Orientation & Study Skills

Orientate=To get used to unfamiliar surroundings, condition, knowledge etc.

Study= The act of devoting time and attention to gaining knowledge.
Skill=Cleverness and doing something, resulting either from practice or from natural
ability.
Why to study?
To become intelligent to work, to understand, to live life gently, become success etc.
Ex. Act 7:20, moses was educated in all the learning of Egyptians, and he has power
of in word and deeds.
Ezra 7:10, Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the Lord and to practice it, and
to teach his status and ordinances in Israel.
Path of intelligent:
By (1) learning : study
(2) Experience: based on education, memory, common sense, reflex action.
MECHANISM OF HUMAN BRAIN / FUNCTION
CPU (central processing unit in computer)= Brain
Input (keyboard in computer)=information sent by 5 sensory organ to brain
1.Tongue

2. Epidermis (skin)

3. Nose

4. Ears

5. Eyes

Out put( screen/desktop of computer)= reflection of yourself in front of others

through- doing work, supporting society, thinking in right way, leading the society,
becoming gospel for others.etc.
Working: when student read a lesion-eye see it-nerves send it to brain-brain filters
keep the essence in it-result (remembered).
# If we prick a human body with a needle, sense of pain travel with a speed of
360/m/hr to reach his brain.
# Nerve transfer the massage in the speed of 360km/hr, but the listeners mind
may/may not be interested to receive it . Thus problem lies with his brain not with
his nerves. Thats why some student are good in study and others are not.

KNOW YOUR BRAIN

# Brain contains 10,000 million nerve cells called neurons.
# parts of brain:

# Concepts are stored in neurons, i.e. memory, each neuron is capable of

holding/storing/remembering one element.
# 10,000 million neurons in brain, means 10,100 million new concept can be
remembered.
# scientist have found that even if 10 new concept/min injected to the boy from
childhood to his death, brain would still be more than 50% vacant.

# Total concepts memorized by person in throughout his life were written in a

straight line, it would be about 11 crore km.
# Eye readsinformation transfer through an electromagnetic path way (through
serotonin, a neurotransmitter) settle in one of the neurons of the brain
remembered.
# Memory power/concentration is controlled by two chemicals. And people forget
the input senses (ex. Telephone no. , name of people..etc)
1. Lack of serotonin-activity.
2. Dormancy of RNA in human brain.
1.seretonin(neurotransmitters)
Best known function of serotonin is its ability to balance your mood and to help
you feel better. Appetite, memory, learning, muscle movement, sexual behavior
and reproductive system, sleep, endocrinal, renal, immune and gastrointestinal
functions, body temperature regulation are also among the other major functions
controlled by serotonin in your body.
Serotonin is one of the many different types of neurotransmitters in the brain
that communicate with each other constantly by sending and receiving
molecules.
In the human body, serotonin is formed from amino acid tryptophan and is
present in the digestive tract, pineal gland, intestinal membranes, brain and the
central nervous system.
# Bad mood, guilt, loss of appetite and disturbed sleep are among the symptoms
of low serotonin. Depression is proven to be a direct result of a decrease or a dip
in serotonin in your brain and several studies have shown that serotonin levels are
reduced in depressed patients.
# Harmful Harmon created by stress, tension, anger or fear destroy the serotonin
of neuron.
# Serotonin , a transmitter transfer massage to the neuronmassage settle
down in neuronget memorized.
# More Seretonin active and healthy----more memorization.
# Neuron get attracted toward a more interested thing. So make thing interested
to easily memorize.
Ribonucleic acid (RNA)
Messenger RNA (mRNA) is the RNA that carries information from DNA to the
ribosome, the sites of protein synthesis (translation) in the cell.

REQUIREMENT: MAKE HEALTHY AND ACTIVE SEROTONIN AND RNA

How to do?
1. By regular cleaning and servicing: Every day we clean, our teeth by
brushing, body by bathing, but never we think of cleaning our brain and make it
tidy. Some methods
# By meditation peacefully in the early morning for 5 min.
( Meditation= forgetting totally and enjoying the present experience in depth
mentally and physically), observing the activity etc.
# quite time: enjoy and give thank in the presence of God.prayer.
# Avoiding dust and dirt getting pilled up ( like unnecessary thought, internet
chatting, useless friendship , love affairs, unnecessary time spend in movie and
TV watching etc
# Charging the brain at regular intervals ( like enjoying picnic, paintings, games,
music, helping mom in kitchen, sleepingetc
# keeping away from virous (like drinking alcohol, smoking, pornographyetc.)
2. Tuning: mind acts according to our tuning.
Tuning with the culture, belief etc. tuning by others, tuning by self ( he tunes
himself in such a way that illogical custom, meaningless value, irrational
arguments, and unreasonable norms do not influence him)
By adopting principle of tunning , we can change our entire attitude of life.
(Ex. Try to smile when you are supposed to be angry.self tuning. This way by
controlling the emotions, practice smiling, we can get rid of negative emotion
like anger, tension, and frustration slowly over a period of time.called
emotional intelligent. )
4 Aspects of study
1. Analysis: reading without analysis is like going to library for swimming.
# Analysis helps better understanding and memory
# Reading with answering following question is analysis, i.e. What, why, when,
where,how..
Steps
a. Key note practice: while reading or listing linked and important
point(keyword) should be note down in own language.
b. Make diagram and use color pens, marker, underline in book if available.
c. After coming home/hostel, try to expand the subject with the help of the
taken keywords during lecture on SAME DAY.
(funny diagram and color marking help you in recalling the subject easily in
the examination hall)
d. Compare your script with original textbook.
e. Without seeing the keywords try to write the same again for the second
time, and compare them.
Now the entire matter is printed in your memory
2. Memory:

