Pro: Cramming over planning

KARISSA PRECIADO Reporter @karissapreciado

why not add Pierce? Why remove any independence from us? That turns our upper administration into nothing more than middlemanagement who get to now pass the buck when we have legitimate complaints.

Kicking out Falafelicious Catering from campus would be a mistake. Bass employs several people who are at risk of losing their jobs. The decision to terminate the catering company’s contract would affect Bass and his family, his employees, students

“Ithinkthebiggestone is social media. I have so manyresponsibilitiesand homeworkassignments,but thenIgetthatInstagram notificationorasnapfrom friends and thatʼs it. Iʼm done doinghomework.”

-Bottara Khan-Nabaie,18, Business Major and faculty at Pierce.

The Food Court appears to be thriving. It is always filled with students who are eating, socializing or studying. Why fix something that isn’t broken?

Support a local business that has time and time again been willing to accommodate us. Falafelicious Catering checks all our boxes. Bass is not just the face of a business; he’s a man who continually shows up for Pierce students.

Con: Don't dread study ahead

You’ve busted your tail all semester, turning in 8 page research papers and pulling all nighters to receive an A, plus the four 50 point in class tests your professor decided to assign, not including the final exam, all for what? Just so that your teacher can assign a final that is worth 85 percent of your grade.

Making all the hard work and long study hours worth nothing at all, if you receive a less than satisfactory grade on the final exam. While making it easy for those that slacked off and had the occasional slip up during the semester, to complete the class with a passing grade so long as they study for the exam.

Finals are highly exaggerated and overrated. Students prove their knowledge of course material throughout the entire semester by completing midterm tests, doing homework assignments, and taking pop quizzes. There is no need to base the majority, if not entire course, on one single test at the end of the semester by making the final worth 200 points or more.

In most college courses, professors will give a test after every four or five chapters and, even assign projects or papers in between. All of this is an assessment to decide if the student is properly meeting the student outcomes of the course.

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Every minute matters when cramming for a test. As a college student, I know how busy our daily lives can be, and how hard it is to manage our time especially when it comes to studying for a test. Almost every college student crams for tests, so if you think you're the only one, you're not.

According to Hubpages.com, cramming for tests improves a person’s concentration and short term memory. The website states that “Frequent cram sessions will improve a person's ability to absorb information and thinking speed resulting in an overall more intelligent student. In a desperate attempt to learn the material before a big exam, students often uncover methods of studying or thinking that they would not have uncovered if they studied normally. It will certainly benefit a person's overall mental strength which is what school is all about to teach a student how to think efficiently.”

This is why I believe that cramming for a test is helpful and beneficial for students. By incorporating only a couple of hours to study it makes students think faster and helps them develop better studying methods. So when that tough exam day finally arrives, they know every minute matters and do not waste a second while taking it. By cramming for a test it also helps students be more focused and concentrated on what they are studying.

I know studying can be tedious but many students find different ways to study by making it easier and more enjoyable.When cramming for tests I personally like to study with a friend, use notecards and read my notes out loud. However, it just depends on your personal preference or what works better with you. If necessary, re-read your notes and flashcards many times. It is also important to make sure to take small breaks, you do not want to end up frying your brain. Everybody studies differently and for some cramming is what works better for them.

According to targetstudy.com, your brain remembers information overnight and suggest that getting a good night sleep is key when cramming for a test.

“You may study something just before going to sleep and still your brain works to understand the details, cracking unanswered problems, as well as remembering facts when you go to sleep. The ploy here is getting sufficient night’s sleep with the intention that your brain does have the time to perform the hard work the next morning.” kpreciado.roundupnews@gmail.com

With final exams being around the corner and if you end up cramming for a test do not worry there is nothing wrong. You will learn faster, and it's an easier way to study and be more than ready for your exam. Breathe in and breathe out, you got this.

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Preparation not procrastination is the only way to reach a test taking goal. Therefore, students should avoid last minute study habits at all costs.

Cramming, the practice of studying with determination within a short amount of time, has often become a way of life for many students.

However, we should actively work against this method of studying as it causes more harm than good.

Students who decide to pull an all-night study session to prepare for a test the next day are less likely to be able to absorb information due to lack of sleep, according to a 2012 study by the University of California Los Angeles.

Moreover, while one may think that looking over the same pages for six hours straight might give them the advantage on test day, the opposite occurs.

In a BBC article titled Memory: Why Cramming Often Fails, researchers found that the brain remembers more information when there is an organization or structure to the input of that information.

For example, if a student were to grab a text book and flip back and forth between the pages for hours, the brain only retains enough information to recognize the content - not recall it.

So, when you are taking a math test and you happen upon that problem, that you know requires the quadratic formula to solve, but you can't quite

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Researchers with the American Psychology Association recommend that students review class material in increments over the semester. This will allow for the absorption of information long term by making meaningful connections within the brain.

Structuring the information to understand why the information is relevant is also a key factor in studying.

Often times when cramming for a test, students often highlight the passage of relevant information but they don’t stop to think about how it relates to larger concepts.

When crucial information is rewritten in a way that makes sense to the student and the student questions their understanding of the material on a deeper level, they are more likely to remember the content, according to University of Virginia psychology professor Daniel Willingham.

The stress caused by losing sleep, and worrying about whether or not the material is understood should be a good enough reason to not procrastinate a well rounded study session.

Ultimately, to get the grade you want on an exam one must have a plan in place to study more than once throughout the semester.

So, please do yourself a favor and don’t wait until the night before the exam to study. Spare your brain from exhaustion and develop better study habits to earn the grade you deserve.

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MadelieneMagno,19, BiomedicalEngineeringMajor a letter.

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