Advice Post #1 - Books and Study Time

So, School starts on Monday and yesterday was day number one of financial aid book charges. The school was only letting in about 15 people at a time (it didn't matter if some of those people were just accompanying others that were buying books. They even counted the children.) So it took me an hour and 20 minutes to get into the book store. After I was in it was only a few minutes before I had all my books in my basket and was waiting in line. The woman in front of me was bragging about how she would buy the clothes, flash drives, and pens in her basket with financial aid.

I wasn't in the best of moods at this point. It was already past 12:30pm, I hadn't eaten at all yet, and my books were so heavy that they popped my shoulder out.

Now, I know the rules of financial aid. You can get books, 1 book bag under a certain amount, about 3 pens, and software. Instead of letting the woman know, I let her get all the way to the front of the line just to have them tell her that she had to put 90% of her basket back on the shelf unless she could pay out-of-pocket for the items. She was really upset. Later after I ate, I felt terrible. I am usually a very kind person and I help people out when I can.

So, that was just a prelude into the advice that I meant to give. Every year I buy a bunch of those plastic tabs, the ones that you stick on a page to mark something. When I buy my books I place those tabs at the beginning of every chapter. Chapters usually get one color, and then table of contence, indexes, and the glossery get another color. I do this because while I am in class--or when I am studying--it helps me find the page I am looking for faster. It also helps let you know the distance you have to read just by looking at the tabs.

I tried going a semester without tabs in any of my books and it made my study time a lot longer.

Basically what I am saying is: Find a way that you can make your study time shorter, so that you have more time to breath in between courses, because everyone needs some down time. If you just work non-stop then you will have some serious problems. You are going to crash and that will affect your grades and work-ability.

Some schools have already started, but some have yet to start. Good luck everyone!!!!!

Also, if you have any questions, feel free to ask and I will answer to the best of my ability. If I don't have an answer I will either try to find it or direct you to someone that knows.

Thankyou.

~Luna~