“Yes, everyone says that… but it’s hard to do… not everyone can do it”, a friend of mine says. Why? Because no one ever really thinks what’s the advantage of this simplistic algorithm. Here are 4 reasons why you should:
1. (Time required for early starter) <= (Time required for late starter)
Assume: Carlos and Russell have the same brain power.
Carlos does his homework the day it is given, after 3 hours, he’s stuck on homework #5 and #10 (The though ones). He tried to solve it, no good? He yawns, goes to bed, and put more hours tomorrow with hints from his TA or teacher… In about 5 hours it’s done almost perfectly.
Russell starts the same homework a day before it’s due. After 3 hours, he’s stuck on #5 and #10 also. He tried to solve it, no good? He panicked, yawn, get that coffee (or worst, adderall), and tried to solve it. After 30 min of being stuck, he called his ‘genius’ friends. Errr, they’re asleep… OH NO. He then has to go for the half genius… ooh… they can’t do it too… after 30 min of calling… he decided, he’ll pull an all-nighter. After 3 hours of plunging his time to the hole, God feel sorry for him and light him with the answer. For those of you who don’t believe in God: poor Russell. He spent at least 6 hours with panic, coffee, and Godly miracles. He might not even finish it. The stress, the pain, all for nothing. He just can’t achieve perfection. He then has nightmares in his night time.
Carlos took 5 hours of peaceful homework hours, Russell took 6 hrs with miracles, nuff said.
Wait! That is if they got stuck right? Okay, let’s increase their brain power to the maximum level such that both of them can answer any questions. How long does it take to finish the homework? Awwwww, it’s the SAME. The best case scenario of the late starter is equal to the early starter. (Time required for early starter) <= (Time required for late starter). All of you who go to school and don’t understand this, shame on you.
2. Shit happens … well, I got 3 more days to clean them up, HAAaaaaaa
How many of us are genius? Ask any of them, ever got stuck? Hell yes… I got a cum laude friend, he got stuck. A good homework is supposed to challenge you. Leave room if you’re not up to the challenge, don’t be a hero. Just win the battle.
3. Take advantage of your teacher and TA
Hate to be taken advantage of by your teacher and TA? Strike back. Use them as you please to help your homework problem. Some of them will give you initial hint, some of them do half of the problem, and some of them do it all. Seems silly? Maybe, but some of them care so much that you understand the materials; they are willing to do so. For the ones that don’t care, hey, they deserve to be taken advantage of (You paid them). Therefore, use them.
4. Ace it and have fun
Do something better than panic, than stress, than procrastinating. Finish your assignments!
Then go out, get some money, get a date, go to gym, or parteeeyyy!!! You choose! You only live once, why spend it more than you have to on assignments? Let’s enjoy our youth, start early.
I hope I’ve convinced some of you with these reasons, now, I really really hope that you stop reading my blog, kill that assignments, then maybe (just maybe) leave comments of how great that feels.
What do you guys think? Anyone disagree? Is there anything I miss? Please share it with us. The point of this blog is to build a community for people to help each other getting a 4.0. Again, login is not needed to comment!
~ Soma, Founder of ClickNSmart Inc
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October 12th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
Hey Soma,
Ur story cracks me up, haha. Carlos and Russel? Are they who I think they are? ^^
I agree on ur first point! I keep telling my friends, no one gets it.
Thanks for this post, I’ll share to my bf for sure. He canceled our dates 3 times in a row. All because he late minuted on Friday and are too sleepy on Saturday…
Keep up the good work.
October 12th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
dude, u make me feel bad for reading all the times now
very inspirational man, nice job
October 12th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
Yea, I always do my assignment at the last minute. And when you care about turning it in on time, you don’t care about the quality. It sucks! >< Thanks for your suggestions man.
October 13th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
But, each homework is just 1% of your grade (well, at least in my case, that’s how they do it). So midterms and final exam are wayyy more important. Maybe you could write about them in the future?
October 14th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Hi Soma, thank you for your sweet success tips. However, i have the same issues with Glestari. My tests weighted much more than homework only. In addition, I fall asleep everytime I read. (apparently i don’t read much from the book). any tips for that?
Thank you. ^_^
October 14th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
elegance, yeap, it’s 2 of my favorite comedians. They make fun of so many people… strike back, hahaha.
Good luck to you
October 14th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
glestari and catherine, you two are correct, test is usually more important than homework. Normally homework is worth about 1 - 25%, so it might still be imporant. It depends on each class.
Regardless of their worth, homework and assignment are also preparations to the our test. If you do all your homework, generally (there is exception) it is easier to prepare for test. It is also something that you have most control with since if you can always perfected it if you try.
Test and reading tips are coming up in a few articles! I want to make it fast, but I am also in pursuit of the 4.0 :p
October 15th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
good articles!!. i like it. hope to see your other articles soma.