Prioritize

Things I am doing right now, but shouldn't be: blogging, painting my toenails, checking the TV guide to see if anything good is on, bugging my guinea pig, and dancing to songs on the radio.

Thing I am not doing right now, that I should be: studying for my chem final tomorrow and writing an 8-page paper for my Brit Lit class that's due Tuesday and I haven't started yet.

So, I think I'm going to continue wasting time on the computer (there's nothing good on TV).

Harper and I spend too much time together

I had a speech today. It was really bad. It got to a point where I was willing to take the grade cut just to end it even though I was probably under the time limit, but it had to be stopped. Afterwards, I was still trying to be optimisstic because after all it was over and that was my last speech. Unitl I got to math and realized I left all my math stuff at home. Including the homework that I had spent a majority of the day before doing. I probably forgot it because I was more concerned this morning about having the stuff for my speech. The speech which, by the way, I didn't have time to practice because I was doing math homework!
I can't believe I still have another two weeks of this school shit.

PS. I gave up on that whole "how to get good grades while being lazy" stuff. It was a bad idea for blogging. If you really want more advice on that... too bad.

You should take notes on this

1.The best time to study for tests is 5-10 minutes before the actual test. You don't want to spend hours and hours the night before to learn something you only need to know for one more hour of your life. So, you study a few minutes before and it will all be fresh in your mind. And if you forget it afterward, who cares, because it is probably something you are never going to need to know again. Except maybe for the final.

2. Be original. This is the easiest way to an "A" paper. All you have to do is have an original/creative point to argue. This allows you to write about whatever the hell you want, even if there's a prompt. It also makes it more interesting for the teacher to read and it will stand out more in his or her mind so he or she will automatically be more inclined to score it higher. All of which  add up to give you more flexibility in the minimum page requirement. You could spend that time you would have spent writing that final page doing something more important, like watching that episode of House you missed two weeks ago. The only catch is that you can't write like a dumbass. Know what you're talking about- is all I'm saying.

Kicking school's ass while you sit on yours

You have two options with school: work hard and get good grades or slack off and get average or bad grades. The only way around this is if you are smart. But even if you are not smart, you can still slack off and get good grades if you know how, because lets face it, school is important to you, but you have better things to do.

I look at school like a game. While you can't cheat (well, you can but it's frowned upon), you can use some tricks that I have learned. I am actually amazed how well these have worked out for me. Just recently I got back my lit midterm paper. I wrote this paper the night before it was due, on a piece of literature I found hard to understand (Chaucer), and it was only 3 1/2 pages despite the minimum requirement being 5. My professor liked it and I got an A. It doesn't get any better than that.

So, my next few posts I will be sharing these with you (they require explanation) so you can be as awesomely lazy as I am.

*Disclaimer: Does not guarantee success. May not be suitable for all classes such as honors or AP. Not recommended for overachievers.