LAZY Man's GUIDE To School (How To Sustainably Minimize Your Workload)
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- In this video, I'm gonna show you how my friends and I got away with doing well in school while doing less than other top students. A lot of my friends and I were as far as it comes from being "studygram" material. But we were still very successful, and as someone who's had lazy phases and productive phases, in this video, I'll highlight how we still did well. This isn't a study strategy video perse, it's more a video on what to prioritize and how to approach things when you're a student.
Ik that there will be people that say this isn't lazy enough, but the purpose of this video is to show you the laziest sustainable way to the top. There's lazier ways to just do passably well, just by toning down what you see in this video. Today, by sheer necessity, I work a lot harder than in HS, but if u ask my mom, she'll say I'm still lazy.
While originally, I wanted it to be a comprehensive guide detailing things about what homeworks are important, what I tried on and what I didnt, and so on so forth, after a while I realized that A. that would make this guide an hour long. B. A lot of these things were really case by case. However, there were a few general rules and guidelines that hopefully can help you intuitively answer those questions for yourself.
Like fine wine, these principles might be slightly difficult at first, and only seem marginally "lazier" than what other top students are doing. But when you get to college, you'll see the difference because you'll still be focusing on what matters. And the more familiar you get with your own studying, the more you can cut out of a routine until your friends are struggling to keep up unless they do what you do.
I'll try to answer ANY QUESTIONS in the comments. Good luck and enjoy your studying!
Also sorry for not posting for 2.5 weeks. Ive had a different video done for 1.5 weeks, but there have been some logistical issues on that front so it will be posted next week. thanks.
Time stamps:
What is the lazier man's guide? 0:11
What does it mean to be a "lazier" student? 1:09
How to use this video? 2:26
1 important mindset: 2:51
Broad concept 1: 3:45
(argument 1 for broad concept 1): 4:22
(argument 2 for broad concept 2): 5:23
Broad concept 2: 6:42
Broad concept 3: 9:21
Really important message: 11:17
Broad concept 4: 12:25
Importance of timing: 13:51
But how to study?: 14:54
Music:
Lukrembo - rose
Prod riddiman - solitude
Happy for you -smith the mister
Sunset Drive - tokyo music walker
Gear:
Camera: Sony a7iii
Lenses: Zeiss 24-70 f4
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DISCLAIMER: This is just for entertainment purposes. It is not meant to be taken as educational advice and are my views only and not the views of any institution that I am a part of.
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If this was actually a "lazy man" he wouldn't be as productive. There's a big difference between working hard, not working hard enough, and working smart. This guy works smart and it's incredibly satisfying to see giving you the keys to smart studying. I think it's not about about doing less than you have to, I think it's about not doing more than you need to (to achieve your goal). Thanks for the tips, I appreciated this video!
"Work smarter" this has been surfacing a lot but people shouldn't generalise everything, some things only pays off by working hard and some people simply can't cope with that kind of studying they don't catch information as fast as us,people should break out of the circle,find what works for them.Mostly top students go back to working hard to get that extra point thats seperate them from the average students.
Funny lazy man
Rightly said Gabriel @Gabriel Ponce de Leon
Agreed. However you can be "lazy at heart" type of person while being productive 😂 that basically being study smart
@@nyehehe652 Idk I’m “lazy at heart” and not specifically good anything academically I try but studying for exams has been the hardest things it’s boring and most of the time I have so much assignments it becomes a pain to my existence idk what to do at this point I’ll probably just end up killing myself or something tired of this bullshit.
1. Don't do things anyone can do in a group work
2. Only study the right information so you dont have to correct anything you read
3. Don't skip procedures(especially in math)
4. Believe in yourself that you gonna memorize and understand you read
5. Do plan your study(what to expect after investing your time in a study session)
6. Don't do one night study if you can't handle it
Thankss
Thx im too lazy to watch the whole vid
These weren't really the things he discussed in the video but they're great tips!
