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My friend told me she's struggling with her academic work. She's a year one philosophy student in of the Nigerian universities. I've known her to be a very smart and intelligent lady who loves to read and pursue her academic dreams with much enthusiasm.

During our conversation, she told me she has been finding it very difficult to read lately and even when she does, assimilation becomes a problem and it's really affecting her.

Initially, I attributed it to the fact that her brain is trying to reconfigure towards academics since she spent some years after secondary school working before gaining admission. I had similar experience but mine wasn't that severe.

Please, I need urgent suggestions, especially from people who had similar problems in school, on how my dear friend can overcome this problem. She's really determined to make good grades but this problem has become a threat to that.

Please, help!!!

Moderators, kindly push this to front page for wider audience.

She should spend a whole day to sleep and relax without anything academics... Then start afresh the next day! It works like magic for me

dawnomike:
She should spend a whole day to sleep and relax without anything academics... Then start afresh the next day! It works like magic for me

Really? Can you explain more on this?