Lately, I've been thinking about school and the things we've been working so far, and I came to the conclusion that I've been demotivated the past month, on serval occasions and tasks. The thought began when I started to realize that school is almost finished. Now that school is ending, we are required to complete different tasks such as long homeworks and exams, which exhaust my brain.
For the past two years, I’ve came to realization that learning isn't measured by a test, but it's measured by real life, real problems. The Innovation Academy has allowed me to explore my passions; we are graded based on effort and not on how much we memorized the day before and perform in a test. However, I've had to learn to balance myself because even though I don't do this in the IA, for the past week, I've had to take my mock exams for my IB classes.
Obviously, there are several pros and cons that come along with each system, this is why I'm fortunate to experience the best of both worlds. Currently, there is only one program in the whole school who has opened it's doors to innovation and project based learning, learning outside the classroom and not only from the books. I've struggled studying from my mocks because my brain drains, after some time of absorbing heavy content I get distracted and I can't process information any longer, so I have to stop. Before, we used to study for 7 exams, now, we only have to focus on three, but it stills feels heavy. Personally, this has been a huge struggle, too many hours studying and too much content to learn, it's outrageous. This is something I'm not accustomed to.
Not having to study heavy content and taking test increases your intrinsic motivation and thus productivity. It gets to a point where you simply have to stop the studying because your brain dead, and you lose the rest of the day because your brain can't function properly. For me, learning form experience and putting my skills in to practice is a true valuable test. In the future what will serve you best, knowing what you want to study and knowing what skills you are good at, or understanding rubrics and memorizing content. After the test, all the content is gone.
So here is the goal I am setting for myself:
1. I want to find the method for studying that will make me efficient, but won't drain my brain.
2. I want to find purpose and value in the content, so that it sticks with me longer than only for the test. This is definitely one of my biggest struggles in life, not finding importance in what I learn, thus not applying enough effort to the subject of idea. I bet that if I would see the value, studying wouldn't be such a hazel. So I will pose this challenge, and I'll keep you updated on how it goes.
1. I want to find the method for studying that will make me efficient, but won't drain my brain.
2. I want to find purpose and value in the content, so that it sticks with me longer than only for the test. This is definitely one of my biggest struggles in life, not finding importance in what I learn, thus not applying enough effort to the subject of idea. I bet that if I would see the value, studying wouldn't be such a hazel. So I will pose this challenge, and I'll keep you updated on how it goes.
And as always, thanks for watching.