Miscellaneous: Today, while studying liver pathology and highlighting important...

By ThisisMedSchool - 01/11/2012 21:18 - United States - Johnson City

Today, while studying liver pathology and highlighting important lines in my textbook, I realized that I could count the number of words I hadn't highlighted on one hand, over the last six pages. FML

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By Anonymous - 18/02/2012 23:32 - United States

Today, I checked over my notes from yesterday's midterm review so I could study for the test on Monday. It seems I was so exhausted, I'd done nothing but scribble unintelligibly all over the first page. FML

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Classic rookie mistake

By Anonymous - 04/11/2023 20:00 - United States

Today, I was taking a test and thought I was doing great until I realized I was writing all my answers on the question paper, not the answer sheet. By the time I noticed, there were only five minutes left. FML

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By waternixie - 08/10/2014 03:49 - Malaysia - Rembau

Today, my OCD reached a new high when I used a correction pen to white-out an eyelash which was photocopied onto every single page of my reading material. I did it because the eyelash was too distracting and I couldn't finish reading the article without the urge to rip it into shreds. FML

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By Nic - 23/02/2009 15:32 - United States

Today, I just studied for 13.5 hours completely outlining a book for history. Thirty minutes before the test, I realized I had been reading the wrong book. FML

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By slcbabii23 - 01/10/2009 07:56 - United States

Today, I realized how much I'm on the computer. I tried to "CTRL+Z" on something I wrote down on my paper. FML

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By IdiotNursingStudent - 22/09/2014 02:12 - United States - Belton

Today, I was reviewing for a major nursing school exam I have this week. I panicked because none of the material seemed familiar, and figured that I must've missed something during class and now had to catch up. After 4 hours, I finally realized that I'd been studying from the wrong textbook. FML

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By GreaseNose - 25/09/2019 14:00

Today, while studying with the girl I like, I rested my face on my book, pretending to be frustrated. When I lifted my head, I realized I'd left a greasy spot on the page from my nose. She noticed. FML

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By JZ. - 30/10/2009 13:34 - New Zealand

Today, I submitted my 5000 word assignment. When I got home, my mother asked if I'd checked it through one more time like she always warned me to do. I hadn't, therefore hadn't noticed the paragraph on page 11 that she'd written, telling me to pay attention to the small details. FML

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By tirf - 09/02/2015 22:58

Today, while correcting essays, I spilled ketchup on a student's paper. I managed to successfully turn it into a happy smiley face but when proudly looking at the result, noticed it was right next to the big "F" that I had graded it. FML

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By aviators - 07/04/2009 18:37 - United States

Today, I got back my math test. Instead of taking the time to mark the mistakes, my professor just circled the bottom half of the page and wrote "OMG." FML

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Friday 2 November 2012 1:10

Uugh I hate it when that happens!

Meddler09 6

Friday 2 November 2012 1:10

Just go on and highlight the book at this point. It's all kind of important.

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BulldogHoops 14

Friday 2 November 2012 1:21

I thought I was the only one..

gabrayal 10

Friday 2 November 2012 1:21

Have fun studying !

DocBastard 38

Friday 2 November 2012 1:23

Med school rules: Rule #1: MEMORISE EVERYTHING. Rule #2: Eat when you can. Rule #3: Sleep when you can. Rule #4: Don't eat in the gross anatomy lab. Remember all that and you'll be fine.

gracehi 31

Friday 2 November 2012 1:39

Take this man's advice, OP. He knows what he's talking about.

TrailblazerSS 5

Friday 2 November 2012 4:34

Pretty much what the doc is saying is as follows: Social life Sleep Good grades Choose two.

flockz 19

Friday 2 November 2012 9:39

ha that's easy since i have no social lif-...... i mean ya i guess i would probably have to give up sleep then.

missababgaga 19

Friday 2 November 2012 1:23

Ah yes, highlighter happiness. I have a few sections in my textbook that look similar. Sometimes it simply cannot be prevented...

LaughinStock 16

Friday 2 November 2012 2:35

I don't highlight anything, because I WON'T BE PART OF THE SYSTEM MAN!!

maosquare 18

Friday 2 November 2012 2:47

It really can be prevented. Excessive highlighting is an extremely bad study habit.

missababgaga 19

Friday 2 November 2012 4:53

63- That's why I said "sometimes" rather than "ALWAYS"

PipingMouse 14

Friday 2 November 2012 1:23

Whoa everything must be important then :P Study hard OP!

love_me_electric 20

Friday 2 November 2012 1:24

Doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose of highlighting?

greeneyebeauty9 28

Friday 2 November 2012 1:32

get a new study method. like what one comment above said, highlight the unimportant things.

danaavery 5

Friday 2 November 2012 5:19

Or maybe only the really important words and phrases could be highlighted...? Highlighting unimportant phases is counterproductive. Don't do that. Avoid highlighting the words "the" and "and".

traveler_ghost 12

Friday 2 November 2012 1:32

read it all first. then highlight the things you don't quite know yet

Dilwann 27

Friday 2 November 2012 1:36

Indeed. Read first, then highlight the main points. Not everything you need to know. This is not 'med school' - any kind of study is capable of being completely highlighted - this is you not being an efficient student.