For anyone interested, the video went over some broad ideas for studying in general, and at the end he gave 3 specific study tips:
1. Practice problems
2. Be able to explain topics, not just recognize/memorize
3. Look over information at least 3x
understand you read
@@jhny0 this Wasn’t from the video lol
The true lazy man's guide:
1. Organic chemistry tutor
2. Khan Academy
Factsss
Indeed
A Lazy man's guide to taking notes and sitting through lectures would be clutch. Especially for the lectures where the professor mainly just reads off the slides
Lazy man’s guide: don’t
If you have a laptop or iPad pull up the slides, download them, and than just put text boxes or write on the slides what the professor says when they speak that isn’t already on the slides.
@@sakinaalia1067 if they give you the presentation before
lol
I just skip those classes and study the pdfs alone, works for me. But be careful
*timestamps:*
0:11- what's the lazier man's guide?
1:09 - definition of a "lazier" student.
2:26 - how to use this video.
2:51 - one important mindset.
3:45 - broad concept 1. (redefining true laziness)
6:42 - broad concept 2. (the 90% rule)
9:21 - broad concept 3. (if it doesn't help, then don't try)
12:25 - broad concept 4. (time management: shouldn't be a chore)
13:51 - importance of time.
14:54 - how to actually study.
Thank you!
Thanks alot
thank you!!!!
It's not like they weren't in the description...
@@K_nechi huh. guessed i missed it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I’ve actually, almost subconsciously, have done the thing where I make a good impression on my teacher’s at the beginning and then continue to slowly but steadily make leeway for myself in more areas that I’ve already grown accustomed to. It’s even better if you’ve had that teacher before and so you don’t have to start from scratch. This does work, he’s right. The teachers even start avoiding picking you cause they know you already know it, and will only pick you to set an example if no one else can manage to answer the question.
Would like a lazy man's guide to test taking
Yes would like 👍
Yess josh! Pls make one
YESSS!! Pls make lazy man's guide to test taking
I agree
Me too!!
this is what i needed to hear.
I realized I have been such a perfectionist and how it harmed my efficiency without being able to give me a higher grade.
I wondered why my sister can easily get 95 the same like I did but my sister only need spend fewer hours than I did. I always thought that it is because she is so much clever than I was in the way she works but I didn't know-how.
After watching this video, I realized the thing you mentioned is the mindset that my sister always uses: she aimed for just above 90 and take a rest, then everything turns out awesome. Thank you so much, this is something no one talked about but insanely eye-opening.
Just had the same “ aha”moment 😅😅😅😅I come off as a crazy schoolholic person but I’ll try these methods. No need to be a perfectionist anymore
i’ve started striving for 80-90% this year in calculus, bc my perfectionism for 100% on everything absolutely wrecked me, and it’s been so much better on my mental health
Thats the exact situation im in
I lost it on the mindset part. Well, I'm not an athlete, but I do graphic design freelance work and I already got decent money for my age (16). But I find it hard to be good at my work while also be good in school. It's always gonna be one or the other. I often burn out trying to be good at both. I don't know how to deal with this, tbh. :/
Honestly I just say hit people in your class up. I’m 90% sure people are cool with school communism (sharing is caring) and even if they say no there’s another 95% chance they’re not going through the trouble of telling anyone. All you have to do is make sure you’re not contacting them just for favors.
@@holabola9064 exactly what I meant with the whole make sure you're not talking to them just for favors. leeches are wayyy annoying
Maybe try working on your time management
you could cut down your school workload, or job workload, depending on which is more important to you. There is a limit at some point.
Better off taking 5 classes and getting mostly A's rather than taking 8 classes and getting C's and D's. Load management to allow focus, that's the trick. GPA matters more in some aspects than covering more ground in most cases. Might have to go more part-time with work for the school things to pick up, while it's still required that you participate in school.