(I read many time, but I forgotten the answer for the question?) Dr. Corn berg,
a scientist, found that the neurons in a brain are active due to particular acid
called RNA. There are two compartments of neuron, so memory power
a. Active neuron(permanent memory): interesting concept stuffs in this
compartment
b. Passive neuron (temporary memory): unimportant go to passive neurons,
people get forget if the massages transfer in this compartment.
c. People forget: 50% -in 60 min, 75% in 6 days, 80% in 30 days, thus only 20
% remembered for long time.
The memory is like a muscle , the more you use it, the stronger its tone.
Apply these concepts instead of blindly memorizing the subject
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.

Listening carefully
Seeing ( be first bencher, keep eye contact)
Observing
Questioning
Experiencing
Thinking

Memory power and time

Many scientist and psychiatrists, and psychologists examined and found that
serotonin, RNA, cerebrum and the right brain activities would be at their peak after
sound sleep.
After some rest, the electromagnetic pathways between the neurons would be
strong and at their best.

During 4-9 or 5-9 AM the neuron would be fresh to receive and absorbs 100% of
intake. Because the freshness of having had the sleep that makes the neurons
sharp. It means, 2 sleep times can be beneficial. Neuron becomes fresh after every
awakening.
# Be free from past incomplete ( it is terrorist), still problem, say yourself I will
see this in latter
# Student cannot concentrate after 3 hour continuous study.
# More than 3 hr study continuously is not advisable.
# Neuron not responds after 2 hour study
# Make 2 dawn hour in a day (night/after lunch)
# Neurons become fresh after a good sleep.
# Sleep within a minute by self hypnotism. Self hypnotism- start giving auto
suggestion yourself as I am gong to a deep sleep, I am entering a pleasant state
of mind , practice is required.
# If possible, after awakening, create an early morning atmosphere and start
study.
# After studying long period, dont relax yourself by watching TV, it causes more
strain to your eyes and brain.
# To relax from strenuous studies, go for physical activity like gardening, help mom
at kitchen, wash bicycle, car, study place-table( for making good atm at study
place).etc.
3. Recollection :
(Readmemorize---but not recollect in the exam?)
Brain and Traffic
# recollecting several time unimportant things resists recollecting the subject.
Because active neurons are filled with unimportant unwanted (not related to
subject ex film) discussed with his friend, not permit to recollect the subject.
# Advice- make interest and practice recalling. How- before going to sleep,
while bathing, while traveling in school bus, means whenever time permit try
to recollect the subject.
# if the student gives important to unimportant things , the electromagnetic
pathways get jumped with unnecessary traffic of thought. On other hand if he
does not acquire knowledge constantly, the unused road would be ruined by
lethargy. Thats why it is said-An idle mans brain is a devils workshop. So to
avoid these thing student should continuously reading and recollecting is
required.
# Time management helps brain tension free, free from brain traffic jam.
4. Creativity: Quality doing/writing in exam
It makes the person best among best, what requires today
Remember in exam
a. See the question and print first the entire answer in the brainb. Plan-how much matter has to be written

c.
d.
e.
f.
g.

- How much time to spent

- How to start
- How to go climax
- How to end
Before starting close your eye , take a deep breath and wait for 30 second.
Be careful regarding grammar and spelling.
Answer should be brief, clear, and cover all the points.
Dont repeat words, dont use more commas, and make a correct paragraph
division
Be confident in your answer.

Conclusion:
Each and every thing would be possible in short time, if you take the help from
your creator almighty God. So invite him for every beginning.
Philippians 4:13 - I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me.
Proverb: 5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own
understanding; 6 in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths
straight.
Referance:
# Art of studying,yandamoori veerenranath, Navasahithi Book House book House
# http://www.glycemic-index.org/function-o
#www.benalin.wordpress.com