Studying by a comp w/ internet is the worst

[Syringer]

It made me post this 🙁

 

[jinduy]

yep... when i really have to study or do some homework, i go to school and study there... if i study at home, i always take little study breaks and end up browsing the net for quite a while 🙁.

 

[So]

Yes. Blasted internet. Damnit! I should be sleeping, or studying. If I didn't have the internet at my desk, I'd be nearly 100% more effieicent. Of course I wouldn't have all sorts of random facts stuffed into my head.

 

[rh71]

Studying was way easier before 1995. All we had going into college then was dial up and BBS's and some VERY limited websites.

 

[Palek]

For me the worst thing is that I absolutely NEED a computer for my studies right now, and I cannot even just unplug the 'net, since I have to have a search engine and online dictionaries handy at all times. Then, of course, I wander into AT and end up wasting a considerable amount of time here. 🙁

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Imagine me, at home, in my room, door closed, and a fast computer with broadband internet access. It's pretty tought to study but I've overcome the attraction 😛 😀

 

[petery83]

i was able to study much better for finals in the school library, instead of my computer, where i would be constantly browsing anandtech forums

 

[bradruth]

I hear ya. I learn more from class than I do from studying anyway, so I'm not missing out on too much.

 

[Encryptic]

Originally posted by: AgaBooga
Imagine me, at home, in my room, door closed, and a fast computer with broadband internet access. It's pretty tought to study but I've overcome the attraction 😛 😀

I hope you're not going to go into detail about what you might be doing with the door closed. 😛

 

[brtspears2]

School is the place to study, though theres about a million distractions there too, even in the libraries.

 

[Descartes]

Methinks you all need discipline more than isolation 🙂 Once you learn to control those distractions you should be just as productive. I work and study from home, but I'm also single; I couldn't imagine doing it with children, wife, etc.

 

[Feldenak]

I've never had a problem studying at home w/ my computer on. This semester I have to study w/ my computer because my Database class & Telecom class both require computer work (imagine that 😉 )