<human>: Could you distill the essence of the text into 1-3 sentences?

I hate this. Final exams come, the super important, make people vomit from stress kind of final exams. I'm not nervous though, I've been trough this kind of stuff lots of times. Every time with the same struggle: I can't study. I mean, I can sit down and read an entire manual with a focused look on my face, so it looks a lot like studying, but it's not it at all. 

I'll read a paragraph: "Okay, cool, next paragraph. Wait, what was this about? Oh right, okay. Crap, I have no idea what I just read, let's read it again. Ok ok I see. Wait, what?" It will take a lot of time for me to read a page and "memorize" it. It sucks.

And every "how to study" guide I've read says the same:

* "Study in a well lit environment, in silence and without any distraction" - I could study in a buddhist monastery with earmuffs on my head and a spotlight and I still wouldn't be able to focus. 

* "Study with friends!" - That will never, ever work.

* "Put a gummy bear in each paragraph, so tha-" oh piss off.

I can still get passable grades, but not good enough to get me where I want, and not good enough to justify the time I spend studying.

So, if anyone of you guys that read this are the type that got straight A's in school, how did you do it? How can I do it?

(or maybe I'm just dumb)
<bot>: Want to study. Don't know how. Nothing works. I'm gonna end up cleaning streets (not to underappreciate street cleaners, it's important too, you know.)