Roo Wrestling Academics

Weatherford Wrestling Classroom Accountability - Print out the form and turn it in to the Head Coach.  Remember you are a student athlete, not an athlete student.  Your academics comes first before you get on the mat.

Ten Ways To Study that Work

A new School with all its possibilities and promises, lies ahead for us all. The grades you make this year can pay you well in helping you enter the college you want, in bringing you nearer to the lifework of you choice, perhaps in college scholarships.
At this moment the year’s ahead. Make the most of it!

Efficient ways to study are not a matter of guess. Psychologists have been working for years on how to study. Research on the best methods of student have been conducted at top universities including Stanford, Ohio State, and Chicago.

The suggestions that follow are based on the results of these experiments:

1. Make and keep a study schedule
   Set aside certain hours each day for homework. Keep the same schedule faithfully form day to day. The amount of time needed to study will vary with the individual student and of course on his schedule.

2. Study in a suitable place- The same place each day
   Is concentration one of your study problems? Experts tell us that the right surrounding will help you greatly in concentration. Your study desk of table should be in a quiet place, as free from distractions as possible. You will concentrate better if you study in the same place.

3. Collect all the materials you need before you begin
   Your study desk or table should have standard equipment: Paper, pen, pencil, and eraser, and a dictionary. For certain assignments you will need a ruler, paste, a compass, or a pair of scissors. With all your materials at hand you can study without interruption.

4. Don’t wait for inspiration to strike- it probably won’t
   We can learn a lesson about studying from observing an athlete. Can you imagine seeing an athlete who is training for a mile sitting on the field waiting for inspiration to strike before he starts to practice? He trains strenuously day after day after day whether he wants to or not. Like the athlete, we get in training for our test and examinations by doing the things we’re expected to do over a long period of time.

5. A well kept note book can help raise your grades
   Guidance counselors tell us that there’s a definite relationship between the orderliness of a students notebook and the grades he makes. Set aside a special section for each of the subjects on your schedule. When your teachers announce important dates for tests and examinations, you’ll find how priceless orderly notes can be.

6. Make a careful record of your assignments
   Why lose time phoning all over own to find someone who knows the assignment. Put it down in black and white – in detail- in place in your notebook. Knowing just what you are expected to do and when you are expected to do it is the first long step toward completing important assignments successfully.

7. Use “Trade Secrets” for successful study
   Flash cards are “magic helpers”. On the front of a small card you write an important term in history, biology, English, etc. and on the back, a definition or an important fact about that term. Carry your flash card with you. At odd times take it out and ask yourself the meaning of the term. If you don’t know, turn to the other side and review the answer.
   
   The “divided page” is another trick of the study trade. Make a dividing line down the center of a sheet of notebook paper. Then write the “self-recitation” method of study. Cover the right side you just read, and try reciting or writing the facts from memory. Check until you are sure you have mastered these facts.
   
   A simple, but effective, study devise is a “cover card.” As you are studying, look at your notebook or textbook and read what you are trying to memorize. Then use your “cover card” to concentrate what you have just read, and try reciting or writing the facts from memory. Check until you are sure you have mastered these facts.

8. Good notes are your insurance against forgetting
   Learn to take notes efficiently as your teachers stress important points in class and as you study your assignments. Good notes are a “must” for just before the test reviewing. Without notes you will often need to reread the while assignment before a test. With them you can call the main points to mind I just a fraction of the time. The time you spend in taking notes is not a time lost, but time saved.

9. Perhaps you asked, “How can I remember what I’ve studied?” one secret of the learning is over-learning
   Psychologists tell us that the secret of learning for the future is over-learning. Over- learning is continuing your study after you have learned the material well enough just barely to recall it. Experts suggest that after you can say, “I have learned the material,” you should spend in extra-study one-fourth of the original study time. In an experimental study, students that over-learn the material remember for times as much after 28 days had passed.

10. Frequent reviews will pay you well – knowledge, grades, and credits

Three Great Rules for Great Grades!!

1. Always attend class!!

2. Always be on time!

To class
With assignments

2. Do something extra!

I testify to anyone that’s obeying these three rules will bring that person great grades. If our school has a 2.0 no pass no play rule, you are in luck. All you have to do is commit yourself to these three rules. If your team commits everyone will be eligible and you’ll have a better chance of making a championship happen next season. JUST FOLLOW THESE RULES.

The first rule is Always Attend Class! Far and away the most common reason for a failing grade is missing too many classes is responsible! Don’t stuff or miss any class for any reason. Plan doctor appointments or any other appointments very carefully. Don’t look for an excuse to miss but take pride in perfect attendance. If you’re not feeling well, suck it up and go to class. If you’re really sick, stay home, get well and be responsible for getting your homework assignment. If you lounge around and watch TV all day, then cruise around in your car at night, YOU HAVE MADE A PLAN TO FAIL. WINNERS PLAN TO WIN!

The second rule is Always be on time! The second most common reason for bad grades is tardies. Don’t screw around in the hall. Most teachers hate or refuse to give good grades to someone who is late all the time, no matter how smart that person maybe be. A teacher is always more apt to give a student extra consideration at grade time, if attendance and tardies have been perfect.
The second part of the second rule is be on time with all assignments. Teachers, like coaches, are not interested in excuses. If you have to stay up past midnight or get up at 4:00 A.M., so what. Get it done! If you procrastinate and watch a TV program or do anything but study, YOU HAVE MADE A PLAN TO FAIL. WINNERS PLAN TO WIN.

The third rule is amazing. It is amazing because of the shock value to teachers. Most teachers are just thankful if a student behaves in class and looks halfway attentive. But, here you come with Something Extra. Tell the teachers with sincerity you were getting into the subject and did some extra work. Your teacher will be dazzled. He might not even be able to finish his lunch. If you are between a C and a F at grade time and you have done extra work on your own, the bug majority of teachers will five you the higher grade. Aren’t coachers expecting extra efforts from great players and great teams? Well, do it in the classroom. JUST PLAN TO WIN!

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