One of the cool things about working with Art of Smart is that we’ve all donereally wellin the HSC. In addition to my fair share of snooping around of other people who’ve also done really well, and much ‘scientific research’, gossiping/discussion as well as just having a good think about it, there seems to be one habit that applies to many top students.
Working one week ahead of school.
School is not creative: everything you learn is based on the Syllabus – the holy grail of all teacher’s timetables. This, my friend, is how youknow exactly what is coming up in class，通过知道这一点，您可以在班级之前阅读和工作。
This means that instead of doing this week’s work, you’re working on next week’s work!
不做家庭作业或本周主题似乎是违反直觉的，而是将您的时间花在您甚至不需要的事情上。对不起，我知道你们都在内部尖叫。
But let me make my case.
You’ll have a better understanding
I know this sounds odd, but school isn’t really for learning, but consolidating.
What I mean is that you generally don’t have a lot of time in class to go over new information: periods aren’t long, and chances are that you read over it as a class or your teacher talks at you. Either way, that environment often isn’t ideal for learning. And even if you’re superhuman and understand everything, it doesn’t leave you room to discuss content like you would with a tutor or study group.
If you’re one week ahead, you’ve done the basic concept overview, so when it comes to class time, you’re actually consolidating。
Trust me, class is more engaging when you’re already clued in on what you’re learning and you can ask discuss, and apply that information rather than frantically trying to write notes and understand.
You’ll remember more
If you’re a week ahead, class time becomes revision time.
And I’ve already written an article on this where I explain more, but in a nutshell:修订对于实际记住信息真的很重要。So even having skimmed the info for next week’s class, you get more out of class-time than having done nothing at all. You’re actually reviewing work.
提前一个星期也意味着您可以提出问题。您不能在课堂上问问题，但是如果您已经了解了这些想法，那么您该使用课堂时间巩固您的知识了。
You’ll have more time for exam study
Because… you’re already studying for your exams!
Because it’s like you’ve almost been doubling up revising throughout the term,you’ll find that you need less time to cram before exams。这意味着空闲时间，这对于考试前的疯狂几周至关重要。
Apart from the obvious benefits of having more time, it allows you to do rapid learning exercises like past papers as well as give yourself time out.
You’ll have more time for homework!
I know this one seems more like a disadvantage rather than a benefit because most people would rather lick crusty under-table gum than have more homework.
I’m not saying you have to do more, I’m just saying you have more time to do it.
This is really helpful because I know 99% of students get stuck on work, and started ahead means giving yourself the leeway to ask your teacherearlier。I’ve never met a teacher who doesn’t at least give you the stink-eye if you ask them “wait, how do I do this math problem?” 10 minutes before the work is due.
So maybe working ahead doesn’t sound ‘super cool’…
But getting a higher ATAR might. I’d give it a go. It’s a simple HSC study tip that works. Work at your own pace. If it’s just not possible for you to work ahead, maybe even briefly looking at the next week’s work is within your time constraints.
祝你好运！
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Sophia Zourecently completed the HSC in 2013, so fortunately for AOS Community Blog-readers and perhaps less fortunately for her, the memories of Year 12 are still fresh in her head. Sophia considers it her mission here to help students make the most of their final years at high school. Her interests include political science, Simon and Garfunkel, and pretending to be a tea aficionado. Alongside tutoring at Art of Smart Education, she spends her time playing the piano and studying Government & IR and Languages at the University of Sydney.
