After ASUU Palaver: How To Get Yourself Back To Reading

It is no news that the ASUU strike has no definite tail yet; however, in this article, we will discuss how to get yourself back to reading after the lingering ASUU strike. While the federal government are proposing a 75 billion nairas relieve fund, the ASUU remained undaunted.

Foremost, if reading is a habit you wish to acquire after this ASUU strike, then there are numbers of ways to cultivate it. “To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.” — W. Somerset Maugham

How To Get Yourself Back To Reading After ASUU Strike

1. Reduce Television/ Internet:

If you really observed that passing your exam might become tougher during resumption, try cutting back on the internet and television. Although, this may seem difficult, if you punish yourself over it there is gain. Moreover, there is this argument that one still gain from the internet. Yeah, that is true. Arguably as a student who which to pass his/her examinations after these days of no lecture, most cut internet 80%.

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2. Set Target/ Goal:

You will be resuming to your hostel after this strike, which means you are no longer under parental checks; therefore, you must cultivate the habit of setting goals to achieve via reading every day. Tell yourself that you want to read 50 books next year (or some other numbers like that). Set a time to always read no matter the circumstances. We believe it is a great start; with time it will become a daily habit and you would have become entrenched in the whole process.

3. Make Judicious Use of The Library:

Most universities in Nigeria consist of one or more libraries; even in communities, you will hardly not find one. During targeted times you can make use of libraries in other to avoid disturbance from roomies. The library builds the need to read always in you. However, you must differentiate what you really want to read. Is it lecture books or literary material? Since you are preparing to pass your exams, read more of lecture related books and less literary materials. Conversely, if you are an English Language student, you must strategies how you will balance both because they are important.

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4. Acquire New Skill:

Nigeria is moving into strange quagmire every day; this, however, is not to scare you but to encourage you. Learning new skills side by side your academical pursuance is vital. Thankfully, new skills can easily be acquired online without stress. Digital Marketing, coding video editing, and other fantastic contents are available in most sites. Google, Udemy, and Coursera offer fanatic contents for a free or low fee you can learn from with certification. Moreover, you are building your CV with this knowledge. Yours is to find your interest and build on it.

5. Keep Reading List:

Keeping a list of all the lectures and other books you want to read help a lot. You can keep this in your journal or in your pocket notebook. Be sure to add to it whenever you hear about a good book from lecturers or friends. Tech trick: create a Gmail account for your book list, and email the address every time you hear about a good book. Now your inbox will be your reading list. When you’ve read a book, file it under “Done”. If you want, you can even reply to the message (to the same address) with notes about the book, and those will be in the same conversation thread, so now your Gmail account is your reading log too.

6. Select Reading Caucus:

When it comes to achieving your aims/objectives in school, it is wise to select friends to work with. They help to sharpen your knowledge, especially those that are better than you. Morever, you guys can create topics to teach one and other; this helps to sharpen you intellectual capacity. Always come up with topics to discuss daily depending on schedules.

However, we believe by constant practicing of the aforementioned, you reading habit will increase. Before, you no it your CGP will increase and you will pass with flying colours not wandering about the crisis of before.

RNN TEAM

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