Flashcards vs reading---Worthwhile when tired?

[Poppy98]

How do you gauge when you're too tired to learn by one or both methods?

I don't know how one would measure fatigue.

Is one more fatigue-friendly than the other?

(Fatigue is a frequent problem for me.)

 

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I'm one of those that never studied in my life and as a child I had trouble understanding why people had to. The teacher explained things well enough in class but by the time they get home from school just a few hours later they've forgotten it all? Goldfish!

I didn't even have to listen to the teacher. At the beginning of every year they issue you with that year's text books, and I'd sit down and read them over the weekend. That was it, that was my year's schooling done and I was getting an A in every subject, time to go out and play.

 

[Jumpinbare]

i didn't even have to listen to the teacher. At the beginning of every year they issue you with that year's text books, and I'd sit down and read them over the weekend. That was it, that was my year's schooling done and I was getting an A in every subject, time to go out and play.

Oh no! That will never do! You have to suffer for your education! Now go back and do it properly! (Sorry, that's my inner School Marm speaking.)

 

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Oh no! That will never do! You have to suffer for your education! Now go back and do it properly! (Sorry, that's my inner School Marm speaking.)

You might be joking but it's not far from the truth. Andrew is lazy. Andrew puts no effort in. Andrew has done no written work and no homework. Straight As for every subject.

 

[Crabcore]

I'm one of those that never studied in my life and as a child I had trouble understanding why people had to. The teacher explained things well enough in class but by the time they get home from school just a few hours later they've forgotten it all? Goldfish!

I didn't even have to listen to the teacher. At the beginning of every year they issue you with that year's text books, and I'd sit down and read them over the weekend. That was it, that was my year's schooling done and I was getting an A in every subject, time to go out and play.

You also have a pretty high IQ, don't you?

Us average folk (or this one) really have to make learning a priority or else none of it sticks. It's rewarding to compare your progression to when you first started learning something new, especially if you've chipped away at it for long enough, and sometimes I wonder if people who don't have to study until they're blue in the face feel the same way about it.

Still though, that's pretty amazing to me

 

[Jumpinbare]

I never had to study till I reached Georgia Tech. That was unfortunate, because I had not developed study habits. I had to develop study habits while "drinking from the firehose".

 

[Judge]

How do you gauge when you're too tired to learn by one or both methods?

When your eyes rise above the pages (or flash cards) and you realize in real time that you're too tired to be truly attempting to learn something, as opposed to just entertaining yourself.

To me there's a huge difference. One is fun and requires no serious focus. The other most certainly does in a most practical sense. At times I used to wonder if this equated to some kind of "learning disability" though these days I don't think it necessarily does.

Since you obviously recognize the issue itself, I suspect you can "police" yourself in a similar manner. When you may need to put the books down and get more rest. Yet never procrastinate when it comes to whatever amounts as an adequate amount of study time. Especially if it involves a subject that proves difficult for you to understand.

 

[JayLapointe]

I don't know necessarily about when tired. But personally when pressed for time I go to the flash cards though I've found that just making the flash cards is usually enough to cement whatever it is I'm trying to remember.