Sorry to scare you on the startling title but "the sooner the better"
If you want to achieve the best grades possible we need to start now. You need to start now.
This blog post is here to somewhat inspire you in a way that will remove your initial thought about "revising", "learning" and "school"
First things first you need to get up and write up the general core knowledge you know on a sheet of paper. It could either be in a format of a mind map or a list (whatever suits you) After you have written your core knowledge about the subject you're revising for, you can create flash cards or buy some (again, whatever your heart desires) In this case I went out to WHsmith and bought some flash cards which were on a good price deal.
With the flash cards you will break down all the general core knowledge you know into little sections or categories so that everything is well organised. When I first started to write on my flash cards I sort of found it difficult on how to layout my knowledge and information. However you will not need to worry because I have found a way! Firstly on the top, you should write the title of the subject (as mentioned above) and draw a line in the middle to section your flashcard with the keywords and the recall questions you will create. At the back of the flash card, you can write out the answers to the recall questions and draw out a diagram (if needed) so that you are able to visualise what you are talking about. Lastly, make your flash cards colourful but not too colourful as it can confuse your eyes. Using different colour highlighters, highlight the most important things.
Your all set now! Don't worry, once you've started you wont regret it. Trust me.
Look at the the pictures I took below to help you in case you didn't quite understood what I meant.
Thank you for reading till the end.
I wish you all good luck for any sort of exam you're about to take, just remember if you put your mind to it, you are able to achieve it. Marginal gains are what its all about, meaning that what ever you do ie: get a detention or miss a day off school, it will affect your marginal gain negatively but making flash cards will positively affect your marginal gain.
See you soon in the next post
Going offline now
xoxo
