The high school curriculum was much harder than junior high, and the teachers moved so fast I simply couldn't keep up.
Even though I took cram school classes for English, Math, Physics, and Chemistry, the academic frustration was suffocating.
So I chose to run away. I escaped into school clubs and relationships, desperately trying to prove my worth and convince myself I wasn't just a failure in front of an exam paper.
I started learning in the most brute-force way—memorizing concepts, question types, quick formulas, and explanations I wasn't even sure were correct.
I blindly applied formulas whenever I saw a question, praying for that 20% chance of guessing right.
The result? My physics midterm scores never surpassed 30 points. I faced makeup exams, retakes, and even begged teachers for passing credits.
By the time I graduated, I couldn't even remember how many times I had failed or how many subjects I had flunked.
I really didn't mean to disappoint the people around me; I genuinely wanted to try hard.
That single sentence from my teacher made me rethink my life. I decided to directly face the knowledge that had frustrated me so much.
But when I tried to put in the effort, I realized the things I thought I had memorized were like shattered puzzle pieces—I couldn't recall them at all.
I tried to review, forgetting what I had memorized and memorizing what I had forgotten. But there was just too much material to cover, and I felt trapped in an endless loop.
I forced myself to ask 'why' about everything. Even if the teacher said it wouldn't be on the test, I had to get to the bottom of it.
I made a rule for myself: whatever I write down, I must fully understand its origin and logic.
To make up for three years of blank knowledge in just one year, I designed a high-efficiency learning system and practiced it daily.
In the end, defying everyone's expectations and the 'barely a private university' evaluation,
This was the advice given to me by my undergraduate mentor and my graduate thesis advisor.
In college, my highly efficient learning model made absorbing new knowledge incredibly easy.
So I became greedy. I wanted more knowledge and more achievements.
I took many heavy elective courses outside my major, joined department activities, started teaching in cram schools, and participated in lab research.
However, the heavy workload meant I was constantly chasing deadlines. Task after task, I realized just learning efficiently wasn't enough to handle everything.
If I wanted more out of life, I needed to free up more time. Everything I did had to be even more productive.
So, I consolidated my tasks, scheduled my progress, and started treating my responsibilities like project management.
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