Students of SG, how the hell do you study? :D

I'm told Khan Academy's free videos online are super helpful to some. Learning from a tutor might also be better -- and then afterwards just regurgitate what you already know in the official class to get the creds. Basically, for me, I just learned all my math and physics from textbooks, as the teachers seldom knew what they were talking about and struggled with the subjects themselves (especially math). If anything, I found myself having to give lessons to the 'teachers' since they kept making mistakes in class! Unfortunately, I never got paid for teaching the teachers. I think students can get bored and unmotivated if they are catching on to stuff that makes zero logical sense that the teacher is mistakenly trying to push onto their students. :D

Anyway, don't give up!

I like to think about the future. Life is now, YOLO and all that jazz are a big pile of ****.
We are going to grow, we are going to get jobs, and those jobs better pay me well. I ain't gonna ask money to mummy, she already had to deal with all the crap I gave her over the years, and now I'm going to ask her money and steal her hard worked money? I say no to that.

I want to be independent, rely on no one by myself and my work. But if I want to get a comfy life, I gotta study in order to have that. Youth is all sunshine and fun, but guess what? Adulthood ain't like that(although we can go nuts every so often). I have to study. I'm not planning in working at some fast-food restaurant chain for all my life.

But I'm sure you've heard that already.

Let me try to put it in another way then. Study offers you Freedom. Freedom to do the heck you want. With the higher education you have, the more options of future you have. If you have absolutely no education, the most you'll be is a hobo. If you have a high medical education, you'll have a high salary just for showing up on the hospital once a month to do one or two heart surgeries. But he can also at the same time practice other professions, because he can and he has the background to do so. He can start giving classes, write books of experiences that happened with him in the surgery table, go talk on TV, run a hospital. He has a lot of options to choose from. Whereas the hobo can try to become a traveling hobo, or the circus' new smelly freak.

That's what motivates me to study. I got lucky enough to have the opportunity to have some high education(which is the first time in my family), and I don't want to stay in the same situation as my parents. I want to work hard now so I don't have in the future. But I guess I've seen to what happens with lack of education.

Now find yourself some motivation and a method of study. Everybody has a different method of study that applies to them only, but there are plenty online if you want to find some starting point.

Pray to Barbie.

i am in classes right now writting this comment

when i REALLY need to study i go to a library near my apartment where there isnt a single person ever

Sorry, I have no idea how to help... :<
I love my studies! There are a few lectures handled not as they should be, some more boring than I'd like, but I still attend every single thing I have in my timetable. One of the many reasons I study is that I want to acquire knowledge on this topic, but I know I wouldn't have enough willpower to learn all of these things without the incetive. This applies even to smaller cases: I'm pretty sure that if I don't go to one boring 90-minute lecture I wouldn't spend even half of that time at home to learn the things I missed, so I can clearly see that in the end going to that boring lecture is a better way to learn the thing ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Honestly, it starts off with some willpower, the rest is just habit.

Go to lectures, do all homework as soon as you can, learn all the stuff you have to.
If you do this for some time, it will stop feeling so bad - you get used to it. You just have to not slip, because it's much easier to fall out of this habit than to get into it, but I assure you, once you get used to it, you won't even feel it.

On the other hand, that's how workaholics are born. Working becomes the norm, and going back to doing nothing seems too alien for you. However, I wouldn't worry about it at this stage.

Generally I try to do everything I can as soon as possible so I dont have to worry about deadlines etc. Just try to organize it in a way that's gonna work for you. If you know you cant make yourself study a ton the day before the exam, in case you have to, then try to avoid it by doing whatever you can a week earlier, even if it's just reading a few pages.

So yeah, basically some days I dont do shit, other days I try to read a bunch so that I feel I'm not gonna get overburdened by the oncoming weight of exams and responsibilities.

Just make yourself do it, you'll feel better anyway cause you're gonna know that you did something "productive". Sometimes just say fuck it and play games all day. It's a matter of balance...

Don't cram a semester's worth of lessons into a day/week.

