Self-study
I have had trouble when it comes to review. Whenever it's time to do blind review or wrong answer journal, it feels like my brain completely turns off. Just going through the motions to say "I did it". When it came to trying to understand the argument and the answer choices, I would just read the explanation and again move on. Not taking the time to understand anything on my own. Just shooting myself in the foot. I did a drill today and on the one question I got wrong, I ignored my first instinct to just read the explanation and move on. I was determined to understand this argument on my own. I broke it down and was able to not only see why my answer choice was incorrect, but what the argument was, I found the gap in the assumption, and was able to see what the correct answer was. It feels like a small win to move forward for effectively but a massive win personally. If anyone else is struggling with this, don't take the easy way out!
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Great to hear! The drill is the easy part; the review is where the real work starts. Congrats on the mental dub!
Thank you for sharing your wonderfully insightful story! To share a bit of my own experience, there was a question that I once spent over an hour investigating. It's a bit overkill, I admit, but it was one of the moments during my study when I truly felt proud of myself for acting like a real scholar :) Looking at your wrong answers definitely helps you refine your strategy so you never repeat the same mistake again, so you're doing awesome! Keep up the great work!