University, College, and High School
How many times have you spent more than one hour thinking that you have no idea where to start an assignment instead of working on it? People always say, “Just start it.” Good advice but what do you do: brainstorm, generate questions, throw porcupines at dart boards?
All of these are good ideas but after you have finished doing each one, you still haven't really started. Why don't these actions work?
For the most part, when you get an assignment, your subconscious is already doing these things. So the night before the essay is due, you have subconsciously already brainstormed and generated questions (mmm not sure about the porcupine thing).
What you actually need to begin are the materials of the assignment.
You can think of materials as the tools of an assassin. These tools help you kill the assignment.
I know what you are thinking. Writing an essay, or completing an assignment, is easy once you have the tools. BUT the Last Minute Student doesn't have the tools because it is often too late to gather them.
Well click here for your tool kit. It won't cover every assignment just like not every toolbox has every tool you need. It will however, help give you a boost for many of them. The best part is that it avoids wikipedia and the resulting disdain every teacher has for it.
THE FOUR TOOL KIT
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Your Scope
First get background on your topic. When writing about any topic it is a good idea to find out what the experts think. Everything from Plato to Time Travel to Zombies can be found here. Some of the material is difficult but it is trustworthy and cite worthy.
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Your GPS
Sometimes it is difficult to write the last minute essay because you know next to nothing about the historical connection. This tool allows you to quickly locate an important historical event or thinker and quickly see what was happening in and around that time.
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Your Ammunition
If you already don't know about it, this is how you avoid the trash on the net when searching for information: Google Scholar
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Your Shield
I know this book is old (you can get the new edition from the Amazon link on my main page) but it is your ultimate defence against teachers. It is a quick and easy guide to writing. If the book says you can do it—you can do it. If a teacher asks why you did blah blah blah, throw this book at them (or just show them).
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Hope that helps,
The Insider
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