Brutal Study Truth #2: Markers Don't Care (and that's great news)

03/31/25 • 12 min

Ep. 128
→ Get the Free Parent Guide: 3 Huge Mistakes (Even Smart!) Students Make in Exams and Assignments - and how to fix them immediately so your teen confidently achieves their best ever grades.___

→ Get the full episode transcript and syllabus excerpt here: https://www.rocksolidstudy.com/128→ Get Brutal Study Truth #1 at: https://www.rocksolidstudy.com/127

This sounds brutal, but actually it is a HUGE source of relief for many students.
If your teen has ever felt like they had to
- come up with some sort of unique perspective on a current social issue,
or
- make a special connection between themselves and a topic they’re investigating,
or
- have an interesting opinion or personal take-away on the Shakespeare text they’re studying,
and (if they’re anything like me) struggle, panic or just have no idea... then you’re going to love this episode!
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Brutal Study Truth #1:More is NOT More

Ep. 127
→ Get the Free Parent Guide: 3 Huge Mistakes (Even Smart!) Students Make in Exams and Assignments - and how to fix them immediately so your teen confidently achieves their best ever grades.___

→ Get the full episode transcript and 'Return on Effort' Graph here: https://www.rocksolidstudy.com/127It's no good letting students carry on thinking or studying in certain ways if it means they
- end up working harder than they need to,
- missing out on marks they could be getting
or
- just find study, exams and assessment more stressful, uncertain or frustrating than it needs to be.

Even if it requires some harsh reality checks!

So let’s dive into Brutal Study Truth Number 1: More is NOT More.
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Brutal Study Truth #3: Unique is Not Better

Ep. 129
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Unique is not necessarily better. In fact often, it can be worse. If it means that it’s more tricky to meet the criteria or find the information needed.
Unique is not considered as more clever by marking criteria.

And yes, I’m even talking in creative tasks.

Now, yes, something like an artwork or an artistic performance may do better if it has some originality or unique ideas.

BUT - and this is a big but - only if it meets all of the other criteria as well!

→ Get the full episode transcript and syllabus excerpt here: https://www.rocksolidstudy.com/129

→ Get Brutal Study Truth #1 (More is NOT More) at: https://www.rocksolidstudy.com/127

and Brutal Study Truth #2 (Markers Don't Care) at: https://www.rocksolidstudy.com/128

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Parents of Hardworking Teens - Brutal Study Truth #2: Markers Don't Care (and that's great news)

Transcript

You’re listening to The Parents of Hardworking Teens Podcast, episode 128 - This is the second of three brutal study truths - and it IS particularly brutal but also a very big relief for many students.
If your teen has ever felt like they had to come up with some sort of unique perspective on a current social issue, or make a special connection between themselves and a topic they’re investigating, or have an interesting opinion or personal take-away on the Shakespeare text they