Why does studying feel like a prison sentence?

Common phrases like ‘no pain, no gain’ give the impression that we ought to be suffering whilst we study. It’s almost as though the only way to know if we’re putting in enough work is the sense of hardship we endure.

When we haven’t taken the time to come up with another strategy, all we know how to do is shut ourselves in a room with a book. It’s no surprise that we find revision boring and difficult. Just as children learn from playing, we can learn from doing, or at least from study techniques that engage us, rather than make us switch off.

The consequence of isolation

Shutting yourself away can make you learn to hate studying. This leads to a situation where instead of being able to concentrate on your work, you obsess about how unfair it is that you must study.

When you resent your work it’s very difficult to make yourself start, or approach it with any kind of structure or enthusiasm. This can be part of a vicious cycle that traps you into ineffective revision, your poor progress fuelling further resentment.

Just being around other people really helps combat feelings of loneliness and, thankfully, it’s perfectly possible to work in the company of other people, we just need to learn how to deal with distractions. » Read more: Studying Is Not a Prison Sentence

All of them are acronyms! Interesting, isn’t it?

The world of Acronyms are very interesting and sometimes very funny too! They are curious, cute and easy. Who will bother to type Hugs and kisses or Laughing Out Loud while chatting? Instead of them, XOXO and LOL will be easy. So, in the fast world we do not have time and we will search for shortcuts. Thus an acronym will help you to save time.

It is believed that Romans started to use acronyms before the Christian era. We can find lot of acronyms from the history. SPQR, INRI etc are considered as oldest acronyms used. In the modern era of computers and internet, acronyms got wide acceptance. Not only in chat or email, but also in casual talks, business deals, army operations, health care and even in newspapers too. Usually Banks and Business firms are looking for cute names which will be easy to remember.

Acronyms are very helpful for students, business people, army people, chatters and in the day-to-day life of common man too. But just an acronym and expansion will not be enough. We must get a note regarding that particular acronym. Otherwise it will confuse us. For example – if we got an acronym MAD and we got the expansion Mutually Assured Destruction from a site. But we do not know what is this Mutually Assured Destruction! So, an expansion will be a great help. At least a sentence which say MAD is a military strategy. » Read more: What Is the Relationship Between AAB, ADIDAS, MILF, NMI and MOSSAD?