Below are the secrets for becoming an intelligent student:

1. Determination and consistency:

Apparently, determination and consistency are the most important Keys you need to become an intelligent student in school. The reason is because; other tips in this article may not stand without them. In other to become intelligent in school, it is Advised to be determined and consistent in your studies because, You loose interest easily in studying if these two giants are not included. You might even start forgetting the things you already know, If you’re not determined and consistent in studying.

So, if you truly want to become an intelligent student, you must make up your mind to be determined and consistent in Applying other discussed points in this article. All intelligent students are not born with intelligence, they achieved intelligence through determination and consistency which has been agreed to be the bed rock of success.

2. Engage in educative discussions

When you discuss and share information with others, you will never forget that information or knowledge you shared. Accordingly, when you learn things from other people during discussion, you will find it difficult to forget them too.

Check online for the best education website and forums, participate in the ongoing discussion in any of them, instead of wasting major time on social media search for those education websites and drop comments expressing your view about the contents on it, you learn more on that rather than chatting with friends.

And if you’d prefer chatting, find educative whatsapp groups and join, share your views with others there, teach, learn and disagree as well. You become more intelligent with Time.

3. Plan to Study Regularly:

As I said earlier from the definition of Intelligence/intelligent, It is built form planning and planning to learn regularly.

Although this doesn’t comes easily, but you should always put in mind that nothing good comes easily not without a price. The price of intelligence is Studying, research and time planning.

In the words of Jim Rohn, “Reading is essential for those who seek to rise above the ordinary”. Obviously, studying is one of the prerequisite things every student must do to become intelligent. In fact, if you are not ready to study your books, then you are not ready to pay the price for intelligence. Yes! I call it the price for intelligence because there is no intelligent student you know that don’t read voraciously.

More importantly, you must learn to read regularly. Scholars have proven that the more you read a particular text, the more you will understand the content of that text and other texts related to it. Take for instance, if I know what brain drain is all about, it will not be difficult for me to understand a topic that tries to explain the causes of brain drain. This is why intelligent students seem to know something about everything.

4. Be receptive:

One of the things that limit our level of intelligence is “not accepting or considering whether the opinion of others is better ”. To become intelligent in school, you must learn to be receptive. Always accept the opinion of others and try to understand their stands. Even when you think you are right, you should also listen to people so that you can learn from them and even stand to be corrected if you are wrong.

However, in doing this, you must be careful so that you will not be misled by others. In my view, it is important that you listen but be skeptical about their views except when they can fully show that their own opinion is better. No doubt, this will go a long way to boost your level of intelligence.

5. Never run away from difficulties:

Frankly speaking, you cannot become intelligent by circumventing any problem you encounter when studying. It will not help at all. The secret here is that, the more you spend time on difficult topics when reading, the better you will understand those topics.

Now you may want to ask, “What if you are unable to understand at all?” The answer is simple. Whenever you are studying and you come across a very confusing topic, simply ask your teacher for a clearer explanation. If you are not in school then, direct the question to any educated person you know around you.

It is totally not advisable to circumvent them because, if you are able to fully understand those difficult topics, you will find it easier to understand more complex and difficult ones.

6. Read broadly:

Another tip to become an intelligent student in school is by reading broadly. Students often take the words of their teachers trivial when they make reference to other textbooks or authors. But these materials actually help in most cases.

If you develop the habit of going to read those reference materials recommended in the classroom, you will see yourself growing more than every other students in your class. Reading those recommended textbooks will certainly boost your understanding on a particular topic to a very large extent.

Sometimes, even when you are not given any work to research on, you can decide to research on your own about a particular topic. After doing your research, come to class the day that topic will be taught and see how it will flow. You will see yourself answering all the questions that will be asked.

7. Learn With practicals:

It has been proved that what you see and take part in last in your memory and you will have broad idea about it. Thus, students find it easy to remember and relate what they have learned to other areas of their study. The things you remember easily during examinations are usually those things you tried to practical-used when reading for the coming examination.

What am driving at is that learning practically will help make you understand about that certain topic better and also help to make you more intelligent. “Don’t Run From Practicals, There make you smarter”

Conclusion:

You will agree with me nothing comes well without a price, The above-discussed headings are prices to pay for intelligence. How to become an intelligent student is no far when you follow these steps perfectly.

If you think you need advice or there’s anything you would like to know or discuss, you can use the comment section below and express your mind, I’ll be ready and almost give you immediate replies.

In conclusion, I must let you know that becoming intelligent is not very easy. It is not something that will happen all of a sudden. Believe me; it will take time for you to actually become very intelligent. This means that you must make the above tips part of you. The day you stop following them, that day your cognitive capacity will begin to decrease again. Remember, no intelligent student can survive without reading. So, if you really want to be among the most intelligent students in your class, those are the prerequisite tips you need. Hope this article was helpful?