My post today might just shock you because it challenges you to question the advice "Practise Makes Perfect".
I know, I know. You have heard this advice many times over, from different people, at different times in your life.
And if all of them say the same thing, then it should be right, right?
Well, sorry to disappoint you. Practise does NOT make you perfect.
In fact, it can do you more harm than good because IF YOU ARE PRACTISING THE WRONG THING, THEN YOU'LL ONLY END UP BEING PERFECT IN DOING THE WRONG THING!
Common sense, isn't it?
But as one of my ex-student rightly pointed out to me so many years ago, common sense is not so common after all.
That's why people tend to accept such advice at face value without thinking further to the validity of the advice.
So, what has this got to do with studying Physics (or Math for that matter)? After all, these two subjects require lots of practise, right?
Yes, they DO require lots of practise; BUT you've gotta PRACTISE RIGHT!
Because practising wrongly will not yield you the desired results. After all, insanity is in doing the wrong things again and again, and yet expecting to get the right results.
Remember, activity does not equate to productivity. You could be busy day in and day out practising your Physics or Math and yet fail to achieve the results you deeply desire.
So, what's the best way to overcome this, you may ask?
My advice ... seek the help of others who have gone the path before you.
If they had been successful, it means they have studied and practised their Physics correctly.
And the next time some kind soul tries to give you what they deemed as good advice, take a step back. And evaluate the soundness of their good advice.
Until my next post, God bless and remember ... Correct Practice Makes Perfect Results.
Gideon Goh
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