C-ramming & C-apabilities
Cramming:
True or False: You can't seem to remember anything when you cram because of the amount of stress you feel.
Capabilities:
True or False: Recognizing your abilities/talents and embracing them is only the first step in being a successful student.
Cramming: True; It is indeed true that the stress associated with cramming can clear out the information in your head just as fast as it came.
Capabilities: True; Being a successful student is a very holistic term, but realizing your capabilities is a huge step in the right direction mentally.
Which of the following answer choices can be considered a form of relaxation?
A.) Going on a nature walk.
B.) Joking and laughing with your friends.
C.) Reading a book for your enjoyment.
D.) All of the above.
D.) All of the above.
Which of the following would be considered a resource given to you here at Magnet?
A.) Office hours Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, depending on the teacher.
B.) Two amazing counselors that are happy to help you navigate through this rigorous school or challenges at home.
C.) Peer mentors who have been through freshmen year and are open to reaching out and helping you if ever you reach out.
D.) All of the above.
D.) All of the above.
Which of the following definitions best describes procrastination?
A.) Waiting until the very last minute to preform a task.
B.) The action of postponing or delaying something.
C.) Avoiding doing a task that needs to be accomplished by a certain deadline.
D.) This is a trick. These are all good definitions of procrastination.
D.) This is a trick. These are all good definitions of procrastination.
Which of these underlines the basic principle of prioritization?
A.) Only do assignments you want to do.
B.) Not every task is equally important.
C.) Don't make time for easy tasks.
D.) Distinguish between important and unimportant.
B.) Not every task is equally important.
Cramming:
It's 12 am, and you have an APES test tomorrow. Your friends want to you to stay up and cram with them. What do you do?
(Three words, ladies and gentleman.)
Capabilities:
True or False: Joining too many clubs can actually do more harm than good.
Cramming: Go to sleep.
Capabilities: True; Not only can it be overwhelming for you, but it's more important to show commitment and increase in leadership in a couple of clubs that you feel genuine interest in than a bunch that you barely go to meetings for.
The recommendation of sleep set in place by the "Sleep Foundation" is __ to 10 hours of sleep.
8
The before and after school time teachers dedicate to answering your questions and helping with different assignments.
Office Hours or Tutorial
True or False: When you procrastinate, you decrease your stress levels because you don't have to do it in that moment.
False; The opposite is actually true. You just end up building more and more stress as you approach the deadline.
True or False: Prioritization skills can help you put everything into perspective and lower your stress levels.
True;
Cramming:
Which of the following definitions best describes cramming?
A.) Studying material while simultaneously doing other tasks.
B.) Studying test material right before the test takes place.
C.) Trying to learn a two-week unit in one week.
D.) An attempt to condense the knowledge taught over an extended time period into a short time span.
Capabilities:
"If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it. Even if I may not have it at the beginning."
This quote is from what famous, nonviolent political activist?
Cramming: D.) An attempt to condense the knowledge taught over an extended time period into a short time span.
Capabilities: Mahatma Gandhi.
True or False: It's okay to space out assignments and plan break periods and times of rest in between.
True; Often times, we feel as though we have so much work to do that we can't afford to take a break. However, you'll likely end up more productive if you give yourself a small break(s) so to help reset.
What is one way you can prepare for tests?
Potential answers:
- study groups
- reviewing quizzes and tests
- attend office hours
Statistics show that procrastination affects over __ of the population.
20%
It is currently Monday afternoon. You have three assignments due Friday. Put the following tasks in order of lower to higher level priority.
1.) A summer reading essay that you haven't started. However, you're good at essays and have finished the book.
2.) An APES project that has a creative and writing portion. You're not good at science-related writing but you started the creative portion of the project.
3.) Two sets of USATestPrep assignments for government, each set containing several tasks. It's hard for you to focus in government, so you've only done one task in the first set.
Haha, there is not right answer, per say. We want to hear your explanations!