Go blow your dad!

Two weeks before the end of the term, the sky lightened suddenly to a dazzling, opaline white and the muddy grounds were revealed one morning covered in glittering frost. Inside the castle, there was a buzz of Christmas in the air.

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) // Stranger Things 2 (2017)

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Whole class got detention, kids outside decided to mock me using laser pen.

So this story took place, close to maybe 7 years ago now, back when I was in the year that UK schools that all subjects were mandatory until we made subject decision in GCSE.

Anyway, I can’t remember why exactly, but in our art class, we had done something to really piss off our Art teacher, now don’t get me wrong, I loved art, I wasn’t good at it but it was fun and as it was the last subject on Friday, it was great to just paint or sculpt something for an hour.

Anyway, we did something wrong like, we broke something and no one would own up to it or we all had mucked about in class and didn’t do the work. (It was summer time, in a sweltering art room, on Friday what do you expect)  I don’t remember that part. But I do remember being in a shit mood because I wanted to go home and one of these fuckers in my class had got us all in trouble and we had all been given up to 20 mins of detention and to sit in silence.

Now for context, this art room was located next to an external hall, and a play ground and classrooms and a canteen. Meaning, outside was a place where people would pass all the time. So we are all sitting inside when these little shits, younger than me, are laughing and pointing at us behind the teacher back outside the window. So understandably everyone who sees them is rolling their eyes and ignoring them and so am I until one of them pulls out a laser pen and starts shining it in my eye. Now I know that’s sorta dangerous so I wasn’t gonna let it stand but at that moment my teacher was pissed so I wasn’t gonna say a word.

So here comes the petty revenge. I pull of a face that can only be described as having the worst case of constipation ever, allowing the red laser pen to be shined in my eyes and around my face, then without notice I kick really really hard the empty seat in front of me, to make a lot of noise. Now from outside they didn’t hear the noise it made because outside was loud, but the teacher did. So her first reaction is too look up from her laptop and the noise I made and sees me, squinting with a laser pointing in my eyes.

Well fuck me, I’ve never seen a teacher run so fucking fast outside, shout so loud at these group of kids that it silenced the busy walkway and watched they get escorted into the same room  as me, get an hour detention every day for the next week with her and thread to call home. With that, she forgot about our class, sent us all home 5 mins into the 20 min detention.

Smug face all around.

How To Study For Final Exams?

The secret for a successful final exam preparation is a plan! After three years of college, I developed a strategy for an effective final exam study session. Here it is:

1. How much time do you have left?

The very first step is to determine how much time is left and how much material you need to cover during this period. 

I like this strategy because it customizes a study plan for any class and time you have left.When I know what I need to finish every day in order to kill this final, it makes me less stressed and more motivated.  

2. Determine what you know and what you don’t know

3. Study Plan

When you know how much you need to study every day, you need to create a study plan. The study plan includes what do you need to do with all this material. It can be reading, rewriting notes, practicing problems, memorizing formulas, and etc. As you can see, the study plan will depend on the class and the chapter. 

To create a study plan write down what you need to do every day. 

Do this sort of thing for every day and for every class you have a final for, and this is gonna be your final exam study plan. 

4. Track your progress

I usually track my progress crossing out the number of sections I’ve done. I draw it as a “download bar”. 

Every class is different so they will have a different amount of material. 

5. Switch subjects

Don’t study for one class 5 hours in a row! Switch subjects, give yourself a break, eat.. There’s a Pomodoro technique when you study for about 30 minutes and then have a 5-minute break, and then study for 30 minutes.  

For me, 30 minutes isn’t enough for one study session. I usually study 1 hour and then have a break or I finish 1-2 sections (depending on their size), and then have a break and move on to another subject. 

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