I do love a Christmas Special Blog each year, and this is one of those!
Yay!
I also love a good analogy, so here’s my version of
‘Study success is like a Christmas tree’
‘Study success is like a Christmas tree’
Yep – Really :0)
The tree itself – the trunk and the branches:
That’s having full knowledge and understanding of command words.
Knowing precisely what they all mean, what any questions are specifically asking for, and having the skills and tools to know exactly how to respond to them.
Why?… Because this is what pretty much everything else hangs on.
The ornaments and tinsel and other glittery stuff:
This is students’ subject knowledge.
Because remember… without the trunk and branches of the tree, i.e. the ability to APPLY their subject knowledge in the way the Q requires – then students could have all the ornaments in the world, but they aren’t going to be able to do much with em.
They’re just gonna stay in the box with nowhere to show off their knowledge/glittery gorgeousness 😉
And the star on the top:
This is QWC – quality of written communication.
It’s what makes their writing ‘shine bright’ (see what I did there) and stand out.
And again if there’s no tree to hold this up high,
then it doesn’t matter how well they write if it isn’t actually answering what the question’s really asking,
or isn’t at the right level of response.
I hope you enjoy that as much as I did coming up with it.
#gettingintothechristmasspirit
(Seriously, this is about as creative as I get. But I made a special effort – because, well, it’s Christmas of course…) 🙂
And with that, I want to say a huge thank you for being a part of the Rock Solid Study Community and letting me into your inbox each week. I truly appreciate it and hope that you’ve got a ton of value.
I wish you and your family a VERY happy, safe and fun-filled Christmas with wonderful people
(and a very pretty and very sturdy Christmas tree!).
Katie
P.S. I just learnt this Christmas joke. I’m terrible at remembering jokes… and at telling them. Just watch the video and you’ll see 🙂
What’s the first thing elves learn in school?
The elf-a-bet!
Okay that’s really it now – Merry Christmas! ?
