Cramming

I have been in school for 11 years, and it has taught me a slew of things over my course of happy elementary days, dreadful middle school days and busy, stress filled high school days. In elementary school I was extremely self disciplined and I was lucky to have it follow all the way through up to now. However in high school there is so much more weighing down on me that I’ve had to change some of my ways.

Freshamn year I had fantastic study habits and I worked very hard for the straight A’s I got, but sophomore year changed my mind set of being able to spend hours on studying for just one subject. This is where cramming came into play.

Some believe that cramming doesn’t work as the job of short term memory is not to move information to long term memory. However for me cramming is a gold mine. I’m the kid sitting at their desk intensely staring at their notes 5 minutes before the test or quiz about to happen. Contrary to what people believe, this method has helped me pass and succeed with flying colors on many tests and quizzes.

Im a very strong believer in the benefit of cramming because I am living, breathing proof that I can work. I am not guaranteeing that this method will work with everyone but I think that for high school students it can be a best of both worlds. I think this is the case as our schedules are quite busy and stressed during our four years of high school.