2009年2月27日 星期五

Yes, You Can

When I flipped through my old files this evening, I came across a newspaper clipping.  It's about how a high school student made big progress in his studies.   Thinking that the news story might inspire students, especially those who didn't do well on the SAT, I decided to try my luck and see if I can find this old article on the Net so that students can read it online.  To my amazement, I found it, an article in the UDN dated May 18, 2006. 

Mr. Lin was at the bottom of his class in his 1st and 2nd year of high school.  However, after studying hard for half a year, he got a 70 ranking score, the second highest in his school, on the SAT.   How did he make it?  Besides concentrating in class, he made good use of the 10 minutes' break between classes. 

Mr. Lin's story proves that as long as one really wants to do something, he can do it well.

http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=34012
讀門絕招》善用下課10分鐘 吊車尾變第二名

【記者謝進盛/台南縣報導】    2006/05/18

台南縣麻豆鎮私立黎明高中田徑隊長林詠棠,學業成績老是「吊車尾」,讓父親氣得撂下重話「你自己看著辦吧!」林詠棠受到刺激,觀察同儕的學習方式,決定利用下課休息10分鐘來搶救自己的成績,今年大學學測成績衝到全校第二名,頓時成為全校風雲人物。

 

就讀自然組的林詠棠因熱愛運動,高一就加入學校田徑隊,對社團投入的同時,高一、高二的班上成績掉到30、40名外,甚至物理還得補考,當時連自己都覺得很灰心。

 

林詠棠觀察,班上成績比較優秀者,除了上課專心,更會把握下課10分鐘,立刻複習剛剛老師所教的內容,他照著做,因上課時的印象深刻,立即的複習有顯著效果。他稱「省時學習法」。

 

高三上,林詠棠座位更換,旁邊有多名程度不錯的同學,他順勢切磋,補己之短,不放棄任何學習機會,95年大學學測,他考了70級分,是全校第二名,讓許多師長刮目相看。

 

林詠棠笑著說,他的「省時學習法」,是經過大徹大悟領悟出來,比臨時抱佛腳效果好很多。他認為,讀書真的要有方法,切忌「讀死書」,否則花了再多時間,學習效果恐怕有限。

 

他表示,加入田徑隊擔任隊長,專注在跳高、跑步,雖然參賽沒有耀眼成績,但從運動過程,領悟戰場上不服輸精神,發揮到功課上;運動流汗時,也能紓解功課壓力,將運動和學業結合,其實相當受用。

 

【2006/05/16 聯合報】

 

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