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What will increase your reading level? What are some good things that could help me not so stressed because recently, I did bad on my CSAP scores and I'm very mad at myself. What can make me smarter or do better at school?
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First of all, the key to improving your reading level is to constantly challenge yourself. Romantic and comedy fiction books are great to read but they aren't challenging. After realising this, I've now begun to alternate the books I read. I'll read one that is light fiction and follow it up with a Charles Dickens or a Douglas Kennedy or a Charlotte Bronte. A lot of these books are much harder going (I have to sit with a dictionary next to me at all times when reading Douglas Kennedy novels) but because they are challenging and about real issues, they help to broaden horizons and your vocabulary at the same time. With books by people like Charles Dickens, Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Harper Lee and others from those sorts of eras, you also learn more about life 'way back when', which will also help.
As for keeping you from getting stressed, exercise is the best natural remedy for high stress levels. Exercise increases the dopamine which helps to make you feel happier and more relaxed. Failing this, try some relaxing breathing exercises (in through the nose for 7 counts and out through the nose for 4 counts) and every now and then indulge yourself with a food treat or a pampering session or a girly night in, so you have opportunities to unwind a little. You also need to let go of the guilt and resentment you are harbouring towards yourself over your test scores. Even the smartest people in the world sometimes fall down when it comes to tests and you need to let yourself off the hook. Okay, so you didn't do as well as you had hoped. Next time, you will do better. Keep telling yourself that. You WILL do better. Every time you think the opposite, catch yourself and reverse it. You WILL do better.
I don't think the problems is that you aren't smart enough. I think you are lacking in confidence. The chances are, you are a lot more intelligent than you give yourself credit for but perhaps you haven't dedicated yourself to studying as you could have. Perhaps you don't pay as much attention or work as hard when you are at school as you could do. If you know any of this to be true, you need to make an effort to change it. No amount of positive thinking will help you if you don't learn the material!
Try getting a small study group together when you have an approaching test. This was a great help to me when I was at school. You have to make sure everyone stays focused but you could get teams set up, taking turns to fire questions at each other on whatever subject you are studying for. Have a prize or a forfiet (or both) set out ready and quiz away. It makes you sure you learn the material but it isn't boring. You could also try flashcards of questions and answers and putting facts on post-it notes around your home, so you can only move forward around your home once you have recited the information to yourself.
Studying IS hard but it is so worth it in the end. The problem is that people let it get too boring and that doesn't work for everyone. If you need to keep it interesting, find ways, like the team quizzing sessions, to keep it interesting and you will find it works a lot more effectively.
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If you are struggling with your reading level and you want to become a faster reader you could read aloud a few times a week. And after you do that ask yourself questions abour what you just read.
I hope my advice works for you!
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