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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1981)
1 s L ^ l Wednesday Thursday 10 Friday 11 Saturday 12 computing what you need to make on the final to get an A, B, C D or simply to pass, and what each of these possibilities will do to your GPR, and studied instead, you just might make the score which seems so impossible now. _ Just do your best. That's all Mom and Dad can ask, and if they cut off the funds, get a job. Then you'll have an excuse for having low grades. To help you get through finals week, the Focus staff has prepared a calendar to help you keep track of your time. We have included a day- by-list of what you should be doing and what you'll probably really do. Good luck, and study hard! 16 WEDNESDAY OF FINALS WEEK 1 What is sleep? } In case you've forgotten by this ) time, sleep is what people do 1 sometimes at night, or during ' class. t 1. Find an empty bed. Clean sheets are optional. It should be in a quiet place out of heavy traffic areas. 2. Lie down. (Don't lay down. If you lay down on a bed, you de serve to flunk out. This is college, and in college people lie down. We're not allowed to talk about people who lay on beds. Take spe cial note of this, because it might come up on your English exam.) 3. Get comfortable. Pillow, teddy bears and blankets help create atmosphere for this. 4. Close your eyes and think pretty thoughts. Don't think about school, or tests. 5. Soon a blank feeling, kind of like what you felt during your his tory class, will invade your body. This is sleep. 6. Enjoy it, but don't get too used to it. You've got a couple of days of studying left. THURSDAY OF DEAD WEEK Spend a lot of time telling your friends your finals schedule ("I have three tests on Tuesday, and a paper due by the end of the semes ter so I don't fail, and another test on Wednesday, and one on Friday, and it takes me twelve hours to drive home, and I have to be home by Saturday because a friend is coming to visit"). This eats up a lot of valuable study time. Now is a good time to start treat ing the people who sit near you in class like they are life-long friends. Tell them that you'll have to get together some time to go dancing or something, then ask if they want to study together. Don't tell them until they arrive that you are mis sing 17 days of notes and never bought a book for the class. 17 THURSDAY OF FINALS WEEK More and more people are leav ing. After tomorrow, it'll all be over. Forget about studying for your tests — it's time to do some heavy-duty grovelling to save the GPR. Visit your English prof. Remind him of your name and that you had a University excuse for missing one week of class. Don't mention the other seven weeks you missed, and cough a lot, then blow your nose. Pull out a copy of your first paper of the semester, and point out that what your prof said he thought what you meant wasn't actually what you were saying, even though you wrote it like that. With any luck, he will give you the one-half point that you need just to get rid of you. FEUD AY of DEAD WEEK Realize that it's getting closer. Go to the grocery store and stock up on various forms of caffeine and lots of junk food. We recommend gooey cookies, peanut butter, ice cream, M&M's, Cracker Jack and potato chips. Play catch-up Soon you'll be able to spend the entire day in front of the television in a catatonic state. Try to retain enough coherency to stumble back and forth from the refrigerator. Now is a good time to to start catching up on your soap operas. Did you even know that Luke and Laura were married this semester? SATURDAY BEFORE FINALS Do your Christmas shopping. Continue to worry and fret about the number and timing of your fin als. If any of your friends don't know your finals schedule by heart, go over it for them one more time. Leave your own Christmas list lying around so someone will see it. Gift suggestions Buy your parents a bottle of booze that they don't like. They will give it back to you, and after this week, who deserves it more? Buy your roommate some ex pensive candy. After it's opened, eat it all. Buy your best friend a fake diplo ma as a reminder that the real thing does exist. SATURDAY AFTER FINALS WEDNESDAY DEC 16 Classes Meeting MWF 10 or MWF 9:30-10:30 MWF 3 or MWF 2:30-3:30 TTH 11-12:15 or TTH 10-11:15 TTH 3:30-4:45 or TTH 2:30-3:45 THURSDAY DEC. 17 Exam Time 8-10a.m. 11-1 p.m. . 2-4p.m. Classes Meeting MWF 11 or MWF 10:30-11:30 . MWF 4 or MWF3:30-4:30 ... TTH 12:30-1:45 or TTH 11:30-12:45 .. 5-7p.m. Exam Time .. 8-10a.m. .. 11-1 p.m. ... 2-4p.m. Time to get the hell out of College Station! FRIDAY DEC. 18 Classes Meeting MWF 12 or MWF 11:30-12:30 TTH 2-3:15 or TTH 1-2:15 Exam Time By now you are safely home. Or well on the way. The first thing to do when you get there is find out where your mom hid the Christmas cookies. Grab a few to munch on as you hunt for and rattle Christmas pre sents. Practice being your favorite vegetable.