Gazi Md. Abdur Rashid :
In fact, good students use better strategies than you do for learning something. Making the techniques easier and faster to manage good students always apply different mode of techniques. And that’s they are always able to get good results in any exam. A good student is one who is disciplined, maintains good grades and performs well in class. Now that is the overall definition that is followed all over the world. However, for different societies, it varies, from culture to culture, from city to city and from school to school. A good student is a one who is a teacher’s favourite, always the first one to be in class and insists on getting more homework. This for me is quite an interesting definition, because yes, there is different kind of students in all classes. They also vary from the level of ‘good’ in the description of good students. There are global guideline that you probably grew up on, and have been lectured by your parents and teachers about these. Those guidelines have made a lot of people prosper to being a good student, although it is not necessary that it is the right instruction manual for all.
Some special characteristics of a good student
1. A good student is well-behaved in class and outside.
2. A good student is attentive in class.
3. A good student follows the teacher’s instructions correctly.
4. A good student is a punctual one.
5. A good student always does his homework and assignments on time.
6. A good student is always prepared when coming to class.
7. A good student always participates in class.
8. A good student is organised.
Let’s know, the practices that can put you in the queue of talented students-
Create a beautiful lesson plan-Good students always create a perfect lesson plan, keeping in mind their future success. If you are a weak student, make a lesson plan in line with your daily activities.
Take a break in the gaps of study-Many students think they can hold a lot of information together in their brains only if they study for several hours in a row. In fact, if you rest for awhile in the gaps in your study, you will be able to hold more information in your brain in a short period of time. And use the break time wisely. Walk for a while to increase your brain activity, because walking for sometime will greatly improve your brain performance.
Make your own notes by yourself-There are many students who study with notes of friends. But if you are like them, change this habit today. Because by following notes made by others, you cannot learn anything from yourself. When you make your notes yourself, you will find out more about that. Moreover, the topic on which you make notes will be very easy to remember. Notice that good students make their own notes. So build this habit from today.
Adequate sleep is needed-When you are fully rested, your brain will continue to absorb the information you gain throughout the day. And if your sleep is good, you will not get tired and can study well. But if your sleep is not good, then the next day the fatigue of the kingdom may overwhelm you. As a result, you will not be able to learn anything well. So try to get enough sleep by the rules.
Ask the teacher repeatedly-The meritorious students listen any topic attentively during the lecture and note it and discuss it with the teacher at the end of the lecture. So if you want to be like them, you have to learn to ask questions. Because without question you will not know anything.
Test yourself frequently-Good students just store information in their brains. You ought to check yourself daily based on how much you learned. So if you want to be a good student, you have to do this too. When you verify yourself, you will be able to remember any forgotten information better later. It is normal to forget about giving a review after mastering something. So develop a habit of verifying yourself.
Increase the level of learning from mistakes-If you want to be a good learner, developing this habit is very important for you. Take a look at the numbers you received earlier on various issues and think about where you went wrong. Good students are always learning from their past mistakes. So if you can develop this habit, you will surely do better than ever.
Be attentive to the class-Try to be as focused as possible in the class. Listen carefully to the teacher’s lecture. If you are not attentive to the class, you will understand nothing of the teacher’s lecture. Then, when you are going to read it alone, the next thing you will find difficult to do. So note the important parts of the teacher’s lecture. Ask the teacher if there is a problem to understand somewhere. If you are attentive to each class, you will surely understand the benefits of it during the exam.
Apply the acquired knowledge in real life-Education is not limited to just acquiring and getting good marks in exams. The knowledge you gain will only come in handy when you are able to solve a problem by applying it in real life. By looking at the best students in the country, you can see that many of them solve any kind of problems by applying their earned knowledge in real life. So always try to apply your acquired knowledge in real life.
Following talented students-You can follow meritorious students’ daily activities, lesson plans, teaching aids, study strategies and learn from them. Make contact with them and discuss on the study topics.
You can quickly become a good student by following the above topics. But you must do a lot of hard work. Your hard work and desire to know can one day make you stand in the highest peak of the talent. The first condition to be good students is to be good people. Good students makes proper use of time, dedicated, and do amicable behavior to everyone, they have empathy for others. Good students obey all the disciplines of the school, are respectful to the teachers, and feel good to other classmates, feel humane. No one is ever exposed to harm by good students.
(Gazi Md. Abdur Rashid, Research Officer, District Education Office, Secondary and Higher Education, Munshiganj)
