Tip on how to internalize material: when studying, every so often, either pretend out loud or find a human person to teach/explain in detail what you just learned. If you’re a visual person, use a white board, if you’re a movement person, stand up and be expressive.
In eighth grade, part of being in student council was helping an assigned teacher with various tasks during study hall. Well, when that teacher didn’t have anything for us, my friend and I would go help the librarian with various tasks instead. We were “caught” and given detention (my first and only). So dumb.
Fish gotta swim, birds gotta eat