I never watch study videos but this randomly got recommended to me and really knocked some sense into me, I'm definitely the perfectionist who works past the diminishing returns point and wastes valuable time but now I'm in uni and only GPA matters so all I gotta do is get 90's not 100's. Thanks for the tips!
finally something for high schoolers!! all the study videos are geared towards rigorous college majors
Ever had this moment when a teacher praises you for being such a good student and you're just like: Yes my anxiety allows me to do so
I think this speaks levels of how much I procrastinate that I can't even get myself to watch the whole video, and am just saving this for later
More of "lazy man's" guides please! Been used to working hard than working smart that it leads me to burn out and sometimes even breakdowns. I think I need strategies that will help me on my acads while taking care of my mental health.
Tip from a lazy student that it’s in preparatory school (I’m 16 years old so calculate for your country):
If they leave you a work that they want you to use your own words, search websites that changes words and even summarizes the info you have.
If they leave you a work that the due date is in a week or so, don’t wait to the day before to start with it, you’ll feel pressure and everything will go downhill. Instead start your homework right at the moment and you’ll have the homework ready to send and you can do other things during that week.
Organize with friends to work in some homework that you feel you couldn’t do completely by yourself.
Hope something of this works!
Underrated af. I've been through that "I'm gonna study/do everything and make pretty af notes" only to realize how much unnecessary crap I was doing. That's on you though, the point is to not to imitate or be too idealistic.
I had to do two months of assignment in two days, I'm done with the last minute life style.
I've applied this through all high school and indeed, it worked wonders. When I started college... well, things kinda fell apart. It took me a lot of time getting used to actually put in a lot of work hours outside the already long hours of lessons, mostly because the "lazy" approach still means A LOT of study time on my career, and as I've come to learn, I''ve got almost no discipline.
So yes, the lazy approach not always will mean plenty of free time, but using these concepts (animedoro helps so much!), being productive doesn't have to always be a painful experience.
Finally someone i can relate too . On high school it is fine but up to college it become very bad and i realise i need to change strategies and how i approach my study .
I often tell people that I'm the laziest person I know so this jives really well with me. It can also be used by people who aren't students too, same concepts still apply!
So I took notes of this and I bet this is the guide that will work for me. The very neurotypical no laziness study guides never did. Thanks Josh and all the best for med school❤️
you're the animedoro guy of course i trust you
Oh I do the diminishing returns thing! I always just say that I "put in the bare minimum to get an A." I always thought it was a negative thing, I only ever spend more time on assignments I find enjoyable.
The halo effect is no joke, once turned in a blank assignment on accident and got a 100 😀
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u sure thats not favouritism?
sure buddy
something similar happened over quarantine for my English class. Had an assignment due by midnight but was busy finishing up a project so I just turned in the same essay I had made 2 weeks prior and she gave me a 100.
@Richard Traviz Celones I had one of my teachers tell us sometimes they don’t go over everyone’s entire paper all the time because that would take forever so they just skim it and grade it depending on what it is. Sometimes people forget their teachers are people too and they get tired and lazy at times as well!
When i was in grad school we had one class with average 7-10 chapters a weekend
I assembled all the top students
We met on saturdays- had a note template, each person took 1 chapter
Filled in guide with page numbers for reference
Helped soo much to divide up the work
Idk why but you're videos are sort of cathartic. You being in med school low key makes all my college problems seem smaller 😂
Perfect timing! I have few essays due but I keep pushing it back. Gotta sit down and just push out the "shitty draft" first. Adding unnecessary things to my plan just because other people are doing it hits hard cause some methods just don't click for me.
Keep it up!
Great video man! The university transition has been hard for me and this shed some light on how to make that transition easier!
I think that this is what I need now starting my second year in vet school. Thanks a lot!
Reminds me of a time I tried for like an hour to get word online to format correctly only to not get all the points for formatting.
