How can I become a better student and consistently get A+s

Find out what way you learnd the best, try different techniques. Feynman technique works for me and also memory palace. REVISING
And don't think that you "can't learn", It might just be that you are not trying hard enough even if you think you are.
 
icantbeseen7 said:
I'm starting an Associate Degree in Software Engineering this January. Do you have any tips on how to make the most of a 2-year program and stand out to employers?
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We need to actually understand how our brain learns to realize that acing your degree requires forcing your brain to change through real mental strain rather than just trying to memorize facts. Your brain simply won't change its wiring unless you force it to struggle with a hard task. When you actively try to figure out a problem without looking at the answer, that frustrating feeling of making mistakes actually triggers the release of brain chemicals like epinephrine and acetylcholine. These chemicals act like an alarm telling your brain to change and adapt. Just reading a textbook or watching a coding tutorial doesn't create any mental friction, so your brain doesn't bother keeping the information. The actual physical step where your brain locks this knowledge in speeds up connections, and clears out the wrong logic patterns happens during deep sleep.
Forcing your brain into these tough and annoying moments is exactly how you figure out things like how code works and build a deep understanding of software engineering. When you force yourself to manually figure things like Boolean truth tables or trace through an algorithm line by line, on your own your brain is forced to actually map out the underlying logic. This hard ( and very annoying) work forces your brain to connect new concepts to things you already know, turning abstract code into something you naturally understand. Instead of just recognizing a rule you are able to figure out why the logic works because your brain has physically built and optimized the pathways needed to run it.
sources on this:
  • huberman lab neuroplasticity super protocol [Huberman Lab]
  • system consolidation of memory during sleep pmc [NIH]
  • activity dependent central nervous system myelination pmc [PMC]
this is just the beginning tho, learning how to properly learn shit is how i finally got good at math after sucking at it for agesss ( thanks to Barbara Oakley the goat)
 
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