Malvern Collegiate Institute - Muse Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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Kgggggg THE MUSE A MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL HEN this volume gets into your hands you will probably be thinking about the Easter examinations. Therefore, can I better use this space than by reminding you how to study, and by pointing out the difference between study and cramming? Cram- ming loads your brain with ideas partly understood and unrelated to other ideas in your mind. They are useless and soon fade from the memory. On the other hand studying consists of taking ideas, com- paring them with other ideas, and applying them. The first requisite for study is concentration. Probably more failures are due to lack of concentration than to any other cause. There is probably no student who has not the wish to learn, but there are many who have not suiiicient will-power to pay the price. Their Wish-bones are all right but they have weak Back-bones. They may strengthen their back-bones by thinking of the serious consequences of failure, by determining not to fail whatever the cost, by avoiding day-dreaming and by promptly checking mind-wandering. To aid in concentration you must be comfortable. Sitting at a table is better than in an arm-chair. You must avoid all distractionsg you must have a quiet room and see that there is no glare from the light. Next in importance is interestg in fact if the interest in the sub- ject is sufiiciently strong. concentration will follow. When reading make sure you understand the meaning of each section. Reproduce the thought in your own words, if necessary make notes. Before putting away the book reconstruct the whole lesson. re-reading any part that is not perfectly clear to you. Next to interest in the aids to study comes review-the daily review of each lesson taken up during the day. It will take but a few moments: you can do it on your way to or from school and during lunch periods. It is not what goes into your mind that counts, but what comes out of it. What comes out of it is your own and is the only part that stays in your memory. You have made it your own by thinking about it, by reconstructing it. and by giving expression to it. -CARL LEHMANN. E91

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