Proud Moment

Last semester, more than half of my Academic Advisory students achieved a GPA of 3.0 and above. That was an increase by a factor of 8 compared to the previous semester. I was on cloud nine. Wanting to inspire the other students with the success stories of their friends, I managed to persuade these students (using strategies I would rather not recall) to share their study techniques with the group.

• From a student who increased his GPA by 1.8 points: he worked hard — I made sure he did, during my Statistics classes. He also practiced group discussions and past semester questions. Due to his religious/spiritual nature, he practiced daily prayers.
• Another student who regularly did well academically shared that he constantly focuses during class, keeps in touch with his lecturers and revises early for tests.
• More students shared their strategies including self-care, taking good notes, practicing tutorial questions and good time management. Our sharing session ended at around 4.30 am that day in our group WhatsApp. Everyone participated and I was intrigued to hear that we share similar techniques, such as studying early in the a.m. and also listening to focus music (alpha waves, etc.)