Have you ever done a really boring internship and wondered why you have to do them? Can they really help you learn anything? I have done Internships where my only work was to arrange papers and browse the internet. I have also done internships where the employer took active interest in training me. So, whether an internship can be beneficial depends on who you are interning under. But if you…
When I started law school, I read a book that taught me how to make case briefs. Since then, I had the habit of meticulously making case brief on every case that I read. This provided me with a lot of clarity about the general concepts, but it all seemed a bit meaningless when it was exam time. Suddenly, it felt like all the time spend on making notes could…
Do grades matter? This is a question we often hear from confused students.There are movies like 3 Idiots that argue competence is more important than grades. We also see memes that say “a piece of paper can’t decide my future”. But we often discard these arguments in the face of reality. The “grades don’t matter” approach is countered by citing that grades are important for higher education…
Self regulation is a self-directive process by which learners transform their mental abilities into academic skills. If you read just one post on how to learn something, it should be this post. People who use self regulated learning viewed it as an exercise that students perform for themselves in a proactive manner rather than a process imposed on them by external system. They are proactive in their attempts to…
In a previous post, we talked about how Text to Speech (TTS) softwares are useful for improving your reading speed. Along with speed reading, TTS provides 3 additional benefits. In the following infographic, we summarise the 4 benefits that can be gained by using TTS software so you can decide whether to go for them. Sources: The effects of text-to-speech on students with reading disabilities by Melissa Oberembt…
I remember when I first started law school. It started out pretty chill but out of nowhere professors started assigning us cases that are 200-300 pages long. I was dumbstruck at the volume of reading material and I had no idea what to do. My professors suggested that I use speed reading techniques. I read the book Breakthrough Rapid Reading and practiced its techniques. But it would still take…