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therealjerk
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OK, so it's sunday, and sundays dont exist in college, they're used just for work :(. anyways, i have a bunch of reading for my American Political Systems class and i;m wondering if any of the seasoned college kids in here can give me any advice. heres my situation: I'm about two weeks behind because our Prof screwed up the syllabus and i have to backtrack on the readings. There are two books, one is a collection of political readings (book excerpts, essays, etc) that he gives the pop quizes on and the text book that he bases the lectures on. I wanna cover the pop quiz stuff but they're random and i need to do well because i ate shit on the first midterm. it would seem that the logical thing to do would be to just catch up on the political readings but i wanna keep up with the text or is that a waste of time. Any help please? thanks a ton.


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Oct 12 2003 3:33PM
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therealjerk
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gravteck? anybody??! i know there are college kids here!


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Oct 12 2003 3:56PM
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Lord_Piot
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go see if there is a coles notes version of your texts.
study with other people who arent so far behind.
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Oct 12 2003 4:08PM
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Jib_This
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ESPRESSO is your friend at this point. Also, you gotta realize that you can get slightly behind on the lecture stuff. Why? it's covered in lecture so even if you don't read it, you still get some. Make sure to take really good notes for every lecture for which you don't do the reading, so that you can look back at it later AFTER YOU READ THE READINGS(that's key) and get it. Read the pop quiz stuff ASAP if it's gonna keep you from failing.
And if you're stressin', stop, it ain't gonna do you any good.




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Oct 12 2003 4:09PM
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im in college, i have 5 midterms coming up... ive spent a total of 5 hours max reading... probably less. i'm going to fail. thats all there is to it. so the message is this: college is gay, dont try so hard.
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Oct 12 2003 4:10PM
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Jib_This
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And sundays should be your skiing day. Come to think of it, so should saturdays. College isn't that hard.

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Oct 12 2003 4:11PM
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rebel
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Sacrifice everything else (including sleep) and just catch up on your readings and school work. Read any and every chance you get. As long as you get 5 hours sleep an night. When you catch up, reward yourself by taking a weekend off to drink, party and enjoy yourself.
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Oct 12 2003 4:20PM
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therealjerk
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yeah, ok, just re-affirming what i thought, thanks a ton! im not stressing and ive got enough time. thanks again. oh yeah, and come ski season, there wont be any dicking around like this so sundays and saturdays can be for skiing.


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Oct 12 2003 4:25PM
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BeckaSki
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Take a book with you to classes every day. I have actual homework assignments due every week because I'm in engineering, so I work on problems in the 10 min between classes or whenever I have an hour off. I also do the reading. If you can, get ahead, it makes lectures make so much more sense in the long run. As for your current situation, read fast.


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Oct 12 2003 4:37PM
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ESB
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Don't log on to NS for a week. I've found that helps my schoolwork immensely.

And yeah, what rebel said... you gotta bust balls and get it done. Falling behind will kill you, so just read like a fucking animal. Sure, you'll lose one (or two, or three days) of your life, but you'll feel a lot better afterwards and you won't be so stressed out. College is all about getting super stressed out, and then dealing with it. Deal with it.

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Oct 12 2003 6:30PM
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FalseTile
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Study at school in the library or cafe, that is what I do because at home there are too many distractions, like ns for instance.


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Oct 12 2003 9:11PM
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Mykel
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pretend your doing it because you want to, thats what I do with all my non-major related cores....except the ones I do enjoy
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Oct 12 2003 9:21PM
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Rbamf
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go buy some speed, shoot it. next buy some crack, smoke it. then, buy some coc, snort it. you should be able to read two books in just a few hours...
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Oct 12 2003 10:14PM
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Bangor
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yeah, or die. same difference, right?
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Oct 12 2003 10:22PM
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Ice-Is-Scary
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Heres the key to passing college. 1. Always read what your assigned to read. 2. Always goto class. 3. Always do assignments. 4. It's not highschool.


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Oct 12 2003 11:37PM
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NomenClature
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no im going with the crack idea as the best so far.
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