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How do you not give up? I feel like im too slow or something. like how lond does it take for you to learn 5 pages of something? i can barely do it in one day. this year i head like 50 mental breakdowns and it doesnt stop... send.. help

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CrazyMusicLover · 31-35

Depends on what are these 5 pages about. If it's physics, chemistry or math, that would take a daamn long for me. No chance to learn it in one day. I could manage biology, history, art history...But 5 pages in a day doesn't sound very effective to me. I would forget much of it right after the exam. I have to study gradually in order to get information deeper.

In college, we had to memorize around 500-1000 pictures of artworks - who was the author, approximate date when it was created, sometimes additional information. Somehow, I was able to pass on the first try every time but I never tried to learn everything all at once. I had to create "layers" in my memory. I memorized few one week, had a pause and memorize few again.

I also used to write down everything I learned before the exam. And I relied on my visual memory - what my notes looked like. I visualized a page in my mind and it helped me to remember what was the content.

notthebus · 22-25, F

@CrazyMusicLover how many hours did you study a day?

CrazyMusicLover · 31-35

@notthebus About 4-5 hours in high school when I studied only a day before the exam. Maybe more, I don't remember it exactly. In college, it's more difficult because I prepared materials and studied and revised between doing other activities. That helps you to create associations, by the way. You remember that you learned this when you were doing also something else.
When I had final degree exams, I didn't do anything else than studying, sleeping and eating. So it could be around 10 - 11 hours. All day long.
I used to waking up thinking about it and falling asleep thinking about it. 😀