How To-47: How to Survive a Very Difficult Class

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Surviving a difficult class is possible. Persevere and you will win through with these helpful steps.

Steps

1. Do not quit. Even if you think you will never manage to do the work and are questioning your sanity at the time you signed up, just tell yourself what you will do when you finish the class. Like burn your book, or, if you're slightly more positive, make yourself a commemorative t-shirt.
   
2. Don't put off the work. Yes, Lost may only run on Thursday nights, but that doesn't make your homework or test go away. If you let work build up on you, you'll sink under the pressure to catch up. Start homework a little after you get home from school, but if you can relax a little first it might be helpful. You'll be able to concentrate better and will feel refreshed to start your work.
   
3. Make friends. If you don't understand something, forgot the homework, or just need to rant about your insane teacher, you'll need someone else in the class to talk to. Scope out the area around your desk and start a conversation with someone near you. Make friends with a neighbor across the row - even if you've never met before.
   
4. Make friends with the teacher. Sometimes this is hard or downright impractical with the really mean teachers, but they usually are more human than they seem at first. Don't be an anti-teacher's pet; just try to be nice.

Tips

• Study just a little bit too. Or, if needed, study a lot. Or Cram at the last minute. Or don't study at all.
  
• If you're in the class for a reason (it's supposed to be a challenge, it's part of what you want to pursue in college, etc.) don't let anyone talk you out of taking it. If you give it a shot, you'll probably find that it gets easier as you go. And a class that pushes you will help you learn more than a class where you can pass by doing nothing and get an A by doing only a little.
  
• If you are discouraged (or in desperation) just tell yourself that it's only a year. It's only a year. It's only a year.

Warnings

• You might have to make sacrifices in your academic and personal life to get a good grade. For me, it was my free periods at school, some TV time, a little sleep, and pessimism.

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