The Oxford English Dictionary defines study as the devotion of time and attention to acquiring knowledge, especially from books. Another of its definitions for study states that it is a detailed investigation and analysis of a subject or situation. So, what is your definition?
If your current study method has more holes in it than a Swiss cheese, do something! It is senseless to continue to stick to ineffective methods that both restrict your leisure activities and blunt your social lives. Studying becomes pointlessly repulsive when you have to bury your head into thick books and even more so, when you have to repeatedly and mindlessly rewrite material as if you are being punished for something.
As you gaze upon the top and successful scholars in your class or school with secret admiration, you might think that they are cut from a different cloth from you to have such superior intellect. The truth of the matter is that they are not necessarily smarter than you are – they have 2 eyes, 2 ears, 1 nose, 1 mouth and 1 brain just as you do. The main difference is that they possess effective study methods and good work ethics that they are committed to stick to, and perhaps you do not.
