• greenbit
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    350 minutes ago

    I never wanted to spend time memorizing so I cheated by trying to figure out the system the exam was about and then creating answers based on that

  • @tipicaldik@lemmy.world
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    319 hours ago

    I had an earth science teacher that would let us bring in one 3X5 card of notes for our tests, and I would spend an hour or so transcribing all my notes into small print front and back, then go in and ace the test without ever needing them. Just recopying it all was enough.

    • @474D@lemmy.world
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      217 hours ago

      It’s an amazing technique because not only does it trick you into studying, it prepares you for the real world where you’ll usually have outside resources available anyway

  • Pirky
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    510 hours ago

    I realize what this post is saying, but it reminded me of a somewhat similar situation. In my high school we had to learn the stems of words and their meanings (I.E. Acro = high; acr = sharp, etc). Our English teachers would give us a list of 15 stems (25 if you took accelerated/advanced English) at the start of the week and then on Friday they would hand out a quick test for us to conplete.
    The idea was you’d look over the list throughout the week and memorize them that way. But instead I would look at the list 5 minutes before the exam, memorize them, take the test, ace it, then forget about them before the class even ended. Worked every time.