It sounds obvious but I'm fairly certain that a lot of students do this especially people in my university lol. That could also be one reason why you get super depressed while studying is because you find it hard to understand the lesson and eventually give up. Don't worry, I also felt like this while I was in university but eventually got through it by following these steps:

1) If you have a reference material, say a book for that particular subject you're studying, look at the outline of that book and write down a weekly study plan with a specific goal/lesson to finish with each session. Can't stress enough on the specific lesson/goal part since this is important.
2) Now the hard part, actually studying. Whether you're motivated or not, force yourself to study. Remember that discipline is always better than motivation since the latter is often fickle. Set your phone/desktop aside or turn off your wifi for both devices. This'll just distract you.
3) When you're studying, skim through the sub-chapters of the current chapter in order to know what you'll be learning. This helps you to create an overview so that you don't get lost.
4) While reading, write down any thoughts or questions you had so that you can answer it later.
5) After you're done, summarize what you learned from the chapter. This helps you remember the content of the chapter better.
6) Take breaks every 45-60 minutes so that you can stretch around and rest. Do not use your phone/scroll through Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or any social media site since this'll just distract you.
7) Lastly, as I stated above, NEVER study for hours on end. This is counterproductive as you can do other things with that time. You can play of course but remember to balance your activity throughout the day.

Also, if you find the a particularly concept/lesson hard, you can always search more about it after your study session. I found that sites like Khan Academy and Youtube often helped.

Honestly, I feel like you just need to group up with your friends. Arrange meetings with them on a regular basis to study together.
And when you're at home, you could chill with your favorite person and study together :D

Haha, I don't. T_T

But I usually borrow notes from my classmates whenever I review before exams (because I only write points on what to know like formulas and keywords, not examples and definitions)
And I'm that kind of person who likes doing seatworks blindly, finding the best way to keep solutions in my mind through patterns and such.

is study edible?

Do it for 25 minutes at a time and then stop. Continue again after a bit. Repeat. You'll get used to it. Eventually you could go for longer!

It is not necessary that you enter to memorize everything (at least not in all courses), but try to understand or watch videos on YouTube about the subject, believe me, they are way more entertaining than an old man talking about a certain topic.

Now, a funny pic:
https://pics.me.me/spo0ky-alex-alex-welch88-how-do-you-describe-college-im-teaching-36880409.png

Oh my sweet dearrrr, just attend, make sure you clock in the necessary attendance so you don't let the 3 years go to wasteeee, and if they're too boring, just go and then sleep...., bring a pillow evenn

I go to class and take notes, because you're only allowed so many absences before being dropped from a class.
When I need to study, I review my notes.

are you telling me that i should study ???

Go to lectures. You're paying for them.
Study with others.

For my first year, I took classes my academic adviser recommended I take and got bored (and burned out) very quickly. After that, I decided to enroll in those mandatory prerequisites - just to get them out of the way, and saved the core courses for last as they were the most interesting. Since I attended every semester without a break for several years afterward, I made sure I treated myself to at least one class each year that had nothing to do with my degree program, only because the course matter interested me. Sure, it took a little longer to graduate and got an extra degree out of it, but it also helped me stay motivated to keep going.

drugs. lots and lots of drugs

Honestly I did everything online. Also I did assignments when I got them, and I kept reviews and just looked over everything before a test. If i really thought I was gonna bomb I would grab someone who knew their stuff about math and had them explain it to me. If I was still clueless after that I would do my best. I passed my calculus final on my math test with a 52% because I had someone go over and help me with assignments. Still passed the class and got my credits. Persistence is key.
Also stressing makes it worse, so don't do that. I personally recommend not making friends in college because in my experience of going to the college and physically taking the classes, they need help more than they help you. Google is more helpful than people.

Also Wolframalpha .com does a really good job at explaining things. Also Youtube tutorials.

Boy, now I'm glad that I'm old :D Things are 'boring' compared to using your smartphone and having entertainment around you 24/7? Wow, who would have thought?