how to GET As WITHOUT GOING TO CLASS | why GOING TO LECTURES is a WASTE OF TIME *My Anki Technique*
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- Опубліковано 9 чер 2024
- Learn how to get better grades by using Anki to replace lectures. We need to realize that going to class is a scam and a waste of time. Through this Anki tutorial, you'll learn my study tips and memorization techniques for better grades and saving time.
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Let's start a poll/debate in the comments!! Comment "🏫" if you are FOR going to class or "💻" if you are AGAINST going to class!! I want to know what's the majority consensus after watching this video...
I was literally just thinking about how useless it was going to my geology lecture and how I don't really retain anything from it. I will probably just start going through the slides myself instead to save some time.
Finally clicked for you eh
🏫 im a p1 and personally I think it depends on how you use the lectures. I use them for active studying and create notes/connections during lectures instead of just listening and then I test myself afterwards. To each their own but I find that I don’t score as well on exams on my own but I also think it’s because classes enforce scheduled time (that I use to study rather than listening) whereas I would have to enforce my own schedule at home.
Yes I agree that everyone learns differently. But especially for students that have other commitments such as part time jobs or sports, this is a great alternative!
💻100% agree for lectures where all they do is talk. I'm very lucky in that my mandatory lectures are usually moderately interactive or labs. But for long theoretical lectures that are recorded, the 2X speed button has been my saviour! It makes a huge difference to use that extra time to pause the video, make sure I understood or rewind and then carry on. Otherwise I'd have the huge frustration of zoning out in a 2 hour lecture with no breaks and having to either wait for the recording and rewatch it or puzzle through the slides anyway. But I definitely feel sorry for the poor lecturer sometimes when only 1/3 of the cohort turns up...
They get paid either way. And remember that you’re paying all this money too. Do what works for YOU not the system
my biology teacher (in pharmacy) gives us the powerpoint after she is done with the lecture and the syllabus is available after she has taught the whole course right before the exam period. The worst part is that we have to fill in the blanks in her syllabus otherwise it's unusable. The auditoriums are small so she also broadcasts her lecturers, records them then deletes them after 15 days.
That’s very unfair. And I’m not sure what that exactly accomplishes for learning
Your teacher sounds like a psychopath
I stopped going to school since 12th grade I did online and I got the best grades out of all the students, I focused on myself and my self studying and what works for me so I totally agree with u ❤
Nathan!!! This was so insightful 👏
I've been having the same issue with not registering information during lectures and having to learn them in my own time, but i didn't know how to work to actually SAVE time. I used to just skip the live lectures and watch them on double speed and annotating my slides as i go but that takes FOREVER!!! So thank you so much for sharing your technique, i will definitely be trying them out in this new year!! 😊
Annotating is such a waste of time!! The slides already have all the information you need. Glad you found it helpful :)
Lecture usually confuses me more, its not till I get home and I review- that I understand... But for some of my classes lecture is mandatory!
As an online student, I lean towards both.
It really depends on how the teacher prefers to teach (or not in some cases), I really like going to lectures when the reading load is very heavy - just so I can get an idea of where to place my focus since my teachers do not go over everything that the book covers. I do watch all of my lectures now, but I had a teacher once who literally just read straight off the slides ... so I stopped listening to those and just read the slides lol
One of my teachers releases video modules every week, ranging from 3-5 short 15-minute videos where he sums up the main points of the week - then he has one discussion class where he goes deeper, takes questions, or just lets us discuss this week's topics. He's really become a school favorite "he was born to teach" kind of professor.
100% agree with this🎉 Topic that are too wordy can be beneficial to attend to the lecture as they give you some sort of backbone to understand, speed up the time u digest the topic
I’m glad that you’ve found a teacher that complements your learning style!!
Nathan glad to see you again I’m on the train on my way home from college and Also perfect timing I get to watch a video of yours while I’m doing my assignments and also time is flying by but how are you doing thanks for helping me out these past semesters stay safe and healthy and warm
have a safe trip and good luck with your assignment!
This would be perfect for some in-train entertainment aha
Hi Nathan! I just discovered your videos a couple days ago and I think I’ve binged all of them…twice lmaaoo. I just wanted to say I think you are an amazing person and I cannot express my appreciation for your content. It motivates me and lets me know that it’s ok to spend countless hours studying if it means it will improve your life/ career goals in the future. Everyone seems to just study for tests but since I want to be a nurse I use the material to better myself as a future healthcare professional and write stuff down I think I would want to look back on when I get to that point. You are such an inspiration and pure person and I wish I wasn’t in the states because I genuinely want to have you as a best friend lol.
