BECOMING A SUCCESSFUL STUDENT IN A BLINK OF AN EYE

Over the years, I’ve heard so many complaints and cries of students who aren’t doing well academically. Many of them complain that they do read through heaven and hell but yet they still find it hard to understand what they’ve actually read. Some also do complain that they do attend extra tutorials after daily classes but yet there isn’t any progress. I’ve also met students who complain that they do understand what they read for just a short period of time and the next minute the become blank and find it very difficult in refreshing their memories
I believe that every human on the surface of this earth is an intelligent being but utilizing the way you comprehend things is the only way to have a breakthrough through intelligence. I’m tired of hearing the stories of students who have placed so much energy so as to be successful in their academics but everything ends up like the scenario of an English man who watches a Greek movie without a subtitle.
 On this article, I will be giving a helping and effective solution to anyone who’s facing some couple of problems in their academic life

Firstly, one main important step a student must take to make a breakthrough through intelligence and success in their academic life is “PASSION”. Passion can be described as a feeling or desire that propels the action of someone towards doing something having a quenchless appetite for. “COMMITMENT”

A student must have the passion to study at all times. History tells us that passion is the number one step an unsuccessful man takes to break through success. Bill Gates (CEO & Founder of Microsoft) had nothing but passion as his first step which drove him into success. Today he is one of history’s greatest testimonies. As a student, there will be a time in your life that you will have that desire to read, pass examinations and gain excellent results but it doesn’t end there. Passion being felt can also be dead at any time but there is always one driving force that needs to be held to keep your passion breathing. This force can be known as

“COMMITMENT” to me is the pillar that supports your passion. Since passion can be dead at any time, being committed to your work is the only aid a student could get to his/her wounds. Being committed means a lot to a student. You have to study, make researches, ask questions and not seeing things the way they are alone, doing assignments and making corrections. These are the various positive factors that could enhance ones commitment towards his/her work. 

Thirdly, one has to “STUDY”. Students become lazy when it comes to studying and this is a very bad habit. Most students come up with an excuse that they haven’t done much in classes and decide to wait till their notes become bulky before the start studying. This is one main reason why students get scared whenever examination dates starts knocking on their doors. Most of them end up falling sick during examination periods.

So, frequent studying is another key a student must withhold open the door of success in his/her academics. Laziness must be eradicated. Also, an ambitious student should develop the habit of noting things down while studying. By this act, you’ll be able to understand yourself better because whatever you note down will be in your own words and understanding.
It’s true that there are some courses and subject that are very boring and ass paining but there shouldn’t be any avenue for failure because of such reasons. For courses like this, it will be wise enough to note down the most important things instead cracking your brain like nuts trying to figure out what a particular theory is trying to state.

More also, there is another vital skill a student should put into practice in other to promote an effective, comprehending and understanding mind.  This skill is what I call “IMAGINATION”.

Imagination is the act of creating or reproducing an object in the mind which has not been previously perceived. Many people will be like what does being imaginative has to do with the success of a student. Being imaginative means a lot to a student. For example, In Biology you can’t just tell a student that pollination is the transfer of pollen grains from the anther to the stigma of a plant and you expect the student to just know it that way. A brilliant student will have to picture such scenario in his mind by bringing it into life and sinking it into his/her memory. Experience tells us that the utilization of images to represent ideas and terms have a very high tendency of introducing and refreshing the human mind on things being forgotten and unperceived.
I discovered that this skill can be the best of all skills a student needs to try. I tried relating such act to the various movies we watch. I discovered that we all watch movies, documentaries and other videos without forgetting their storylines and actions. I noticed that for years to come one could tell about a movie the person had once watched like two years ago. I had to transfer such idea to my academics by watching online educational videos and tutorials which could make me remember things easily and boom I made my breakthrough. So, I urge every student who is facing academic problems to give this skill a try.

It doesn’t end there by only being imaginative. After studying and imagining scenarios, a student should be able to “REMINISCE” after studying on what have been studied. You shouldn’t just finish reading, close your books and go to bed.

Spending few minutes on reminiscing on what have been studied is very essential and vital for the human mind.

More also, “FAMILY STUDYING” can be another means of bringing out a successful positive vibe from an individual. This explains that one has to develop the habit of reading collectively with his/her colleagues. When this happens, knowledge could be shared and more knowledge could also be gained
Most scholars will give a doubt to this theory as they may feel like because they are excellent students, they have already made it in life. The truth is that when you tutor someone or rather a group of persons you have the ability to never allow what you possess let go. Whenever this becomes a routine, your brain gets used to it and adapt to such routine and content.

I once had an accounting teacher who teaches economics also. Though it is known that accounting and economics are closely linked together , he was being employed to teach accounting but he also took economics. His only tool was his economics text book in which he used to teach.  Currently he’s in his tenth year of lecturing economics as a subject in secondary school and the most mind blowing part is that he lectures without relying on any economics textbook anymore.
So, my point is that once you do something over and over again you get adapted to such action and routine. So, tell my why no scholar or any average student wouldn’t be interested in leading or engaging in a family study.



Finally, an ambitious student who awaits success must be able to be very “INTERROGATIVE”. You have to ask questions and be very interrogative. I’ve seen many students who always feel shy to ask questions in classes amongst their colleagues. Some of them feel that they are going to be mocked and laughed at by their colleagues but the truth is that even if one is being mocked and laughed at for asking a particular question in class, the person is going to get an explanation from the teacher but the student isn’t going to forget what the teacher had once explained to him/her due to the fact that the person will surely remember the atmosphere at that period in time when he/she was being mocked. I’m not saying that people should be mocked when they ask questions.

 My point here is that being interrogative in any environment means a lot to a student. The only shame in being interrogative is when you’ve made a decision to dine ad wine with ignorance. At least not everyone knows that one could make some soup out of a mushroom and not everyone who eats mushroom soup knows that the soup was being made out of mushroom.

So in conclusion, this article has outlined the basic tips an ambitious student should engage in so as to be a successful student. Giving this few tips a try isn’t an option but a compulsion.