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=====Study Mechanics Simplified===== | =====Study Mechanics Simplified===== | ||
- | * care about what you are studying | + | * Care about the subject |
- | * do the reading assignments before lecture | + | * Do the reading assignments before lecture |
- | * attend | + | * Attend |
- | * ask questions when you don't understand | + | * Ask questions when you don't understand |
- | * do homework or lab with intent to learn (not simply to produce something to turn in for points); don't wait until the last minute to start | + | * Do homework or lab with intent to learn (not simply to produce something to turn in for points); don't wait until the last minute to start |
- | * have a place where you can work without distraction | + | * Have a place where you can work without distraction |
- | * get enough sleep, eat healthy, and exercise | + | * Get enough sleep, eat healthy, and exercise |
Seems obvious, no? Easy to follow through? No. | Seems obvious, no? Easy to follow through? No. | ||
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For anyone even contemplating cheating, you should understand it is just not worth it. First of all, cheating cannot fix the fact that you really don't know or aren't able to do what you will need in the subsequent courses and in your later life. Second, although the chances of getting away with any one isolated instance of cheating is typically quite good, any one incident is also unlikely to have a noticeable positive impact on your semester letter grade. | For anyone even contemplating cheating, you should understand it is just not worth it. First of all, cheating cannot fix the fact that you really don't know or aren't able to do what you will need in the subsequent courses and in your later life. Second, although the chances of getting away with any one isolated instance of cheating is typically quite good, any one incident is also unlikely to have a noticeable positive impact on your semester letter grade. | ||
- | For someone who is feeling the pressure to cheat, the wrong thing to do is to succumb (obviously). The right thing to do is to recognize it as the warning sign of a deeper problem. | + | For someone who is feeling the pressure to cheat, the wrong thing to do is to succumb (obviously). The right thing to do is to recognize it as the warning sign of a deeper problem. |
I use the following definition in my course syllabus: "To put it plainly, if what you are about to do is not a truthful reflection of your knowledge, ability and effort, you are about to cheat. More importantly, | I use the following definition in my course syllabus: "To put it plainly, if what you are about to do is not a truthful reflection of your knowledge, ability and effort, you are about to cheat. More importantly, |