How To Write Fast So You ALWAYS Finish The Exam

Summary

Highlights

• Start by practicing writing with a single paragraph and time yourself. ⌛
• Refine your exam technique by balancing speed with legible handwriting. 🖊️
• Practice writing non-stop for the entire duration of an exam. 🕰️
• Keep your writing small and your grip on the pen light to avoid fatigue. ✏️
• Focus on speed over neatness; ensure your writing remains readable. ✨

Key Takeaways

• Practice writing regularly and time yourself for improvement. ⏰
• Reduce thinking time during exams by planning thoroughly. 📝
• Learn to write continuously for long periods to match exam durations. 📏
• Don’t waste time on neat handwriting, as speed is crucial. ✍️
• Avoid writing in large letters and holding the pen too tightly. 🚫
• Prepare for exams by practicing under real exam conditions. 🏋️‍♂️
• Balance speed with legibility to ensure the examiner can read your answers. 📚

Overview

Chapters

• 00:00 - 01:30: Introduction: The Challenge of Timed Exams The chapter titled "Introduction: The Challenge of Timed Exams" addresses a common struggle faced by students during exams, which is the difficulty of completing tests within the allotted time. It highlights how the issue is not necessarily the lack of knowledge or understanding of the content, but rather the challenge of managing time effectively during exams. The narrator expresses the frustration of running out of time, leading to skipped questions, and laments how a few extra minutes could significantly improve one's grades.
• 01:30 - 03:00: The Importance of Writing Speed The importance of writing speed is emphasized, particularly in the context of exams where time is constrained. Despite having the necessary content knowledge, students often struggle not because they don't know the material, but because they cannot work quickly enough to beat the clock. This challenge is a part of the existing educational system where tasks are timed. Therefore, developing writing speed becomes crucial as students only have one opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge within the time limits.
• 03:00 - 04:30: Practicing Writing Speed The chapter titled 'Practicing Writing Speed' discusses the importance of improving writing speed, especially in the context of examinations where time is limited. It highlights the pressure of timed tests where your knowledge is measured within the constraints of a clock. The chapter aims to explore strategies on how to increase writing speed effectively.
• 04:30 - 06:30: Thinking Time and Planning The chapter highlights the often overlooked but crucial skills needed for exams, specifically focusing on the importance of thinking time and planning. While gaining extensive knowledge in subjects like English, math, or science is considered necessary, the chapter argues that becoming a 'walking encyclopedia' is futile if one cannot effectively manage their time during exams. It stresses that without the ability to organize thoughts and write efficiently within the time limits, all the accumulated knowledge might go to waste, thereby underscoring the need for skills beyond rote learning.
• 06:30 - 09:00: Writing Consistently for Extended Periods The chapter discusses the importance of writing consistently and the ability to write quickly. It emphasizes that knowledge cannot be effectively communicated if it remains in one's head; thus, writing efficiently is crucial to accurately demonstrating understanding and earning deserved grades. The chapter promises guidance on writing faster, beneficial for educational pursuits in subjects like maths, English, and science. The focus is on practical steps for improving writing speed and consistency.
• 09:00 - 11:30: Avoiding Common Mistakes in Writing The chapter 'Avoiding Common Mistakes in Writing' focuses on a practical exercise to enhance writing skills. It begins by instructing readers to write a paragraph on any topic, such as a literature question or a daily routine task like brushing teeth, while timing how long it takes. The key exercise involves rewriting the same paragraph multiple times, each time noting the time taken. This repetition aims to improve proficiency and reduce common errors in writing.
• 11:30 - 14:30: The Importance of Practice The chapter titled 'The Importance of Practice' discusses the tendency of many students to spend excessive time thinking about writing rather than actually practicing it. The focus is on removing overthinking from the writing process to enhance training and skill development.
• 14:30 - 12:30: Conclusion: Preparing for Exams The chapter emphasizes the importance of developing a consistent writing pace as preparation for exams. It suggests a practice routine of writing the letter 'F' repeatedly and copying paragraphs daily to build writing fluency. The author highlights that many students neglect this practice and urges readers to dedicate time daily for writing exercises.