The Halo effect saved my teenage education. Especially in the UK where your teachers grade a lot of your final pre-uni exams
HOLY SH-your wisdom helped me so much.
i struggle with adhd/add to the point of severe depression & i am so ridiculously (pleasantly) surprised that your video gave me so much confidence in myself. it means a lot to be reminded that i don’t have to aim for 100% or be perfect… as that’s what caused my slump in the first place 🥺🙏✨
I might not be your official disciple but I will forever follow in your footsteps, Chen-sensei 💥 🤛
this is super helpful! i'm a dual enrollment student in HS and have been desperately needing some time management tips, so thank you!
This is a banger video. Love the details man. A lot of times people just give the theory but dont show how they apply it.
STUDY STRATEGY (Chen School of thought)
1- Practice problems. Non negotiable.
2- Be able to explain your topic. Try to explain it to yourself, and if you find gaps in your knowledge then fill them.
3- Look over material at least three times. Example: pre read, read in class, read before test.
This is incredibly helpful and well-structured!! Great job man, you're doing a lot to society.
I think I was really doing the 90% rule. Right now due to the pandemic we have modules and online classes. I do the former and I finish 1 whole subject per day. Then the rest I play videogames. It makes it fun for cuz I feel I made progress and still play videogames. I also start early so when I finish all I can do is just play games.
Also I think its much better if you have a far deadline you need to just slowly do it then use remaining time to do something fun. And if you feel like doing the work. You can do more of it
holy shit, you brought up ideas/ a new mindset I never even thought of. Very original, thanks man
Legitimately got through my english courses without finishing a single book. I used sparknotes/cliffnotes to get main themes and quotes from these books and literally bullshit my way through essays and passed... albeit with a B+ but I can truly say to myself that if I legitimately put in effort, I would've got the same mark, so I have no regrets.
yes ur right! might take just the slightest hint more effort to get that A, but B+ with just sparknotes is some ppls dream
But it defeats the purpose of an English class. The point is to learn how to find the themes based on what you read, not to just *know* them. If your teacher wanted you to know certain ideas, they would just tell them to you
@@yugiohforce1 new guru nice xD
@@mariaearrinda3626 Nah I wouldn't say I'm cheating myself by not knowing some minute details about a book I don't care about and will never become relevant in my future. From what I've seen, english class ruins the fun of reading and many of my friends who used to be avid readers stopped reading all together in high school because of how tedious it got.
@@mariaearrinda3626 but will they ever need it? No! It would be a different story if they weren't being forced to learn in order to have future job prospects
Loved this! I'd love a lazy way guide for testing
Dude, you just helped me out so much!! This is actually extremely helpful, and I can follow this advice instead of making myself feel bad by binge-watching aesthetic note-taking videos of smart students studying!! THANK YOU SO MUCH! Ahhhhh. Natural flow of things is the way to go.
2:52 You are a student first. This is what I always tell myself. Anime second 😭😭😭
Finally UA-cam algo did some true work. Thank you so much. I needed this so much.
thanks! i have adhd and struggle to bring myself to do any work but im finding just doing a bare minimum is way better than doing nothing, i usually get As but im hoping to get higher results
Please PLEASE put up a LAZY MANS GUIDE TO Testing, josh. Your video has been extremely helpful and I cannot be more grateful to you. Good work on the camera angles as well. 👍
Legit, when he mention the 90 rule, it actually worked to me before. It was a Midterm in Highschool, and I tried so hard and put too much time to get a 100 in Math but I only get a C, like legit, a C? So then after Math test was the Science test, and I was just like "Ok, just get a 90-something is good enough, no need for a 100" and I was the only one in my grade to get a 100 in Science.
Thank you for motivating me to do my piled up homework, this really helped me ^_^
I think I’ve always been the lazy student who did good, because I always tried to hack my way through studying. Just do what works for you, that’s basically what I did.
The first point is actually something I kind of subconsciously do sometimes, but hearing you put it into words helped me realize that it's something I should be doing more!
