How to be a student

Cover --
TOC36
Contents --
Dedication --
Acknowledgements --
Introduction --
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Part 1 Insights and ideas for when you first arrive --
1 Remembering that humans are designed to learn --
2 Not letting money issues get in the way --
3 Being strict about part45
time work --
4 Developing study rituals --
5 Having a calendar and an appointments diary --
6 Preparing to be disillusioned --
7 Turning up to your lectures --
8 Getting your learning abilities checked --
9 Getting help when you need it --
10 Preventing small obstacles from becoming big problems --
11 Being the first to admit when you don8217
t understand --
12 Decorating your study space --
13 Buying a dictionary and a thesaurus --
14 Organizing your study materials and learning resources --
15 Regular 8216
study snacks8217
 are better than occasional 8216
study binges8217
 --
16 Understanding boredom --
17 Developing your own personal coding system --
18 Phoning home --
19 Talking to others about your study tasks --
20 Setting better study goals --
21 Always having someone know where you are --
22 Having a social life that supports your learning --
23 Accepting that bureaucracy is just part of life --
24 Getting regular exercise --
25 Eating wisely --
26 Drinking --
27 Sleeping enough 40
but not too much41
 --
28 Breathing properly --
29 Posture and positioning --
30 Love44
 friendship and sex --
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Part 2 Developing your skills and sharpening your awareness --
31 Understanding the downside of being connected and available --
32 Finding the zone between resignation and anger when you8217
re staring problems in the face --
33 Not treating learning as a competition --
34 Recording your study habits --
35 Remembering that lecturers and tutors are human too --
36 Recognizing that information is not knowledge --
37 Realizing that students are not customers --
38 Spotting the signs that you need to take a break --
39 Watching out for study drift --
40 Knowing whether you are a natural introvert or a natural extravert and adjusting your study strategies accordingly --
41 Understanding and controlling knee45
jerk reactions to stress --
42 Keeping a learning diary --
43 Knowing about clashes in habits44
 cultures and ways of doing things --
44 How you feel impacts on how well you learn --
45 Remembering that people thought Einstein was a slow learner --
46 Benefiting from the fact that students are different from one another --
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Part 3 Gaining momentum58
 building confidence and motivation --
47 Just doing it --
48 Focusing on what you can do now --
49 Recognizing that deadlines don8217
t have to ruin your life --
50 Interrogating your lecturers and your tutors --
51 Getting to know your librarians and lurking in the library --
52 Not being too hard on yourself --
53 Not being too easy on yourself --
54 Being brave --
55 Using all of your brain --
56 Being more creative --
57 Playing --
58 Rewarding and celebrating when things go right --
59 Understanding different kinds of reaction to feedback --
60 Getting negative feedback --
61 Getting positive feedback --
62 Choosing the feedback you want --
63 Making presentations --
64 Not comparing yourself with others --
65 Checking rumours before acting on them --
66 Playing to your strengths --
67 Hoping and persisting --
68 Controlling worry --
69 Realizing that you8217
ll never be able to keep everyone happy --
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Part 4 Being the best you can.