How To Write Fast So You ALWAYS Finish The Exam Transcription

• 00:00 - 00:30 guys welcome to another video you've got Mr Everything English and one of the hardest things when it comes to sitting any exam any assessment any piece of work isn't knowledge isn't content but it's my God sir I just can't finish the exam I skip questions not because I don't know how to answer the questions but I've run out of time sir if I had five more minutes if I had 10 more minutes I could have changed the course of history I could have taken my grade five to a grade eight my grade six to a
• 00:30 - 01:00 grade n and guys I feel your pain I really really feel your pain because you're not beat by the content you're not beat by the knowledge you knew everything you're beat by the pesy clock but unfortunately it's the system that we exist under your exams are timed everything is done against the clock and you can't underestimate that you you have one chance at the end
• 01:00 - 01:30 of your school years to prove how much you know but it's limited to a box and that box is a clock with numbers on it and you need to make sure that by the time that clock hits 0 0 you have given everything you got and that is why guys in this video we are going to go over how do you write faster one of the most
• 01:30 - 02:00 underrated underestimate skills when it comes to exams everyone talks about learning quotes everyone talks about everything under the Sun but if you know everything if by the end of year 11 you become a walking talking encyclopedia for English or maths or science but unfortunately this can't write fast enough you've kind of wasted your your
• 02:00 - 02:30 time because you can't show the world how much you know it's going to stay in your head forever and you'll have it in your head forever but you will not get the grade you deserve that is why guys we are going to talk about how to write faster and I hope by the end of this video you will have some benefit in this everything education tuition for maths English and science number one guys what's the first thing I want you to do to write faster
• 02:30 - 03:00 first I want you to write out one paragraph just write one paragraph it could be answering paper one question two it could be a paragraph on MC Beth it could be a paragraph about you brushing your teeth I really don't care guys but write out one paragraph and time yourself in how long it takes you to write it then I want you to copy out that same paragraph again and time resech then copy the same parag paragraph again and time is said why if
• 03:00 - 03:30 you look at how human beings work when they write a lot of students a lot of students waste a lot of time thinking thinking thinking thinking so they're not actually practicing writing they are just absorbed in okay what should I write here what should I write here by doing this particular task we're removing the thinking out of it for now we're just training ourselves to
• 03:30 - 04:00 literally write F on repeat repeat repeat just get used to writing at a certain Pace get used to moving the pen on the page get used to joining your letters at a certain pace and don't underestimate that a lot of students don't get that practice in writing so guys imagine right imagine every day you spend 10 minutes just copying out the same paragraph but your your focus is to beat
• 04:00 - 04:30 the clock get faster get faster get faster that's the first advice practice time yourself repeat practice time yourself repeat number two I spoke about earlier but now let's talk about it thinking time thinking time thinking time this is what kills a lot of the time I see my students guys right when I teach them and they'll be midway through a
• 04:30 - 05:00 paragraph and they're kind of staring off into the stars and I say what you doing and they say sir I'm thinking guys two important points when you are sitting an exam if you're writing a story at home yeah think all day long I couldn't care less but in an exam you are given something that is called planning time if you have planned
• 05:00 - 05:30 correctly and if you have planned the stages of your paragraphs correctly then when you write you should literally just be writing because the thinking part the thought dump is done already all you got to do is turn that into your piece of writing so if you find yourself thinking a lot throughout a paragraph please go back and revisit how you're planning because there's something wrong in the way you are planning number two
• 05:30 - 06:00 guys whenever I write a paragraph while I'm writing I'm already thinking about what's coming next it's impossible to not do that and that's what you need to do so you've planned your work and now you're writing but always focus on okay what's coming next what's coming next what's coming next don't allow yourself to pause learn to multitask learn to write and think at
