Studying changes you even if you forget the lesson

Many students wonder what's the point of learning things they'll forget after the exam. It's true that much of the syllabus is forgotten. But while you study something else happens: you learn to concentrate, to organize yourself, not to give up in the face of difficulty, to finish what you start. Those qualities stay. They're the same ones you'll need later at work, in a family or in any project worth doing. Whoever studies well is training to live well. That's why studying isn't just passing. It's a way of forging yourself and, if you do it out of love for God and for others, a way of becoming holy in what is yours to do right now.