Summer in grad school looks a lot like fall and winter in grad school, just with a lot more sunshine☀️

Day 22 💽

The smartest students I know take lecture notes with pen and paper, and transcribe secondary sources into notebooks with, you guessed it, pens.

The act of writing somehow makes memories the way click/ clacking a keyboard fails to.

December 17, 2022

Originally posted in the Nonfiction Addiction community.

Active reading — highlighting, questioning, summarizing — can boost retention by up to 80%. Reading isn’t just seeing words; it’s a conversation with the text.

What’s your #1 reading hack?

This fact and many more interesting things about effective reading can be found in: How to Read a Book by Mortimer J. Adler & Charles Van Doren

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It's okay to take a step back and review those skills that you've already learnt. I've been really stressed about my essay writing process, but taking the time to revise my note-taking, researching, and organisational skills has really helped me.

Remember, it's not just about the end result, the final grades, and the final product. While those are also important, the skills you learn along the way will serve you for a lifetime.