{"id":194,"date":"2014-05-21T11:33:50","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T11:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/sagestudents\/?p=194"},"modified":"2014-09-29T10:22:11","modified_gmt":"2014-09-29T10:22:11","slug":"you-may-delay-but-time-will-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/sagestudents\/2014\/05\/21\/you-may-delay-but-time-will-not\/","title":{"rendered":"“You may delay, but time will not.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post should be about revising for my final four exams. I should write about how I prepare for my exams, how I make my notes, which books I read and how I organize my time. But instead I’m doing everything else but writing useful posts and revising. I believe the most popular student word describes this perfectly. Yes, you’ve guessed right, it’s\u00a0procrastination<\/strong>. The word comes from Latin,\u00a0procrastinare \u00a0<\/em>meaning\u00a0to put off till tomorrow.<\/p>\n

There has been much research on procrastination. One by Schraw, Wadkins and Olafson (2007) classifies academic procrastination as counterproductive, needless and delaying. If you’re wondering how I know that, again, I’m procrastinating: doing more pleasurable things in place of less pleasurable ones.\u00a0But at some point we all get to understand Benjamin Franklin’s quote: “You may delay, but time will not.” So, here’s how I revise.<\/p>\n

You can read about making notes of my notes\u00a0here<\/a>, and yes, I still do that. I also watch lecture recordings (1.5-1.7x play speed) to add notes to my notes. I still have four exams to pass, Research Skills 2, Neurosciense and Behaviour, Psychology of Childhood and Adolescence and Psychobiology. I mostly just use lecture slides, but this term I have bought the book for PCA (How Children Develop), since the exam covers both lectures and background readings. I also find Study Direct (our VLE) quizzes and lessons very useful.<\/p>\n

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Now I really should be getting back to revising. I’m looking forward to our group revision session, which will definitely help me concentrate and put off procrastinating. See you there!<\/p>\n

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Schraw, G., Wadkins, T., & Olafson, L. (2007). Doing the things we do: A grounded theory of\r\n academic procrastination. Journal of Educational Psychology, 99(1), 12-25.<\/pre>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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