Its China bruh. Uni entrance exams got students studying 12 hours a day.Instead of studying yourself to death, you can also just listen to the teachers, understand everything directly and just rehearse a bit. Did that and was always at the top of my class in school. Studying too much can actually make you learn less and fuck up your memory...
Anyway, the premise sounds fun and hilarious, I expect chaos and shenanigans.
Yeah, I know. And yet, they still performed subpar when they joined my university and constantly ranked below the worst students we had.Its China bruh. Uni entrance exams got students studying 12 hours a day.
Not every chinese student is good obviously. I'm just saying there are people who actually study 12 hours a day for an year or more without taking brain damage. It's not for everyone but some can. Ofc, the "studious" students portrayed in manga are a bit exaggerated.Yeah, I know. And yet, they still performed subpar when they joined my university and constantly ranked below the worst students we had.
They're absolutely exaggerated, but there are people like these... One of my former classmates often learned half of the night before exams and yet, I still almost always beat her without learning even one minute... Not because I am a genius, I just listened and memorised what teachers said and then applied the concepts instead of applying binge-learning like many others.Not every chinese student is good obviously. I'm just saying there are people who actually study 12 hours a day for an year or more without taking brain. It's not for everyone but some can. Ofc, the "studious" students portrayed in manga are a bit exaggerated.
That just doesn't work on national level exams bruh. A single mark can knock you down by 10000 ranks. With how absurd their population is it is actually quite tough. You just don't have to "know" the concepts. The time you'll waste applying the concept, the student who has practiced that stuff so many times will just solve it as if it's their instinct. Every single minute counts and so do every single question. Anyone can "solve" a problem there, the point is if you can solve it faster than everyone else. The point you said about memorizing most stuff at class, many can do that.They're absolutely exaggerated, but there are people like these... One of my former classmates often learned half of the night before exams and yet, I still almost always beat her without learning even one minute... Not because I am a genius, I just listened and memorised what teachers said and then applied the concepts instead of applying binge-learning like many others.
But who knows, maybe I am the weird one, haha...
Yeah, if millions compete, every second counts. I remember watching a documentary about the "Gaokao" and one of the learnings is that the level of the exam itself is not that high, it's really the sheer number of people taking it that makes it so tough.That just doesn't work on national level exams bruh. A single mark can knock you down by 10000 ranks. With how absurd their population is it is actually quite tough. You just don't have to "know" the concepts. The time you'll waste applying the concept, the student who has practiced that stuff so many times will just solve it as it's their instinct. Every single minute counts and so do every single question. Anyone can "solve" a problem there, the point is if you can solve it faster than everyone else. The point you said about memorizing most stuff at class, many can do that.
I know what you mean. I really do. I was never the student to study for exams. In my highschool years all I did was listen to the teachers, do homework occasionally, and just turn the pages a few days before the exam and that was it. I did better than most. Not everyone beleived what I said. BUT it's not as if you're competing against brainless idiots who studied for countless hours. You're competing against sharp people who have pushed themselves to the absolute limit. Even if you can apply concepts faster, there's many people who can do the same thing AND have practiced the same set of questions 100 times already. I'm speaking from experience, they're faster. And also the variety of questions they practice also matters. Let's say you come across a type of question you've never seen before and with your sharp mind you can analyse in within seconds but there's always mfs that have seen everything there is and just start answering without a second look. Now, where you do shine are exams which don't want you to mindlessly gobble facts and spit it out on the examination. If every set is clean, who can solve the best of chosen questions, where you actually have to think then yeah you're doing great. But all the exams I've given are total apeshit. They give you shit ton of questions, limited time and endless syllabus. It's only a matter who can copy paste faster. But still my argument stands true for the general public. You're just better. 🍻Yeah, if millions compete, every second counts. I remember watching a documentary about the "Gaokao" and one of the learnings is that the level of the exam itself is not that high, it's really the sheer number of people taking it that makes it so tough.
Regarding the topic "understanding concepts", I feel as if I should elaborate a bit because my previous rambling was written late in the night and I was very tired. The way in which something is learnt and memorised is quite individual and what works for one person doesn't necessarily work for the other. Since I spent a lot of my life in schools and at university, I found out that the most prevalent way of learning, just cramming information into your head and then "vomiting" it out during the exam (which is also often favoured by schools and the structure of their exams), doesn't work for me. If I try that, I am blocked and fail the exam. However, if I spend the time to understand why something is how it is, how it is related to other stuff I know, in short, getting the bigger picture, the concept first, I learn to intuitively apply the correct concept and can be faster than most other people at solving issues. In the end, however, it is just another way of getting to the point you called "just solve it as it's their instinct".
That's where my disdain for the "constantly stuffing data into your head and then vomiting it out mindlessly" comes from, because it often lacks the structuring of and "networking" between pieces of information that is, in my experience, crucial in really mastering a topic and goes against everything my brain needs to actually be able to learn something.