Hunger Games Academic Board
Monica Hickey
House Fellow
University of Wisconsin-Madison
May the Odds Be Ever in Your Favor
Hunger games: May the odds be ever in your favor
Don’t leave your last three
months to chance, these
study habits will help you
survive the games that your
academics play.
When in doubt choose B:
Statistically speaking B is the correct answer
more than any other choice.
Outline and review your notes:
Rewriting your notes will help you recall
the content, outlining them will put it into
context, and increasing the chances that
your inactive memory may recall the
content if it shows up on a quiz or test.
Learning is more important than
memorization:
Chances are that content will come up
again. Your mind is a muscle, making it
learn is just like teaching your muscles
archery—and the key to survival is
having weapons you know how to use.
Make a goal:
Don’t just “try to win” make it your goal
to win. The odds will be much more in
your favor if you believe that they are.
Isolate yourself:
It may be tempting to stay near the other
tributes, but turning off your
communications and focusing on your
own survival will buy you time in the end.
Drink Water:
Hydration and health is important for a
healthy mind. Did you know that you can
lives days without food but a matter of
hours without water?
Listen to your mentor and find water.
Make every hour count:
In the arena time is not your friend.
Do not waste time.
Find water, set snares, hunt out a good
place to hunker down and get some work
done.
Use your gifts from the sponsors:
Tutors are tutors because they are smart,
and they can help us.
Use their little tokens of advice and your
odds of survival are much greater.
Do the reading:
Training may not seem like the most
exciting thing, but it can save your life
when you know how to tie a knot, what
berries not to eat, or how to
camouflage your injured team mate.
Be prepared.