Want to achieve distinctions (A1 and A2) in any subject? Then you will need to have certain strategies in this subject. In this post, I will show you some five most common strategies of A1 student adopt when comes to that subject.

1. Consistency in your work
  Have you ever wondered how come your peers could score A1 in the tests, while you consistently getting C5 or C6? The secret lies in the consistency in the school work. Take a look: A student score A1 for a test always seems to be getting A1 for the next test. For an average dude, he always seems to get Cs for the test. The reason? Consistency.

  You need to be consistent in that particular subject. From Day 1 when you are in school, you have to put in the relevant effort in achieving excellent grade. When the teacher teach you a new chapter on that subject, it you need to put in effort to understand the concept. Things does NOT happen for no reason.

  If there are doubts, most student choose to leave it and not to seek help. Look, if you need help, you can look for your teachers or peers who are good in that particular aspect. Alternatively, you can also try to find online for what you do not know. Youtube is an great source of tutorial.

2. Take Personal Responsibility
  As I have said many times, things do not happened without a reason. The main reason why top student can score As for their test is because they take personal responsibility in their studies. It means not to blame others when they failed in the subjects. They do not blame the hot weather in Singapore for affecting them in school. They do not blame the teacher for teaching badly.

  Instead, these top students take responsibility in their learning. If they encounter a challenging question in that subject, they will take the trouble and put in the effort to check through textbooks for answers. The students also go extra miles to read through the chapter before the lesson.

3. Practice, practice and practice!
  What is the difference between an ‘A’ student and a normal ‘C’ student when comes to a particular subject? The answer is very simple! The ‘A’ student do their homework, pay attention in class, and do revision. The ‘C’ student just wait for miracle to happen. It is the level of effort, commitment and time ‘A’ student invest in the subject.

  They do assessment books, revision Guide books and Ten Year Series (TYS) provide good source of questions for practice(maybe not for LA or Literature when it comes to essays and compres, but you can still understand how the marks are given). They listen in class when the teacher is teaching. There is only one simple fact, if you pay attention class when the teaching is imparting a concept to you, you already won half of the war. The another half is on your effort in keeping those information in the brain.

4. Learn from Mistakes
  “DO YOUR CORRECTIONS!”, says a teacher. Yes, many students do not do corrections when they made mistakes in their assignment. If not the case, most student would blindly copied down what was written on the board, without really understanding why the solution is correct.

  ‘A’ students do corrections when they have mistakes in their assignments. Not only they copied down the right answers, they make an effort in finding out what is wrong with their answers. The copied, processed, and finally digest the answer with huge understanding.

  All students make mistakes during the learning process, but what differentiates an ‘A’ student and ‘C’ student is the fact that they are willing to learn from mistakes.

5. Never make the same mistake twice
  If you make a mistake and do corrections, then you should make an attempt not to make the same mistake twice! Mistakes in assignments or tests usually arises from not able to understand a certain concept well. The purpose of corrections serves as a second chance for you to re-learn the concepts and re-enforce the knowledge in you.

  You can make mistakes during the learning journey, but do not make the same mistake twice.