Side Note: can you make a video on how to cope with a bad gpa in high school after you went through a rough patch and how to help get past that when applying for colleges?
Finally! I've been waiting this video since the anki one !
Omg you remembered! Basically a year ago
OMG THIS IS SO TRUE!!!! I've been doing online school (I'm in grade 11) for about two years and in my second year I stopped going to school, primarily because I was lazy and the zoom sessions were tragically boring but when it came to my assignments and examinations I always got 60% + depending whether or not I've studied the material and shockingly enough when I was in grade 8 and the first half of grade 9 I was failing because class and my social life was extremely overwhelming. So 100% agree with you that going to class isnt necessary thats why this year I am more focused on how to perfect self studying. (sorry for the spelling errors or lack of punctuation, I was trying to listen and type at the same time)
Yess! I realized that by spending all the time of going to class my mark would only rise by 5%. The difference just wasn’t worth it. Twinsiesss
Unfortunatly my lectures are required so I have to go but I completely agree with you I find that I have no idea what is going on in my lecture and end up going home to relearn the material. However, since I have to go to lecture I take the day before to go over the powerpoint in advance and make flashcards on Anki with the powerpoint slides so that when im in lecture its basically a review session and that has helped a ton.
You must have very good time management
Im glad you found a system for you.
I went to dentistry school in Chile, and most of my slides were photos and videos of procedures, plus one or two papers that we had to read before class.
There was no chance we were able to understand the content of every class unless we attended to them, because the theory wasnt enough to do well in the clinic.. maybe the difference is that my career is more practical (?). Or maybe we had too many crappy slides 😅. Saludos! 🇨🇱
I still go to labs which is where the practical knowledge comes in. Didactic content is where I don’t feel the need to attend
Thank you for this video Nathan
It's just what I needed.
You’re very welcome
Totally agree!
What is the point of sitting in a calss where the lecturer can be sooo boring and running in the material and me sitting and not understanding anything ? 🤣
YOU GET IT
yeah dawg ! thanks for this video need this for when i go back to school
YESSS
Honestly it depends on the lecturers. Some of them only bring things on the exam that they've said in class. Others are a waste of time. But anyways I need 75% attendance in all my classes to pass 💀😭
My one prof doesn't post the slides so that students show up lol
Your prof chose violence
I go to a very small school and participation is mandatory so it’s part of your grade. There’s a class I’m taking now where the teacher basically just reads off the slides for an hour and a half when I could be doing this on my own. But again, my classes are very small (about 18 people) so if we stopped going there would be issues 😅
it's funny how i decided last week to stop going to lectures and you drop this video ,this is my first year in college and i just realise that i was wasting my time so i decided this semester to stop going to lectures because i really was wasting my time listening and go back home and studying everything alone without using the notes of lectures thank u for this video
Perfect timing
Why now why now I juste decide to go to all the class this semester 😭😭
Never too late to *stop*
Woah, this video changed my perspective and I do agree with you :)
I study in China, so the system is different where I HAVE to attend all of my classes.
China def has a more traditional teaching style
dont take notes.
with image occlusion enhanced you don't have to make jpeg but can just make screenshots, then make the anki card and move on to the next card :)
I didn’t know that!! Thanks for the tip
as a fellow straight A student who got an A in orgo on a first try, I too did not go to lecture
I’m going through a similar issue. And it’s stressing me out. Can you help me?
@@nooralwaissi9833 sure! im actually going to start posting youtube videos about all my study tricks this week so subscribe to be able to find them!
not me procrastinating studying for my exam in two days but go off hh
my sister has a similar style and seems so on top of everything :') I have zero discipline when it comes to studying so unless someone or certain circumstances force me to study, I don't :'))))
Watch my video on how to study in 2 days!!
@@NathanWu omg I totally forgot about that video! Will finish my little study sesh (was very unproductive this day :')), then I'll rewatch the video before reporting back in two days or so haha wish me luck!
