Advice on how to be a good student / 4th essay -Unit 8/

Have you ever faced with these problems?

- Although I know that doing my lessons is necessary for me but I can`t do anymore

- Although I open my book but I can`t read and just look.

- However, I want to do but I can`t

- I get bored easily during doing lessons.

If yes, I will strongly advise you to set your goal and plan for your whole life. You can use following methods to plan your purpose.

At first, just think about the situation where you are in 10 years. Ask yourself:

- What will I have created after 10 years?

- How will I be living?

- What will my pride have become like at that time and compare your dream with your present dreams. Then you should determine your goal.

Secondly, think about the situation after a year.

Thirdly, think about the time after 1-month period.

These 3 lists will help you to plan your work. For example, here is a plan of 1 student about his purpose and make your plan like that.

Plan for 10-year time:

- To become a good computer programmer

- To learn English and Japanese well

- To work in a big international company

1- year plan:

- To enter the university with major computer programming

- To learn with high points

- To learn in English course

1- month plan:

- To solve all the math problems in order to take the entering exam

- To find the best English course and start to learn .

You can plan your goals like this, then locate it place where it will easily be seen for you. It will help you to see it more often. If you see this more often you will be energetic and you will be encouraged. After that, set your weekly and daily work plan. Your daily plan must be included into your weekly plan.

Planning and dreaming is important for human life. Also never make joke with someone`s dream. It is said that the most stupid dream is enjoyed by everyone. There are 3 main enemies of success.

1. Sleepiness and laziness

People have to sleep but the time must be limited and defined. If you want to use time effectively you should sleep less time. In order to decline your sleepiness you should determine when to sleep and when to wake up, you are not allowed to go to bed unless you feel really sleepy, if you don`t sleep after 5 minutes lying on your bed just get up and do your lesson.

2. TV

It is the enemy of attention. What is the result of watching TV? Don`t watch unnecessary things on TV. It is believed TV decreases 80 percent of person`s creativeness.

3. Any kind of games like card and computer games. People who don`t have goal play computer games.

Maybe, it is difficult to get up early and to do lesson with plan but after 10 or 20 times tries it becomes habit of you. Also you should have personal mottos which always encourage you like “Don`t put works later just now”. Don`t give up. And you must put high requirements on you.

Ok, you have planned your work and start to do your homework. Now you must concentrate your attention. If you can`t concentrate it is not possible to fulfill your plan. The distractions of attention are to dream empty, to worry about something and to think like everybody is better than you, there are many subjects to review but there is no time. If you face these thoughts when you are doing homework you should ask yourself if it helps to do your homework and get your goal. Moreover, I advise you never do your lesson lying on the bed. It has only 1 end. That is to sleep. If you lie the brain will concentrate on sleeping and give signal to sleep to your body.

Now I will advise you how to learn English?

In my opinion, we should “attack” all sides like reading, writing, listening and grammar in order to learn English. So you should prepare books cassettes CDs and practice tests.

When you do reading exercise read as much as you can wherever you go like address instructions and words on the board. At first, you will face many new words but don`t give up and later the unfamiliar words will become fewer.

When you do listening exercise turn your TV into channels in English. Also listen to English songs looking lyrics.

If you want to do speaking exercise make friends with foreign people who have come to Mongolia to work and meet them more often and talk to them on all topics.

When you work on grammar practice on grammar books and take lessons from English teacher.

Why don`t you guide diary in English / in your blogs/ when you do writing? It is simple but it is effective way to improve your writing skills. You don`t have to be shy if you want to learn English.

Finally hardworking and patience will let you to become a good student.