have enough time to spend with my husband and child. I go to school from 8-12 Monday through Friday and when I get home my son goes to school from 12:30-4:30 Monday through Thursday, so I take advantage of that time to do some homework and try to spend time with my husband because he goes to work from 3:30-1 am every day. This is why I use time planning. It has helped me in figuring out when I do have time for my homework and when I can spend more time with my family. It keeps me on a schedule, which I like.

I also use a basic planning method in which I keep track of what needs to be done for homework on that particular day. I use an ABC to do list for chore

When I am done with a chapter I ask myself what the chapter was about and I sit back and absorb what I read. I just let it fully sink in, and when I find myself losing concentration I either switch positions or take a break and make some popcorn. But rarely do I have time to get so into my book that I get tired. I like to read just a little at a time, especially a really good book, because I don't want it to end.

When I read I constantly have a picture in my head about what I am reading, and I have learned to control my pictures instead of getting carried away. I try not to let my imagination take control of my reading.

I read the reading part of this book and found that reading the introduction, index, or description first and then going through the material just to get an idea has helped immensely. For example, when I first had to write this paper I had no clue where to begin. The instructor told us to write an outline and that's where it began. I wrote an outline and then reviewed it over and over again, and I even went back to the book and reviewed that again. Now when I read something I follow the seven main steps of reading.

When I don't understand something I write a question mark by it or when I don't know the meaning of a word or want to look up a different word for the same meaning I have a dictionary and thesaurus sitting right beside me just in case. Unfortunately my dictionary and thesaurus are from the dollar store, and has a very slim selection of words to choose from! Although In this case I was fortunate enough to use the computer's grammar and thesaurus options.

Reading has always been strength of mine, but my weakness is not remembering most of the material when I am through. I am sure the problem is that I read too fast. Either because the story is intriguing or I can't stand the very beginning and want to get past that!

I love to read and like I said before I read too fast so I started to take a note card a

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