It's quite heartbreaking to say.
When we were in high school, we always attributed the aura of "academic master" to one word: smart.
It seems that they are born with a good head and can spin faster than anyone else.
But what is the actual situation? I have seen many classmates who were praised as "smart", but their final test scores were not very satisfactory.
What really widens the gap is not IQ.
It’s a very vulgar word, but you have to face it: efficiency.
You memorize it for an hour, and someone else memorizes it for half an hour. That half hour is the difference.
Don't compete with time, you can't compete with time
When many people mention being nervous about studying, their first reaction is "squeezing".
Squeezing in sleep, squeezing in eating, squeezing in walking, I wish I could break the day into 48 hours.
I used to be like this too. I felt that as long as I sat at my desk long enough, I would feel at ease.
The result? I spent more time sitting there in a daze than reading a book.
Later I did some calculations and it was quite shocking.
You squeeze in 16 hours a day, while others only study for 10 hours.
But it takes you ten minutes to solve a question, but others can solve it in five minutes.
In the end, you will be exhausted, and the effect may not be as good as others.
This is the so-called "Matthew Effect". The more you are good at something, the more time you have. The less good you are, the less time you have.
Don't try to get everything done
This is a very common misunderstanding.
We always like to make a perfect schedule, from morning to night, tightly packed.
It seems that as long as it is filled, I will feel at ease.
However, have you ever thought about it, if you can't even finish your homework, but you still have to add a bunch of extra tasks to yourself, aren't you asking for trouble?
Real time management is not about addition, but about subtraction.
Learn to give up.
Give up on those hard problems that look awesome but you just can’t get your head around.
Let go of trivial matters that don't matter.
Only do what is most important to you at this moment and what you can best do.
Chewing through a question at a moderate level of difficulty is much more powerful than sitting in a daze for the last big question for half an hour.
Different times, doing different things
I understand this very well.
In the past, I always liked to memorize an ancient essay when I was too sleepy during evening self-study.
After memorizing it for half an hour, I closed the book and remembered nothing.
It became clear later that when energy is in a better state, it should be given to those "thorny problems" that require the use of brainpower to deal with.
When you feel tired, like the situation that occurs in the first class in the afternoon, you have to start doing things that are mechanical and do not require too much mental energy, such as sorting out wrong questions and solving calculation problems.
Don't go against your own physiological state.
What you stay up is not the night, but the efficiency of listening to the class the next day.
Everyone knows this, but they just can’t help but want to swipe their phones, right?
Don't just bury your head in pulling the car without looking up at the road.
Studying in high school is actually a marathon, not a sprint.
Marathon is about rhythm, not about trying your best as soon as you start.
You have to find your own "pace".
What did I do today, have I finished it, where did I get stuck, and how can I change it tomorrow.
Every night before going to bed, spend five minutes thinking about it.
Don’t underestimate these five minutes, it will save you a lot of detours the next day.
I realized that those who actually go the farthest distance are not those who run the fastest, but those who have the clearest idea of where they want to go.
They know how to rest, how to adjust, and how to let themselves go when the time is right.
Because the string is stretched too tight, it will break.
So, stop worrying about whether you are the right one or not.
When it comes to high school, it's really not time to compete for talent.
The struggle is who can calm down and do the things at hand one by one.
In this impetuous age, the competition is who can find his own rhythm and then continue to move forward steadily.
That's enough.
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