Today, while studying liver pathology and highlighting important lines in my textbook, I realized that I could count the number of words I hadn't highlighted on one hand, over the last six pages. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I checked over my notes from yesterday's midterm review so I could study for the test on Monday. It seems I was so exhausted, I'd done nothing but scribble unintelligibly all over the first page. FML
Today, I was taking a test and thought I was doing great until I realized I was writing all my answers on the question paper, not the answer sheet. By the time I noticed, there were only five minutes left. FML
Today, my OCD reached a new high when I used a correction pen to white-out an eyelash which was photocopied onto every single page of my reading material. I did it because the eyelash was too distracting and I couldn't finish reading the article without the urge to rip it into shreds. FML
Today, I just studied for 13.5 hours completely outlining a book for history. Thirty minutes before the test, I realized I had been reading the wrong book. FML
Today, I realized how much I'm on the computer. I tried to "CTRL+Z" on something I wrote down on my paper. FML
Today, I was reviewing for a major nursing school exam I have this week. I panicked because none of the material seemed familiar, and figured that I must've missed something during class and now had to catch up. After 4 hours, I finally realized that I'd been studying from the wrong textbook. FML
Today, while studying with the girl I like, I rested my face on my book, pretending to be frustrated. When I lifted my head, I realized I'd left a greasy spot on the page from my nose. She noticed. FML
Today, I submitted my 5000 word assignment. When I got home, my mother asked if I'd checked it through one more time like she always warned me to do. I hadn't, therefore hadn't noticed the paragraph on page 11 that she'd written, telling me to pay attention to the small details. FML
Today, while correcting essays, I spilled ketchup on a student's paper. I managed to successfully turn it into a happy smiley face but when proudly looking at the result, noticed it was right next to the big "F" that I had graded it. FML
Today, I got back my math test. Instead of taking the time to mark the mistakes, my professor just circled the bottom half of the page and wrote "OMG." FML
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TheCamoWulf 17
Uugh I hate it when that happens!
Meddler09 6
Just go on and highlight the book at this point. It's all kind of important.
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Lionesse 15
What grinds my gears is that the things I don't Highlight are the things I get tested on. I might as well just soak my book in highlighter since everything is important =_=
kittytub 12
try using sparknotes or googling "(title of book) summary". ask your teacher what you think will be important to know - don't directly ask what'll be on the test. or ask a friend in the class what they think is important. hope this helps :3
Lionesse 15
Thanks 54, but I'd rather avoid generalized summaries on texts. It's not good to rely on something like sparknotes. Sparknotes is a handy tool if you read the text first because it can fill in the blanks but if you go straight to it instead of reading the actual text, you are cheating yourself out of learning. Hence, highlighting anything at that point would be pointless if people will be turning to online summaries.
xxb000xx 0
Come on, it's all important!
Heather1003 5
That awful moment when you realize that you have to turn in the book again or pay for it because it has almost everything highlighted.
vbmg152 19
Have you been to college? You buy your textbooks in college! There's no "turning" them in unless, you sell them back! Then you'll get $3.00 for a $300.00 book!
shiarrael 13
At the university level and above, most people BUY their textbooks and keep several of them until long after they've graduated. Only rented textbooks need to be turned back in to the bookstore (and renting them is pointless because it costs almost the same as BUYING the book). This isn't high school where your books are issued to you by the school and have to be returned the way they were given to you.
vbmg152 19
I've done the same thing, many years ago in college! You don't even realize it until it's too late! Keep studying! Good luck in medical school!
breathemein 10
Hm....I'm thinking about going to med school, not so sure. It seems like a lot of work. Hang in there! lol The book is probably all important.
vbmg152 19
BTW, I don't see any of you in med. school!!
DocBastard 40
You don't?
doglover100 29
That's what I do. Just highlight little bits and pieces. Don't focus on highlighting phrases and sentences in its whole. Just a couple key words that will help you remember.
THATguy0698 4
Nothing to fml over
MrsAlexander83 10
LOL! I feel your pain. Guess that just shows you that you're gonna have to know it all! Is flashcards outdated bc I swear that helps me immensely with data like that.
Needafarm 22
I found that i use to highlight a significant portion of textbooks also, then i would read over the highlighted section for note taking and find that i only needed about half of what i highlighted. But Med School???!!!?!??! Just Highlight EVERYTHING. lol Good Luck!