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In a past life I was a college math instructor and I still love the stuff so if there's anything in that area I can help with send me a ping!
Im an junior electrical engineering student, also available for homework help !
@givemetheafd Have you taken a signals and system class?
What is 10 x 10?
4
I was a nuclear reactor operator. I can help with the splitting the atom questions.
Any college kids that need help writing any papers, I'm here to help!
@Deleted User i have taken signal processing, but not the junior level class yet
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Hey guys, just wanted to quickly introduce myself as someone you can go to for academic assistance. If you need help with history, humanities, literature, or writing feel free to reach out to me either on here or my DM's.
So, it's finals today and I have a problem. I had all A's this semester, and a lot of them dropped to B's, C's, and one F... I don't know what happened, but I feel like my brain has been fried this month, it seems so hard to focus on work and study like I used to at the beginning of the semester. What can I do?
Is this burnout?
@The Eternal Anglo Where are you studying?
As in, physical location. Are you near a computer or a laptop when studying?
I study at my home PC, in the master bedroom
All my classes require online attention
What subjects are you taking?
(in general)
Intermediate Algebra, Python, Microcomputer application (Microsoft applications) visual arts, and intermediate english
Are you finding yourself neglecting one or more subjects until the deadline becomes uncomfortably close?
Yupp, mainly with math/microsoft applications
(first year student btw)
Are you familiar with the term "context switching?"
Not entirely
OK, so here's what I think is happening. It's the same problem I had throughout my college years.
You're studying on your PC, seems like that's by necessity
but there are so many distractions available
Discord, Twitter, who knows what else
So as soon as the material becomes boring or difficult to comprehend, your brain seeks the easier novelty available through these other mediums
And then you jump to another subject in which you think it will be easier to accomplish something at the time.
Is what I'm saying correct?
Sounds right actually
OK, so the first item of business is to limit distractions. Here's my advice for that.
If all your study material is online, that's a big challenge. It's much easier to focus on printed material.
If you can obtain printed material, I highly recommend it. But it's not a necessity.
What you have to do is, before you sit down to study, make a list of what you want to accomplish in each course.
So in today's Python session you're going to understand the concept of generators and write some example code or complete the exercises.
And that's **all** you're going to allow yourself to do once you start
Everything else gets turned off. Use a stripped-down browser, remove all other devices from the area.
If you cheat, you're only cheating yourself.