I always check out if the lectures give extra information with the slides and the handbook. If they don't, I don't watch them, if they do, I first prepare the slides with extra information from the book, and then I watch the lecture recordings at 1.5 speed and just fill them with the extra information that's left. If they don't record the lectures, I go the first 2 lectures to see if they provide key information, if they do, I go or find someone that I know in the course to switch off who goes, otherwise I just skip it. It's not necessary to go if you're not an auditive learner I think personally
Love it! Working smart not hard
@@NathanWu Exactly haha, hate the stigma around not attending lectures in person. It's just not for everyone
💻No classes!! I am an introvert and also remember things more when I study by myself... But... The thing is, in my country, it is compulsory for students to have a certain % of attendance for college. Even the top colleges in my country, the IITs have a minimum attendance of 85% So I don't think it's gonna work out for me. BTW, I'm an 11th grader... Not yet in college
I’m very much an introvert when it comes to studying too
it really depends on what field are u doing, the way how course lecturer make their notes, and see if the attendance will affect to your licence/registration. but i personally record all lectures, upload it to a platform that can generate the audio to transcript, then i put them on AI to check how AI digest the transcript and to compare what i got.
Wow using AI
I know zoom is able to make a recording transcript. It's not bad but it isn't able to pick up on specialized terminology.
I need to show this to my teachers, literally.
Because what's funny is, that these last years they do no give us enought time between the end of lectures at class and the exam week. And since they see that a lot of students are skipping class (obiously to revise and to keep with all the lessons but also because of the wasted time in public transport and the tiredness that comes with it) Some teachers like to sabotage our exams by for example giving us extra hard ones and they say "It is our right to do so, because you are skipping class" (Since students used to say that it is their right to skip class because it is not obligatory)
Hi Nathan. I already graduated from university but I am using your study tips and anki to do some self studying.
YESS! Learning never stops
🏘 but it honestly depends on your subjects and the way ur classes teach, like for art or psycology, i think interaction among students and teachers does enhance the learning experience, and if ur school implements interaction as an important thing, then going to school is good, but listening to mundane lectures and not engaging in classes at all is smth u can do without imo
Interaction is pretty limited in my program. Most of it is just delivery of information. But for artistic disciplines, going to class is a must
I wish i could do this but my slides are all just pics and vague sentences 😂
Crying for you 😭
How? There is a max hours that we can “not attend class”. If we exceeded it we can’t enter the final exam then you need to take the course again😢 The uni in my country like this so we waste a lots of time in attending and the long road from home to uni with the traffic just ahhhhh😩
Thank someone had to say it.
Be careful of the lecture-heavy classes. I had an econ exam and flunked by not going to class. I had been going to every class and almost getting a 100 on each exam up until that point, and then my grade fell off. I’ll never miss class again.
Edit: I would like to add that this class did not have a foundational element like a textbook. The prof did post notes at the end of lecture but the notes didn’t help.
Yes, you have to to gauge and use your judgment. I hope you were able to recover from that bad exam
@@NathanWu Thanks! Luckily, I ended with a decent grade. Still, I definitely agree that it works for some classes.
Hi, which chemistry book would you say would be best for beginners, self-thought?
Depends on which chemistry stream you’re focusing on
I checked out anki and because I am financially dependent on parents it's not something I can purchase atm
It’s free!!
@@NathanWu wait fr? Maybe I looked at the wrong thing 🙍🏻♀️
My pathophysiology professor purposely only makes ppts with 12 slides. We have to go to her class to get the info 🙄 waste of time.
Villian
@@NathanWu lol. Yes!
tbh i am also against it but our college does not offer it 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 that is everything is offline nothing is uploaded 😢😢
Oh nooo 😭
Hi nathan how was your emmerse education essay . I am curious about how it went 😊
Ps:hope you reply , thanks
I didn’t write it. I wanted all of you to get the opportunity
i am finally out of examsssssss🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻✨✨🌞🌞🌞 & yay your vedioo today🌝🌝
Congrats!! Freedommmm
Hey! High school senior here. So...missing class doesn't count against you in university? You just have to complete the work? There's no attendance situation?
Also, does this work for every class and every degree?
University is pretty independent. Most of my classes do not take attendance
@@NathanWu Awe, thanks for replying! You're the sweetest.
Love ♥️
Thank youu
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Me encantan tus vídeos, e tratado de usar muchísimo Anki, pero siempre me sale error y que me descargue otra versión. No sé si es mi computadora o la misma versión de anki🥲
I have the official download link in the description box of my Anki Tutorial