Sunday, November 1, 2009

Getting Busy and Teacher Trickery

So the time is starting to approach us. And all hell is going to break lose. We are approaching the time when boys become men, and girls become women. It will not be easy and any of you quitters that are ready for a rapid and eager retreat, well you might as well just start running now. I don't want to see any crying or moping. I only want to see sweat and perseverance, this is the time they call on us to succeed. The deadlines are being set and the time is now upon us. WE ARE THE HILLCATS. Man I should be in Independence Day: The Sequel. haha, great speech. Okay to clarify just what this crazy and ridiculous rant is about, I am talking about the end of another wonderful fall semester. I am sure you all are starting to feel a little pressure and are even starting to stress. We all have many tests, research papers, and other homework assignments that are being placed upon our backs because not just one teacher, but all teachers want to give us a lot to do. Lets just take my end of the semester for example. I have two final projects to do for my Art classes, I have a 10 page paper for Art History, a research paper of at least 6 pages for Humanities and a Museum trip, and college algebra tests. All this with regular class and tests requirements. I could easily use my free time to hang out and relax but I find it might be useful for my academic progress to get that early start. My advice to you all is if you have papers due, start researching using the wonderful sources at the Stratton Taylor Library and the many student links that we can use with the online library references. I think if we use our free time early and don't let those dang teachers get us bogged down late, then we will succeed. Lets just say we are 2nd and 45 yards to go for a first down, do we run it and play conservative or do we attack to try for a first down. I say we attack. Lets show these teachers that there assignments are like dog food to a bunch of ravenous alley dogs, chomp. So don't wait until the last minute to research and with the Thanksgiving break coming, use the time to get ahead of the plan.

STUDENT RESOURCE LINKS

1. www.rsu.edu
2. www.rsu.edu/st-library/index.asp
3. www.rsu.edu/student-affairs/computer-labs.asp
4. www.rsu.edu/funstuff/index.asp

So we have 1 (our website) 2 (Straton Taylor Library Online) 3 (computer lab schedules) and 4 (Fun Study Break) These are all resources with the information we provide on the web. Also, if you are looking for a good break in between homework assignments, check out my youtube video called "sink it and drink it" and then maybe watch "the top ten soccer goals in the MLS 2009"

P.S. When researching don't plagiarize because those tricky teaches know, and don't use wikipedia because that information is not guaranteed correct.

Stay Classy Rogers State
Rob Paine