I wish for the world to mute so that I can be able to hear myself thinking, so that I can live in my silent world, and get overwhelmed with the lyrics of some enigmatical songs created by my own imaginary singers , so that I can cross the Milky Way and have a tour in my own musing…
Asma
A feeling of warmth and coziness is masking my heart and soul , with my new pinky pajamas and my beige fluffy dressing gown . A cup of coffee is in my right ; sipping a bit of its magic time to time . I lifted my head all around my square gloomy room staring at every frame and picture on the four grey walls up till I heard the shrieking of my neck. I lowered my head towards my computer , with a gentle touch all along my fair hair touching the edge of my glasses . A smile is layout on my downward-turned lips equally in the same seconds my eyes met the white writing on the black screen that sparkles from ten miles …A writing that sustains and zealous the hunger of my soul each time I feel the need of someone in my side , that makes me cogitate and head down to WORK on the future I am hoping to live , the Future I am provisioning from now , from the day I decided to have a different life …Yet, everything is predestinated , everything is already planned before the very few glances of these thoughts to settle in our numbness , non-working minds . Yet , if you work hard and with much sweat that freezes your body even in the hot shiny days and as if you are drowning in the Mediterranean ; a Mediterranean of papers , handouts , books and much work to prevent loosing your mind in the nonsense this world is occupied with . God will not dismayed you , and let the piece of art you’ve been working on to fly like a bird in the autumnal days fearing the coming ghosty winds and the non stop silver drops of the rain .
We all have two sides ; Good and bad … and we all have several faces that we treat people differently ; a face we meet with it stranger , another our close persons , and one for toxic people . None of us is oblige to smile while meeting every human face neither a greeting .
We treat the people we feel loosen with never the same as the ones we wish for their disappearance … This is the Hearst’s choice , the mind resolutions ; and our bodies are similar to robots ; we only follow following their instructions …
We tend to judge people without understanding what pushed them to do or say such a thing as if we are infallible , as if we are perfect in all sides . And if we do a mistake , we try to hide and cover its traces as much as we can , but when someone do so , we speak like we are a complete example and a model to follow and that the whole universe is mistaken . It is like we are the Kings of the sun and the others are our slaves …
Once, John Dewey said :Education is not preparation for life , education is life itself.
How can we learn how to count if we don’t go to school ? Education has an integral part in our life , without it we are similar to wild beasts ; we cant even know that water is water and that mother is mother . It is what makes us who we are , and helps us to stand and walk .
to have a good educational level is based first on the person before focusing on the teacher or on the school the person is in , and in the first place , it is all based on how to study , plan and prepare which is nowadays’ struggle .
If we compare Algerian students / learners with the American ones , it is obvious that the American students are more motivated and well aware of the importance of what they are studying which is completely the opposite here in Algeria , that most of the students go to school with no knowledge about what they are dealing with . This motivation and awareness come from the learner himself / herself and when you are well motivated , you can yourself draw your own path of success that is all based on HOW TO START .
-A good BEGENNING makes a good ENDING :
There is nothing as waking up early and start planning for your day . All successful people ; Bill Gates , Elon Musk , Steve Jobs… wake up early , because they know there is no better time as before the sun rises , that most of them go for a run , shower , healthy breakfast , to the desk and start WORKING . Me, personally I wake up at 4 am , have my coffee and start studying that the atmosphere of the early morning cannot be repeated until the next morning , and it is scientifically proved that the human mind can grasp anything easily in the early morning than at any other time , and if you don`t believe my words , go and try it .
-Note taking and attentiveness :
When the teacher explains the lesson is never the same as when she or he gives you handouts; that when we speak we tend to speak fluently, express all what we have , using simple easy words , giving plenty of examples that the mind can easily swallow , but at the same time if we don’t copy down those precious pieces of information , remembering them after two or three months is quietly hard as it can be impossible most of the time . Taking notes is very useful and helpful to remember information effectively and this requires attentiveness and improving ones listening skill which is quietly easy by watching videos of native speakers , BBC as of TED on YouTube with trying to take notes while listening and you will see the betterment by yourself .
-Rewrite properly the notes : There is no elevator to success , you have to take the stairs
When you are finally home and you want to study , don’t start with any module or try to prepare any lesson , go directly to rewrite the notes you took in the morning , write them again in another copybook , organized as your mind wants, in a proper way , because if you let those notes for the weekend , believe me you will forget many information , even if you wrote them , their meaning disappear . It is very helpful to use highlighters ; highlighting the most important sentences or titles using different colors that attract the eyes , I personally use them because we sometimes forget some information during exams , but when I know that I highlighted that sentence , I just hurry to close my eyes and remember the color of the highlighter , the page and the information starts to show its feet .
-The teacher is not Google
the role of the teacher in the teaching learning process , is just to transform the information into a teachable , learnable one , so what the teacher gives you is only a summary of the whole 50 or maybe 100 pages of a book , a document or two . The job of the learner is to search more , go deeply and read more books , and when the teacher does a mistake doesn’t mean he has a weak knowledge or he doesn’t know what he is talking about , simply the teacher is a human being and all human beings do mistakes and the notes the teacher gives are only an introduction to the lesson , the rest is your responsibility , for sure if you want to be successful and your aim is not to study for the mark .
-Do it Today not Tomorrow: Your teacher gave you a project to work on, start it today not tomorrow, or in the weekend. You have an activity to do, do it today not after two days. There is nothing as worst as procrastinating and keep avoiding work , who knows what will happen tomorrow , if youll wake up sick or in a good estate..? it is better to get the work done , and have less stressed days , to revise lessons every two days or each weekend than the last week before exams , you have always to remind yourself that the now is better than the next , doing your job right after being at home than keeping it for other days . Do it now after go and watch your favorite series or chat with your friends on Facebook .
In brief, if the motive is absent , reading what I have written above will not effect the inner you , you need to be well motivated to get the work done , you need to organize your time depending on the activities you do . Give each thing what it deserves , don`t use social media more than an 45 min in the day , even 45 min is too much but for the new generation it is similar to 10 min . Set goals , daily goals , monthly goals , work on them and you will see the change by yourself.
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