I am not making sense of the tons of notes that i am carrying around with me everyday. 2 presentations next week are consuming ALL my attention. But try as i might, my mind's always wandering instead of reading the notes focusedly. Some people amaze me by simply being able to stay in the same position reading or doing work for a long period of time.

The bad part is not about not understanding your readings - it's being clueless about what the question wants and what the terms mean.
'Structural problems in the international economic system' - ???
Boy i am in need of help!