Student Hat Hot

This is about the 3rd 'version' of the Student Hat I have done, and it is fabulous. The biggest difference is the new Dictionary. Every time I listen to LRH's Lectures I get new data, or see new applications and ramifications to the data. Totally recommend it.

My sons all did this course. As they progressed through to completion of it I felt the peace of mind grow for them and their futures as I knew that information provided them with the means to puruse anything in life they chose to do and succeed.

Despite the issue of having "remimeo" as the first word I read on the course, and the delay caused by the mother of all word clearing chains, I really enjoyed this course. I am university educated, but the tools given are invaluable in improving one's ability to study and research. It was new information to me, and I really would have loved to have known all that when I was still back in school.

This is tricky stuff. I sup'd for ten years at Saint Hill and ITO. I have written extensively about the subject online in articles and message board posts. I used to think that "Study Tech" was so wonderful, but in reality what is wonderful is what I cherry-picked out of study tech to use while discarding the rest. For example, in the Study Tapes Hubbard talks about the importance of the student's power of choice over data, being able to accept or reject information under study. Very true. But in Method 4 word-clearing, if you have a disagreement with something Hubbard said then you must have a misunderstood word. Most modern CofS supervisors do not make use of the power of choice data, pushing the infallibility of Hubbard instead. As a sup, for preference I used Method 3 word clearing as THE laser-sharp debug tool for fixing up students and I was very good at it too. I've written that up extensively. The other methods of word-clearing aren't so hot, and Method 2 and Method 4 really suck *as written.* A good sup and good word-clearer can work their way around the idiocies (and we did), but what is being done in such a case is NOT study tech. Study Tech is the whole enchilada, the good stuff and the crap too.

The simplified study courses designed for kids or for students new to Scientology do cover the essentials. But this course is study tech presented by LRH just as he developed it. In the lectures (mostly taken from the SHSBC) he candidly explains his thoughts on study and the barriers to study and incidentally talks about life at Saint Hill in the sixties and some of his other research. As well as the essentials of study that apply to any student anywhere, the course teaches all the practicalities of studying in the Academy, including Method 9 word clearing and how to avoid catching the dreaded Verbal Data.

You can get much of the data on the kids courses.

When I did the Student Hat Course I had no idea what I will get out of it. I was used to devour books and had always been an excellent student at school, but I was willing to learn how to study. Because after all, all of us have studied, but never were told HOW to do it. So, I easily go through the course and realized why I had forgotten all the things I was supposed to have learned at school and university; I realized why I was good at some things, but not at others; I finally had the tools that will help me to study, understand and apply any subject of my choosing. This course is not only for students, it is useful for leaders, executives, women and anybody that wants to become a master of certain subject. I strongly recommend it. Silvia LL

A much needed step in the direction of better comprehension