Dr. Dev (fictional name) when he was a MBBS student at AIIMS, New Delhi, used to wonder how the toppers in his batch get 70 to 80% and sometimes even more marks in exam, while he and many other students struggle to get even 50 to 60% marks in the same exam.
Once during a clinical posting the students were waiting for the teacher to come and start the class. One of the topper of his batch said melancholically to another topper of their batch, ‘This time I will be getting poor marks. I am running late in my revision schedule and will finish revising the course only seven times this time.’
On hearing this Dr. Dev’s (who was just a student then) ears pricked up. He could not stop himself from asking the topper, ‘You will complete revising your course seven times before this exam! How many times that you normally revise before the exam?’
The topper replied, ‘Normally I revise the course material at least nine times before exam.’
Dr. Dev was stunned. The toppers of his class after through reading, were revising the books not once, not twice or even thrice but a good nine times before the exam. No wonder they were getting such good marks. He and many other students like him were reading just two to four times the course material before the exam. No wonder they were getting such poor marks.
Shortcuts, tips and tricks are for the lazy and time waster students. For the serious students, reading and re-reading nine to ten times is the secret of their high score.
On a lighter note, Dr. Dev calculated that the topper’s one reading plus nine revisions gets him 80 to 90% marks, which comes to (80 to 90) ÷ 10 = 8 to 9 marks per reading. Whereas, he and students like him who read 3 to 4 times, gets around 56% marks, which comes to 56 ÷ 4 = 14 marks, so who is more efficient?
— ND
(Based on allegedly true incident.)
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The secret is inspiring...But lastly the question mark for who is efficient is with a very deep thought. Thanks
ReplyDeleteThanks for the insightful comment.
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