In light of the fact that I have started back to school, I’ve decided to post my technique for studying for tests. Over the course of my entire college career, I have had a 3.5 GPA. That’s despite working full time. My technique works for almost any class and practically no free time is lost.

Buy a Digital Audio Recorder.
I went and purchased an audio recorder that can easily be connected to my computer. The one that I purchased is very similar to This One. A good one is around $50.

Record Your Class Lectures.
Take your new tape recorder to class and tape the entire lecture. If the professor does not allow tape recorders in class, take good notes and record the lecture with your own voice later.

Move The Lecture to a Computer and Burn a CD.
The next thing I do is move the lecture on to my computer using the USB. If you are audio-savvy, like me, you can use a program like Sound Forge to edit the lecture. Cut out all of the filler that has nothing to do with the topic and adjust the volume. Burn the audio file to a CD.

Listen Back To Your Lecture While Driving.
After burning my lecture to a CD, I would drive around listening to the lecture. I spent so much time in my car that I practically had the previous lecture memorized by the time the next class session rolled around. You aren’t wasting any time because you are multi-tasking. You are studying while you are driving.

Using this technique, I was always the first one done with tests and I almost always got an A. I still remember information from lectures that I had three years ago. It’s a great technique to, not only memorize the information, but to really learn the subject matter as well.

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I had a meeting with my school counselor earlier today. It’s official; I’m starting back to school on January 7th.

A little background on me.
There are a lot of people that read my blog that know me personally but there’s a whole lot more who have no clue who I am or what I do. In 2001, I graduated from high school and moved on to college. While I was in high school and college, I worked in the office of the family shutter company. I took night classes and, over the next few years, I finished an Associates degree in Business Management. Shortly after finishing my Associates degree, my family had a falling out with our general manager. They asked me if I felt like I could handle the position. I was confident and I accepted the position.

The new job consumed me. I was working seven days a week and putting in seventy to eighty hours. As you could imagine, it became a little too overwhelming to run the company and continue with my schooling. I decided, along with my parents, that it would be a good idea to take some time off from school.

Since taking my break from school, I’ve hired some help and really got the hang of managing the company. I feel like I’m finally ready to give school another go. I’ll be taking night classes and online classes and will have class sessions every single night of the week. It is going to be intense. I’m not really looking forward to the added workload but I am looking forward to learning more about finance and investing.

I’m hoping this move will be good for the blog. I will explore avenues that I’ve yet to venture down. It’s exciting and scary but I think I’m ready.

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