• 06:00 - 06:30 the same time and at this point guys I'm going to say something very clearly I beg you don't over complicate things that don't need to be over complicated don't start thinking about weird and wacky and new wonderful words that I can use I've been situation guys where kids have paused during an exam and they put their hand up and to ask I don't know sir what's the better word for therefore you don't do that in the middle of an assessment you don't do that in the middle of an exam that's what your
• 06:30 - 07:00 revision should have done that's what you should have done beforehand so guys number one practice practice time yourself and repeat number two learn to think before you begin writing so out your planning and then start to think about what's coming next number three guys unfortunately and I feel sorry for you guys because looking back I don't know how I did exams but unfortunately guys your exams are not for 5 minutes
• 07:00 - 07:30 your exams are not for 30 minutes your exams are for an hour and a half 2 hours 2 and a half hours what's my point learn to start writing for that period of time so don't just do short burst paragraphs everyone can do a five minute Superstar paragraph but at some point learn or practice writing con constantly for an
• 07:30 - 08:00 hour and a half practice writing constantly for 2 hours the amount of students guys the amount of students who smash it in the first 10 minutes but they get gassed by the 30 minute Mark and then apparently by the 40 minutes Mark they've got a migraine and they can't concentrate anymore guys you can't be doing that learn to work consistently and constantly for the duration of whatever
• 08:00 - 08:30 the length of your exam is so for example if you're prepping for English language paper one you should train yourself to write non-stop for 1 hour and 45 minutes really if I'm telling you now guys if you don't then you are in for a shock come May and June because you're going to go in there so confident that I know everything about anything but because you've not done that practice you're not going to be able to execute it on the day guys
• 08:30 - 09:00 next one two important things please don't write massively is common sense guys don't write in humongous letters the bigger you're writing the more time you're spending on producing the letters and it's just wasting time right at a decent size next Point guys don't hold this pen too tight if you hold your pen too tight you are going to Tire your hand out much much much faster than if
• 09:00 - 09:30 you're not now these are basic things but trust me I see it all the time learn and this will happen the more you practice this will happen the more you practice because how you hold your pen and how you write if you had practiced consistently you would realize hold on my hands getting tired so naturally you would loosen up your grip on the pen so guys don't write big and don't hold your pen too tight because it's going to um number one writing big is going to waste
• 09:30 - 10:00 a lot of time and number two holding the pen will Tire you out quicker and the last last part guys I say this with a disclaimer writing writing so the examiner can read your work is important however speed speed is 10,000 times more important than presentation remember disclaimer they have to be able to to read your work but
• 10:00 - 10:30 some of you will cross out your work if it's not neat enough it's not a beauty pageant you're not going to get no marks for your handwriting as long as they can read it jobs done speed is more important than your handwriting so learn to write at a certain Pace whilst making your writing semi decent and boom you go but guys
• 10:30 - 11:00 look when it comes to writing faster the key thing I want you to really appreciate is that the practice is going to be the most important part and that's what a lot of us are scared of because practice I always say it practice requires you to actually work and we don't like to actually work we'll sit there and watch YouTube videos we'll sit there and read flash cards we'll sit there and do everything everything but we won't do the exam
• 11:00 - 11:30 practice guys your practice is your most important part employ all the other elements practice think about your thinking time think about how you plan train yourself to think while you write think about your handwriting and the size of it think about how you hold your pen think about your practice as in do you practice for 5 minutes or do you actually write for an hour and a half and really train yourself to work an exam conditions do all these things all
• 11:30 - 12:00 these things together and hopefully guys come your May June exams you're going to be ready for every subject this advice isn't just for English guys it's for every subject and don't underestimate it because there are so many students up and down the country who come August were wishing if only I had five more minutes 10 more minutes I could have changed my grade completely so do guys get that practice in all right guys it's
• 12:00 - 12:30 being Mr Everything English peace