Continuing the Study Skills part 2…….
Getting out our friend "LAZYSLAVE" back to into action. Imagine a huge trailer. It has all the driver's seat in the front portion with all kinds of controls like lights, horn, gears etc. Behind is the trailer long and with no controls or windows.
The cockpit is the conscious part of the brain while the trailer is the BIG sub-conscious (S-C) part (Lazy Slave). All our input to the S-C part is driven through the conscious part. S-C is the most powerful part. The entire Study Skills is built on the concept of S-C brain. The S-C brain has the ability to feed, process and provide information.
Example: Think of a habit…. any habit. Biting nails, playing with your hair etc… these all come from our S-C brain as we have fed the information that doing such thing gives whatever, satisfaction, security etc. Remember, it is the Lazy Slave.
Activity 1:
1. Rotate left hand in front of your tummy.
2. Rotate the right hand on top of your head.
3. Move the right feet as though you are stamping a cigarette bud.
4. Now hum a favorite song
5. Imagine eating your favorite sweet.
How many things are we doing? Most of us said 5.
Check it out, be aware.
6. Listening to the instructions on what to do next
7. Seeing others what they are all doing.
We were actually doing 7 actions simultaneously. Out brain has the ability to do 5 – 7 actions at a time. Multitasking or what?....
Activity 2:
Think of a problem area/habit and how would you use sub-conscious brain to overcome that?
Tell the sub-conscious(s-c) brain
· Next time I will not do it
· Rely on it and give it step by step instructions as to what you would like to do when the situation occurs.
· Best is to be NO-MIND.
Example: By just telling the s-c brain "I am good swimmer" will not help. Feed the information with instruction of every movement from breathing to how both the hands shall move to how both your feet shall move. This will make the s-c brain aware and will provide the information at the time of swimming.
Conscious brain versus Sub-Conscious brain:
There is a book given to me and a test is going to be conducted in half hour time limit. How would I prepare?
Answer: I would take key words and associate.
Associate with what?
Key Word: DRAW it!
How? - COLOURFUL & LARGE descriptive words
Ex: A group of children created a puppet show with a very small tree but the flower was very big. Why the flower is so big? The proportions are not very important it is the concept or the core understanding that needs to be given attention.
Key Word: PLAY it!
Explore it in as many ways as possible. Do not assume as 'who says so'. When the child is allowed to explore it will give them the learning power.
Taking a real life situation:
What do I do when I get a new dress? I explore in….
- What other combinations would match?
- What kind of jewelry would suit?
-What type of shoes would go well?
-Next time how else can I get it stitched/ new design
Same with a recipe, a cook would explore it in new and many different ways to give it a new texture, new taste.
What is the best way to learn something?
Teach it to another person. Make a study buddy who would learn from listening and vice-versa.
Why it helps: Expressing it in your own words and exploring with wide thoughts gives a better understanding of the concepts.
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