Yo josh, love ur vids! I feel the b-roll and a-roll are on point. You could try lowering or removing the lofi in certain parts where you want to emphasize. Also mic quality could be better. Took a few tips from this myself!
will keep that in mind
@@yugiohforce1 nah the lo-fi was awesome, usually it annoys me, but on your channel it just feels chill
@@SkullKrusher017 I agree but when it comes to points you want to emphasize or create drama around you'll have to play around with levels.
Yes! A lazy man's guide to testing would be great!
So aesthetic is not always important?
Thanks bro that kinda gave me a relief.
Pro tips: taking notes sucks ass, just listen to the lecture properly, read the material once when you have free time and you already know enough to get a high C or low B in some cases. In order to get that final push for the grade you want pull up the topic on UA-cam or get an app to read text online aloud and watch / listen to it while eating, cleaning, working out, walking to school even and the actual studying will end up being just memorizing the definitions, formulas, dates and names (or whatever your subject is) to the point where you can define it yourself / at least understand what every component does in the formula. And for dates names and things you have to remember in general I recommend associations or if you are like me and that shit don't work, read it a couple of times then do whatever - take a break or do whatever you do, then read it again a couple times and repeat this over and over; in one day like this I spend maybe less than 30 mins 'studying' specific dates and names of events for history class but can remember up to 20 in that short amount of time, and as long as you read them out every so often once you remember them all you can trick your brain into thinking like it's useful info and it will hardly forget it all the way up to the test. Only problem w my method is that sometimes you need to actually sit down and practice subjects like math or whatever your Achilles heel is, until you get how the task is supposed to be done you will need to spend some time every other day at least, and that sucks but I promise you it is basically an exception to the way things normally go and not a rule by any means. Finally, in this time of online school it is important to have a schedule, to do whatever works best for you and only that, and never be afraid or postpone a written assignment because the empty pages can be scary sometimes, just write whatever first, you can always change it up a bit later on. Good luck, hopefully we are the last generations that need to deal with all this bs that is the modern schooling system, but either way never forget that school for better or worse is just a part of your life, and so treat it like it matters but not like it is the ONLY thing that matters, that is just how you get depression.
figured this out on my own like a couple months ago at start of college. wish I wouldve seen this vid a long time ago tho bc this shit has helped me so much
yes please to the lazy man's testing guide!
ur videos are so helpful man, i love how u acc give different advice and not the same stuff all over studytube
Thanks for the effort you put so that we can become better
Nice video. I’m currently trying to turn my bad lazy into good lazy, so this helps :)
11:00 this guy just said this so calm with no like vocal tonality or laughter which made it come off as a joke. funny asf
This man is speaming facts, I've actually done pretty much this strategy (except i studied less) and it worked very nicely, oh and I suggest you listen extra carefully on classes cause if you don't its just a huge waste of time (cause not only is it a waste because you dont listen,also you'll have to study more)
Can you please do a lazy man's guide for med school cause I still want to watch anime while drowning in 200 slides for the next 2 days. T___T
still need to figure that our for myself lol
Same🤚 I have a mid-sem in 2 days🙃🤧
@@Uchida_Eriko Good luck! 👍
use the pomodoro method with an episode of anime as your break
Hey I think I do have one vid for that
Thanks Josh Chen!
Thanks your videos are actually really helpful
I am procrastinating on my schoolwork to watch this
Holy shit this guy is a genius
This video really put things into perspective, thank you so much more making it!!
Also, as a senior in high school, I am taking AP physics C. I consistently get low 80s on every test even though I feel like I am studying extremely hard....
To be honest, I am a little bit slow in physics. It isn't my strength, but I somehow feel like my effort should at least amount to an A. Any advice on how to do better?
Try to get a more deeper understanding of it and then use the Feynman’s technique
you need to adjust your study strategy: think about what is not working for you
I’m taking ap physics C too. It’s only the beginning of the year and I’m not doing nearly as well as I’ve been used to
Physics C is tough, do as many practice problems as you can!
honestly this vid was fire thanks for the video!
