Saturday, October 21, 2006

The perfect way to an essay

I have two methods to produce a paper. One for papers that are over four pages long and another for the quick papers that are under. Remember, no animals were harmed during the making of these essays.

For under four pages:
1.~Read the recommended material and highlight any phrases that contain important information.
2.~Locate a working computer
3.~ Spew all information learned from the books onto the screen. Remember that all liquids should avoid the keyboard for the safety of the computer.
4.~ Re-read material.
5.~After making faces at your rather sad organizations skills use the cut and paste option to make some sense of the jumble.
6.~Read newly organized material for grammar checks.
7.~Print
8.~Turn in paper after a final check for typing errors. If errors please repeat steps 6 and 7.


For papers OVER four pages:
1.~Construct a basic outline based on the information already known.
2.~Scan through the requested materials, using a highlighter when absolutely necessary. DO NOT allow for more than an hour on each book. Note: This step is harder than it seems… so much fun information to read!!
3.~On a piece of lined college style paper, with a blue ball-point pen, record a bulleted list of the highlighted sections and other information that is important.
4.~Modify basic outline to fit the general gist of the information held in the bulleted list. Also done with the paper and pen mentioned in 3.
5.~On a separate piece of paper construct a detailed outline using a combination of classical outline style and shorthand bulleted lists. Basically, combine steps 3 and 1.
6.~Write the first draft.
6.~ Buy cat treats.
7.~Lure the lovely, homework eating, kitten with a combination of school papers left as bait on the couch and cat treats in hand.
8.~ Take the cat to room and deposit him on the fluffy chair. Remember, you must keep a constant supply of cat treats being fed to him, otherwise he gets board and hides in the closet or under the bed.
9.~Read the first draft to said cat.
10.~Ignore any self grooming and disinterest the cat shows… it’s just his way of showing he cares.
11.~Make corrections as needed on the paper with a red pall-point pen.
12.~Allow the cat to wander away and re-write the paper.
13.~Repeat steps 7-9 with the second draft.
14.~Re-write, making corrections on grammar this time.
15.~Print.
16.~Take the third draft to local Writing Center. They pay MUCH better attention than the cat does… and you don’t have to buy them treats!
17.~Make recommended corrections.
18.~Print
19.~Turn in the paper after a final check for typing errors. If errors repeat steps 18 and 19.
20.~Locate cat one final time and reward him for his patience.
If either of these methods fail to work for you, feel free to modify them as needed. Also remember, in the need of time, some steps may be ignored at the risk of a lowered grade.
Well, that’s all for now.
Ja! ^^

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