HOW TO BE AN A1 STUDENT

 

Becoming an A1 student is quite easy, if you are willing to pay a price. The first thing you have to know is that success is an habit. Being successful in life demands that we develop positive habits on a daily basis. The reason people fail is the little, insignificant negative attitudes and behaviour that develops over time.

Academic excellence can be achieved by developing the habit of reading. It starts right now. Today, decide to read for thirty minutes before you sleep. Then, tomorrow, and the next three months, decide and be determined to read for at least 30 minutes, twice a day. Remember that inches, makes champions.

Survival in the school system is hinged upon ones ability to read and understand what one reads. Above the ordinary level, a lot of reading is required, that is why you have to develop reading skills, skills that will enable you read faster and have better understanding.

It is said that students would have to develop an incredible reading speed of 600 words per minutes, if they are to do well in their studies. It's interesting to know that most students go to the University with a reading speed of about 200 words per minute That's unfortunate. With this reading speed, it might be difficult to read each text book from the beginning to the end, before examination commences.

Worst still it is to be a slow reader. Some people have told me that they are poor readers, and I agree with them. It's okay to be a slow reader, but hard to survive in the tertiary institutions by reading slow. If you are a slow reader, then you would have to train yourself to read fast. Consciously decide to read faster every time you read your book. Better still, strive to achieve a reading speed of at least 300 words per minute.

In developing reading skills, you have to learn to eliminate some not-too-good reading mannerisms. Some of the reading habits to avoid are:

Moving the head consciously or unconsciously while reading
Reading a passage word by word, instead of reading it sentence by sentence
Re-reading words, phrases, or sentences
Pointing to words with the finger while reading
Saying the words to oneself.

If any of these bad reading habit rings a bell, eliminate them, starting from this article, which you are reading now. Eliminating bad reading habits helps in increasing reading speed. One of the problems I had in my 100 level, though I tried my best then, was that I read slowly. As far as reading is concerned, speed, accuracy, and understanding go hand in hand.

Remember, if nothing stopped you from being born, then nothing can stop you from achieving your wildest dreams. I will like to hear your views as regards this article.

Agbolade Omowole is reachable on +2347064649978/nigeriaslifecoach@gmail.com