2. OBJECTIVE Maximum level of proficiency Day of the exam

3. What are the most effective time management tools? How many days does it take to make something a habit? What is the best way to set priorities? TIME MANAGEMENT Time waits for no one!

4. * Imagine a Sandwich that is 30 ft. long. *Would you be able to eat it all in one afternoon? How many ft. could you eat? If you tried to eat all 30 ft all in one day, how would you feel? Would you try to eat it two days or in two weeks?

5. SOLUTION: Cut the sandwich into several pieces and store the rest in the fridge or the freezer so you can eat smaller, easier to consume amounts another day. You would not want to jam two or more weeks worth of food down your stomach in one day! * Why would you try to stuff two weeks worth of information into your brain in one cram session? “Inch by inch, life is a cinch, yard by yard life is hard.”

6. Priorities What would you do if you had a choice of the following four things to eat over the next four days and you had no refrigeration? A Pizza A Hot Dog A Hamburger A Submarine Sandwich What would you eat first, second, etc? What would you save for last? Why?

7. PRIORITIES : Have you scheduled study times by using day planner? How long do you study at one time? Do you give your self rewards after you study?

8. Priorities List priorities in order A,B,C, D, etc. in your daily planner. Cross out or check when you completed an assignment. You can also use colors – red for high priorities, then purple, blue, green, and so forth…

9. PROCRASTINATION “DO IT NOW” DONUTS Hot, Fresh, and Tasty!

10. PROCRASTINATION What happens to the same donuts if they are left out after two weeks ?. In two weeks the donuts will become STALE and Hard to eat!

11. Old Stale Information Two weeks old (or more) What happens to information we learn today? On the same day it’s fresh! But if we don’t take a bite of the same information in a few weeks it becomes fuzzy, stale, and hard to recall. “Review information the same day while it’s still fresh and easy to remember.”

12. TIPS Do Don’t REVIEW more than 3 subjects/ day. Medium term planning (f.e. weekly) and daily targets to meet it. Take breaks and reward yourself after meeting targets. Get into a routine. Don’t. Cram. Just think of the very next exam. Keep the big picture In mind.. Improvise. You need a plan. Even if does not work, you can modify it.

13. PLANNING ON ANY PARTICULAR SUBJECT. I Chapter test will have many questions that will show up again on the unit test, questions from the unit test will be on the quarter test and question on the quarter test will be on a semester test. Then we have the finals test at the end of the year that will have all of the questions that have been repeated through the year. What exercises have you been doing the most?

14. PLANNING ON ANY PARTICULAR SUBJECT. II Your notes should contain all the important information you need. Go through them instead of worrying about the content per page. That makes things easier, because there is less information to study. Didn’t take/ keep your notes???? Are your notes useless??

15. PLANNING ON ANY PARTICULAR SUBJECT III Balance theory and practice. You should know what you are weaker at. Do and re-do the exercise. Ask your teacher if you need to check!! He will be bored while you are in study leave and would be happy to see you! (in most cases)

16. PLANNING ON ANY PARTICULAR SUBJECT III As your teacher is talking about the final test, listen; listen really close, they will always give you tips that might save your life. When saying things like 'this is important', 'a fact you will want to remember' or 'this happens a lot' they are trying to convey a message!!