Truemomentum

No learning can take place unless you understand what you read or jot down. If it is a new information, ask for clarification. If there are new words, always check them out. Substitute the meaning and then re-read the sentence. Or if something already familiar is written or said in a different or new way, always bother to research or ask the teacher or anouther authority. Never, never be indifferent to what you do not know or understand or what you are not sure of. Do not be content until you learn what you do not know. Develop a scientifically curious mind that always seeks to know and to understand facts. This is one of the secrets of effective studying and of successful students.
-The teacher assigns you to prepare a short report on the history and growth of information technology in the world. Or the threat of global warming. Or preserving ethnic cultures today. Welcome the opportunity. It means that the teacher trusts you to be able to perform the task and deliver the report. If you are given a few days, you have sufficient time to research and write it. If the report is expected the following day, it means the teacher thinks you are a super-student! Try to live within her expectations but do not overtax yourself by doing the impossible;