Josh is back after such a long time because he was going to school🙇♂️🙇♂️
Lol, I have videos finished. They're just being held up logistically
something for revision- i used to memorise everything. i could resite perfectly all my notes but then i got really burnt out and i was like yo ok lemme just read through them and not get them perfectly memorised to see how much worse i do.
honestly i only did i tiny bit worse but my mental health was so muuch better for it. if you can get away with getting slightly lower on a test, its not a failure- use it as an experement to see how little u can do revision wise
This was some real down to earth advice, appreciate it man
16:22 Wow… yeah thank you for making this video, I needed to hear that
"I woke up at 5 a.m to start studying? " Can't stop laughing🤣
Too lazy to watch the full vid pls send the cliff notes
Needed this video, thanks man!!!
I will watch 90% of this video
Thank you I hope I do better on my quizzes now
Very helpful! Thanks
amazing and concise advice
Thanks a lot Josh!
Thank god I watched this video before I fail in my exam,.
your vids are so relaxing, buddy
I feel like this would also help prevent mental burnout in students, we're constantly striving for 100% at the cost of precious time and energy, it's good to work smarter because it's pretty much impossible to maintain that 100% productivity all the time when life can be so hectic and busy.
my problem is that i feel like everything can help me to some extent so if i don't do something i get super stressed and then when i get behind it feels like things are compounding and i neglect basic self-care (like sleep and brushing my teeth) and then i do bad on everything
Great video! I think investing in a better mic setup would go a long way, there’s a a static-y sound in the background right now
hmm, i was not aware of this. thanks for letting me know
Thank you!!
As Thumbnail suggested that Josh Chen gave 40 hours in building the tips used in the video....
drags 📌📌me to here......
And honestly I think I made a good choice at that time to see this video..
This video has very good lessons to learn.
keep going bro.
As soon as I saw one piece I instantly liked and subscribed
This is unintentionally giving me ASMR vibes.
Until I switched to my boarding school to further my HS education instead of some random public school (no, I'm not super smart, I just work smart, like this guy) where we have to stay up until 10:30 to prove we are at our dorm, I would go to bed at 10, wake up at 5:30, study/hw until 7, then get ready for school. This was good for me because I was ready to go at the start of the day and not drained by my classes. I got amazing grades, spent less time studying, and I could play games with my friends online until 10:00, and then went to bed. So much better than being sleep deprived from doing homework into the late hours.
I always thought that I was just a lazy student, but now I feel like I am just studying in the way that works best for me. This was such a good video :D
we need a fully lazy man's series
This kept popping up in my feed and as a lazy person I just kept scrolling (in hopes of finding 20sec-1min vids) but 2 weeks later I just couldn't take it anymore. Yt algorithm wins again.
Love your videos
I watched the JEE one
You see in there is a lot of compitition so we have keep a hard level of exams to reduce compitition 😜
Loved the content, earned a sub!
Bro you are legit saving my school life, lmao. Nice hairstyle bro, it looks cool. One question do you use flashcards? If you do, do you have any tips on when to do them. Is because I never know how to balance between doing them and revising them. Any tips on organization for them?
I did my best when I tried to do the least amount of work to get an A. Usually it was getting an A on every homework assignment and a B on the tests. Or also getting an A on the regular tests and a C on the final and still getting an A in the class. Just use the syllabus the figure out what you need to get on assignments/tests.
Thank you Josh, you helped me see clearer 🙇🏻♀️
Thank you for this, it was very helpful 🙏
First, thanks for the content, I was able to relate some of the techniques that are applicable in medschool! But the time management and the "how-to-do" to do best at tests are little rought for me... can you make content specific for how to studdy efficiently (90% seems amazing. Its applicable for med school..?) and do best at tests ?
Hey dude, I hear u. I’ll keep this in mind. I have some really cool stuff in the pipeline but I’ll get to this eventually.
I feel attacked, literally me through highschool and working on it through college
I do like the idea of efficiency in going for the 90%, but I've found that the last 10% can be the best part in challenging you to develop new tricks to get a 98% in 1 hour vs. 4 hours.