It seems like I have, again, a problem with grades again in college but it looks like it is not me, but it is the layout of the class that seem to cause the problem for me in studying. It looks like my biggest problem with studying is in the more traditional, lecture hall type classes. It seems like these classes where the professor preaches at you and you try to revive back what he believes in from your memory in a form of an exam and a lot of these exams are very meaty. Basically, if you like the traditional university classes, you might as well learn online. And the exams are biased and you should try to remember what the professor believes in, whether you believe in it or not.
I seem to have trouble with these classes and these classes involve a lot of reading of the textbook - I mean not just skim the pages, but in depth reading the requires lots of concentration and focus.
It looks like I learn better by a more contemporary, hands on, real-world based studying and it seems like a lot of these classes in the college are very abstract and do not base things on the outside, real world. It seems like I get things where I can apply them to the real world. As I said, it looks like all the things that I am learning in college all apply when I am going to Wal Mart.
The classes I did the best in are the classes that I seem to relate to. A lot of the concepts in Sociology of the Family, for instance, I can relate to because it is related to something that I can grasp, the family and raising kids and I have gotten an A- in it. The classes that I can't relate to are the ones that I seem to not get the best grades in such as Human Biology. Of course, it is all about the thing that I am walking around with all the time, but I don't seem to think of my body in that certain way unless you are pretty damn sure that you are going into the medical field.
The current class I am having a hard time with is Abnormal Psychology and it is all about different disabilities and how you can help these people. I think I am using this class in the wrong context. I have been using the psychology classes as too much of a "self help" type context, but it is really with helping other people and thinking about other people. It seems like the only way I can get better grades in my class is to change my way of thinking. This self-centered ness needs to quit and I need to start thinking about other people. This is what the concept of psychology is about - thinking about other people and helping other people. I think I know too much myself and I need to start being interested in other people, even though it is not my nature. This being interested in other people will help me a lot in many areas of their lives.
According to one of my psychology texts, this is theory of mind I am trying to develop and that is what I think psychology is all about. Trying to figure out what the other people are thinking. People with various disabilties such as ADHD and autism have a hard time with theory of mind. What abnormal psych is trying to figure out what is "wrong" with the other person and try to trick the mind to make them think right. All these therapy concepts will make sense to me when I start thinking about other people.
This is only the first exam, but to improve my grades, I should apply my subjects more to real world applications and try to develop a better theory of mind. Theory of mind is that thing that makes you understand why you have to take a bath, brush your teeth, clean your room, use proper manners, and even get a job to sound good in the interview. I should imagine as I was some other person looking at my room. What will my mom think or what will some cute girl think? What a mess! It is something that everyone, not just ADHD and autism could learn to develop.
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