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school survival Ways to Survive School for the intellectually up front Introduction I am, a boffin, a wierdo, a slob, fat and smelly, AND a victim of bullying. This is how I, just, survived the torture of school: 1. Remember at the end of the day school doesn't really matter (yes, technically you do need it for jobs, but there's two sections on what to do instead at the bottom). 2. HOMEWORK. The enemy of a good childhood, but it doesn't have to be so bad. There are three key points to remember; A. Homework can be rubbish as long as it's not late, just keep the teacher happy (type it on a computer if you can, create a fancy title, then use a thesaurus to convert every word into a phrase or long word, etc). B. For projects, same as for homework, but try to make it longer by increasing the font size, changing the font to Verdana, and increasing the line spacing. C. Every now and then hand in an AGrade piece Page 1 school survival of work, by "researching", to keep yourself ahead of the class. 3. Make Friends with the teachers. It's hard, but if you make friends or even just allies, with even a few teachers. It can; A. Give you a stunning report when you've done diddly squatt during lessons. B. Give you priviledges like being able to hand in your very important, do or die, coursework really late. C. Enable you to get away with things nobody else could, like thumping your worst enemy right in the bollocks. 4. Bullying. It doesn't stop. So just survive the stress of it all with these helpful hints. A. Scare the Bullies. Not only is it fun and sometimes beneficial for relieving stress, it might also keep the bullies off your back for a few minutes. B. Get in the sly dig. Aim for the shins and privates for best effect. This is purely a stress relieving activity. Page 2 school survival C. Lash out. Keep track of your stress level, and when you get to within 5 to 10 minutes of tearing someone's head off, start doing a quirk, like with me it's heavy breathing and fidgeting, getting faster and faster, the more stressed you get (this will help alert to people when to stop bugging you, for their own safety, You can also piss them off by doing the "Warning Signals" then at the time of their reward, you lashing out, just walk away), Then just before you "Blow" lash out, chase after them and try to hit them (intentionally missing to avoid punishment). Doing this will give you stress relief, and may convince some of the greater cowards to shy away from you, only occasionally appearing to call you names and poke you, just scare them off. D. Come backs. Create great comebacks regularly to attract passing fans and friends. They won't be genuine but they will be cheap, and they'll do more than a real friend to get good dirt on yourself, so just keep them happy, don't tell them too much. And if you get enough you'll be popular in no time. Also for success in comebacks, just bung tons on insulting words and phrases together. 5. After School If you just didn't get Grades you wanted and you have little or no money Section A. Earning Money: Page 3 school survival 1. The Internet Shop: A. Setting Up Your Own Shop; 1) Decide what media you want to sell, be it movies, games or music (simple but essential). 2) Get hold of a way to make your media. Might I suggest for Movies and Games, that you use Macromedia flash, the latest version if possible, (Getting Flash will cost you some money, but you can download a free trial for thirty days or you could get hold of a serial code). And for Music, you should use Audacity as it is totally free and brilliant. 3) Design a website to attract visitors and sell your goods. Assuming you have microsoft office installed you should be able to use frontpage to design your website easily without any knowledge of frames or html (though some knowledge will help). Over the next few tasks you will have a lot of waiting to do so I would suggest you research good web design through magazines such as "Webuser" and ".net". 4) Set up a Paypal business account, you will have to pay for it, but only the most minescule amount will be shaved off any incoming money. Page 4 school survival 5) Get your Paypal account verified, Just follow the instructions, there is a small cash incentive as they will deposit some money into your bank account as part of the process. 6) Incorporate shopping carts into your web design, to do this go to merchant tools, then click where it says shopping cart and follow the instructions. 7) Check everything on your website works. 8) Find a free hosting website like freewebs.com and sign up for free hosting. 9) Upload your site and check everything works. 10) Put some advertisements on your site, it makes it look professional. Try Amazon.com. 11) Check everything works, get feedback on your site, then alter the design if necessary. 12) Buy domain registration. This can range from £5.00 for one year of basic web forwarding (when someone types in your desired web address, the browser goes to your actual web address), to £1000 for two years for the best hosting, web and email forwarding imaginable. Page 5 school survival 13) Advertise. B. Selling Stuff on Ebay; 1) Set up a seller account. 2) Find something to sell. 3) Sell it through Ebay. 4) Find a way to get it to the person cheaply and easily. 5) Rake in the cash. 2.Other: Selling Art online "Webuser" issue 151 pages 3637 Section B. Saving Money: 1. Avoid expensive calls at www.saynoto0870.com 2. Save money on everything at www.moneysavingexpert.com 3. Sell your house without estate agent commision at www.houseweb.co.uk 4. Find misspelled Ebay bargains at Page 6 school survival www.auctionintelligence.com 5. Slash your bills at www.uswitch.com 6. Power your own home at www.est.org.uk/housingbuildings/funding 7. Become selfsufficient at www.acountrylife.com 8. Get a free home makeover at www.bbc.co.uk/homes/tv_and_radio 9. Find a great pub at www.beerintheevening.com 10. See all the shows at www.whatsonstage.com 11. Book the perfect restaurant at www.restaurantguide. com 12. Watch free movies at www.kikamoocow.worldonline.co.uk/freecinematicke ts/index.htm 13. Share a lift to work at www.liftshare.org 14. Find easy public transport at www.transportdirect.info 15. Become a mystery shopper at www.mysteryshopper. co.uk Page 7 school survival 16. Get on the telly and win money at www.ukgameshows.com _______ 17. Get a qualification at www.hotcourses.com 18. Learn everything at www.videojug.com | These will help you get a better job / 19. Learn a language at www.bbc.co.uk/languages/ 20. Give up smoking at www.givingupsmoking.co.uk 21. Go on a diet at www.dailydiettracker.co.uk 22. Swap houses instead of staying in a hotel at www.homelink.org.uk 23. Find the perfect hotel at www.tripadvisor.net 24. Find the best airline seat at www.seatguru.com 25. Become a cocktail king at www.drinksmixer.com 26. Become an actor at www.amdram.co.uk 27. Read the classics for free at www.bartleby.com Page 8 school survival 28. Learn to cook at www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes 29. Get help for making a movie at www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork 30. This next one comes from me; Put £5.00 in a sock you don't wear anymore, tie a knot in the sock (so the money will stay in), lose the sock, I mean really have no idea where it is, then when you next need money you will find the sock. Written By Alexander Gordon Jaws Nintendo Jahans Please note at the time of writing I still have one and a bit years of school left, so the information may be a tad inacurate. Page 9 |