Lyons Township High School - Tabulae Yearbook (La Grange, IL)

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1928-Year Book-1929 17 a competent authority. It is the working out of his own problems that prepares his mind for the harder tasks which are to follow. If he gives up easily or asks for help every time difficulties arise he will not be prepared to do the more advanced work because he has not trained his mind to accomplish hard tasks. A strong will power is a pre-requisite to success in any work, so the student should keep at his work no matter how difficult it may be. It will not be enough merely to understand another person's solu- tion to the problems for that does not train the student's mental powers for working out his own solutions. 5. In general it is a good policy first to read rapidly over the assignment as a whole, keeping in mind the na- ture of the work to be done with the material assigned. Then the assignment should be carefully studied the sec- ond time and the essential details should be obtained at this reading. A third reading should clear up any difficult points involved. In studying, a student should constantly be on the lookout for study helps which the author has purposely included such as chapter headings, paragraph topics, leading phrases, clauses or sentences such as therefore, as a result, the cause of -in the effect of this was-, etc. Usually, the author's main statement is the first or last sentence of a paragraph, the intervening sentences being placed there merely to explain the leading sentence or statement. 6. After the lesson has been studied a written sum- mary of what has 'been learned may be prepared in a notebook used for that purpose. The author's vocabulary should not be used in this summary but each division of the outline should be stated as a complete sentence in the stud- ent's own language. Then, when a review of the entire unit is desired, the main points will be in a complete, but simplified form which will facilitate a complete under- standing and mastery of the unit. 7. If there are items which the student is unable to understand he should check them for the purpose of ask- ing the instructor for additional information which will be helpful in understanding the work. It is a Worthwhile prac- tice to plan to ask the instructor at least one intelligent question on each assignment.

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18 Lyons Township High School To accomplish anything worth while in this world it is necessary to work hard. If accurate and efficient work is done each day the work will become gradually easier be- cause the student will have a better understanding of what he is trying to accomplish. Above all he should not give up. No one ever accomplished his work by giving up in his efforts. Students, resolve right now that you will work harder than you have ever worked before. Say to yourselves, John and Mary seem to be getting along nicely and I can do the work if they can. Anyway, I'1l do my very best every day.