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okay, you\u2019re going to study for the sat, the act, your ap tests, and any-test-ever-my-life-is-studying. so obviously the first thing you do is all of your other homework. then you walk the dog, maybe get some food\u2014basically anything except actually sitting down and studying.<\/p>\n

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what can you do to combat this gut-wrenching resistance to studying? you make it interesting.<\/p>\n

this may sound overly optimistic like princess unikitty<\/a> saying nothing can ever<\/em> be unhappy, but the best thing you can do to motivate yourself to study is to find what makes the subject interesting.<\/p>\n

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this sounds confusing but let\u2019s go through an example. say, you\u2019re in math class. you\u2019re studying sine graphs<\/a>, and you\u2019re bored out of your mind because you\u2019d much rather be out skateboarding, or listening to music, or going to the fair with your friends. so here\u2019s the cool part, sine graphs are actually involved in all of those activities<\/em>. when you skate in a circular pool, you\u2019re skating in a sine pattern. the radio waves transmitting your favorite 9.33 tunes are sine waves that can be graphed. the ferris wheel at the fair travels in a circular pattern, and the cars’ individual heights can be calculated over time with a sine graph. suddenly, what you\u2019ve been learning in school is all around you in real life. it\u2019s important to know, because it helps you understand the physical world outside your textbooks. and when it\u2019s important to know, you\u2019re more likely to put in more work to actually learn the subject (aka studying).<\/p>\n

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good teachers often know this simple little secret, and take time to make the information applicable to student\u2019s lives. i once had an ap u.s. history teacher that made it a literal requirement on a project to \u201cbe interesting\u201d. but even if you don\u2019t have a teacher like that, you can play a game with yourself to figure out what makes a certain subject interesting. does big brother from 1984<\/a> remind you of your parents taking your phone away? does howard gardener\u2019s theory of multiple intelligences<\/a> help you understand how to study<\/a>? there is something interesting about every subject in school, otherwise they wouldn\u2019t teach it. so forget about the idea that school isn\u2019t cool, it is. it helps us understand the world around us.<\/p>\n

that isn\u2019t to say that you will find something interesting in every single school assignment. believe me the 50th<\/sup> algebra problem will bore anybody, and it\u2019s hard to get past the 345th<\/sup> page of fydor dostoevsky\u2019s crime & punishment<\/a>, but finding interesting concepts will help you find your passion.\u00a0 which is not only helpful when writing college essays (they pretty much all<\/em> ask about your passions) but in life when you\u2019re trying to figure out what to do with it.<\/p>\n

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the takeaway<\/h2>\n

finding interesting applications of what you\u2019re studying in class helps motivate you to want to learn it, thus interesting = studying. accept when you can\u2019t find a topic interesting, but have conversations with other people when you can. it will make it easier to start studying, and (if you\u2019re an interpersonal learner) help you better understand the content. besides, when you find things interesting, it makes you a more interesting person.<\/p>\n

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photo credit: unikitty<\/a> \/ chok.com<\/a> \/ reactiongifs.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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