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I have my Law Finals in England in little under a month.
I have been using photoreading over the course of the year with varying degrees of success. My grades have certainly improved.
I certainly achieved a better grade than I otherwise would have in one coursework area.
But I do not feel I know enough of the materials well enough.

I must sit exams in 4 subjects , 2 of the subjects are voluminous, although certain topics can be selected on the exam papers 4 from 8 and in the one subject 2 questions are guaranteeed on a particular topic.

I have photoread all of the materials and additional ones too, although I haven't always activated the information through skittering and dipping, I have been to almost all the classes. Ordering the information into developed arguments is of major importance in my course.

I have using Imagestreaming lately too and seem to have achieved some insights into some questions but not as much as I would like.

Sorry for writing so much but any ideas guys.

Have you done any mind mapping of the materials? You want to utilize as many of the intellegences as you can. IS with Mind Mapping and s/r dipping and skittering should help you solidify. The activation as with all photoreading starts with the purpose. Also, check into freenoting at www.winwegner.com

What plan do you have so far? What do you aim to do? What is your goal that you expect to have done before the exam?

Alex

Well I do have a plan. Sorry it is a little long.

I must score 60 % minimum in each exam and I would like to score 70%. 70 % to 75% equates with 100 % in reality. A leading academic in the field would not get 80 %.

Four exams
in EUROPEAN UNION LAW
There is two questions guaranteed on a special subject. (The relationship of The European Court of Justice and the Courts of the Member States .

Then I must pick to other questions to answer . They are not entirely predicatable.
I do not have to know all of the course.

MEDICAL LAW - I have done a 40 % project in this and have done reasonably well. I would probably have to get around 55% of the 605 in the exam to get a 60%. The topics for the questions are very predicatable and there is a clear 5 days before the exam, so I do not intend to do very much work on this subject.
Also I spent to long it during the term.

JURISPRUDENCE - (LEGAL THEORY)
There is a 40 % project in feminism , which

I have not written up yet. But is going well and it is well planned.
1 guaranteed question on John Stuart Mill's book On Liberty. Namely his no harm doctrine and the relevance of his ideas for policy makers today.
I must answer to other questions generally there is a good choice (although you can't completley rely it coming up)
prob I would pick UTILITARIANISM
KELSEN
HART/FULLER DEBATE - is there a moral obligation to obey the law.

PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW
The exam is not very predictable, as there is a new course convenor. Last year's paper is available and the tutorials may give some indication as to what will be examined.

I would like to answer questions on
MONISM /DUALISM as theories of international law.
I would like a theoretical foundations question , it was a tutorial question so it may come up but I don't know
Some question on Jurisdiction (possibly in the context of TREATY AGREEMENTS to International Problems such HIJACKING and TERRORISM as it was a tutorial question.
and Sources must be near certainies
hard to know what type of twist they will take though

1 problem question is required.
there are indications that is will be State Responsiblity and Use of Force in International Law respectively.

I am not usually very good at problem questions, so this worries me a bit.
I did Win Wenger's removing the block exercise on problem questions the day-before-yesterday.

The exams are on 3th May EU
12th Jurisprudence
15th International
21st? Medical Law

My knowledge is quite sketchy in EU and International.
I plan to prepare certain topics (above) and focus on these two subjects.

Thansk for your help guys

Okay, and what's your working timetable? How much time do you need to devote to each area of study to fill in the remaining blanks for the course.

Can you work in solid blocks of say 40 minutes to an hour (with breaks of 5 minutes) on each subject? Have you created some sort of roster how you are going to get to your goal of you best passing grade... 60% to 75%.

What kind of time do you have per day and how many assignments to you need to cover. You need to create some sort of roster like the curriculum they had for the year. A sort of do it yourself condensed version of what days you are going to complete what part of your studies.

Alex

[This message has been edited by Alex K. Viefhaus (edited April 03, 2005).]

Thanks Alex,
I can work around 10-12 hours per day maximum after that , there is not much point.
Thanks for the advice though.
I have done that the problem is that I never seem to end up finishing the work on time. Actually I think your right I going to use a much more detailed plan. Right I'll get too it.

Do we think there is much point in using Imagestreaming at this fairly late stage?

We do have reading lists , completing them is an impossiblity, that's why we have to be selective.
8-12
12 -6,7 with an hour for lunch.

Cheers

Be realistic. 4 hours in a solid block will wear you out. Plan exercise into those blocks and other activities to keep you sane (if that's possible ). Focus on what needs to be done and make a point of doing that during the hours.

With another student I did image streaming to determine which subjects he was not devoting enough time to. Use image streaming as a switching device. When you get stuck what to do next.

I'd be approaching studying like a sytopic read. A purpose for my study hour, to learn xyz, grab the relevant books and mind map the information. So in the days prior to the exam you can review and if you happen to go mo my goof I've forgotten halt of this the mind map will bring you back to the pages you need to review.

Relaxation and incubation is an important part of your studies. Know thyself. If you know you're not going to sit 8 hours a day doing your studies don't put 8 hours into your schedule. 3 even 4 hours of actual work a day is better than avoiding any because you feel over whelmed byt 8, 10, 12 hours. Add something like 2 hours to your normal study time and focus on finishing to a certain point each task you assign yourself. If you manage more in another block of time it's a bonus.

If you have the Personal Genius Paraliminal use it as well as the Memory Supercharger one that comes with the PhotoReading home study course. They can be your best friend not only in postive learning but also getting enough relaxation.

Like I said, know thyself. Know what needs to be done and then set the goal of getting this done. Schedule it in manageable chunks that you know you can work with. It might mean reframing, rather than hours per day, think, what needs to be done over the next five days to keep these assignments on schedule.

Alex