How To Write A College/University Term Paper

[Raz_Kaz]

1. Sit in a straight, comfortable chair in a well lit place in front of your computer.

2. Log onto MSN and ICQ (be sure to go on away!). Check your email.

3. Read over the assignment carefully, to make certain you understand it.

4. Walk down to the vending machines and buy some chocolate to help you concentrate.

5. Check your email.

6. Call up a friend and ask if he/she wants to go to grab a coffee. Just to get settled down and ready to work.

7. When you get back to your room, sit in a straight, comfortable chair in a clean, well lit place.

8. Read over the assignment again to make absolutely certain you understand it.

9. Check your email.

10. You know, you haven't written to that kid you met at camp since fourth grade. You'd better write that letter now and get it out of the way so you can concentrate.

11. Look at your teeth in the bathroom mirror.

12. Grab some mp3z off of kazaa.

13. Check your email. ANY OF THIS SOUND FAMILIAR YET?!

14. MSN chat with one of your friends about the future. (ie summer plans).

15. Check your email.

16. Listen to your new mp3z and download some more.

17. Phone your friend on the other floor and ask if she's started writing yet. Exchange derogatory emarks about your prof, the
course, the college, the world at large.

18. Walk to the store and buy a pack of gum. You've probably run out.

19. While you've got the gum you may as well buy a magazine and read it.

20. Check your email.

21. Check the newspaper listings to make sure you aren't missing something truly worthwhile on TV.

22. Play some solitare (or age of legends!).

23. Check out bored.com.

24. Wash your hands.

25. Call up a friend to see how much they have done, probably haven't started either.

26. Look through your housemate's book of pictures from home. Ask who everyone is.

27. Sit down and do some serious thinking about your plans for the future.

28. Check to see if bored.com has been updated yet.

29. Check your email and listen to your new mp3z.

30. You should be rebooting by now, assuming that windows is crashing on schedule.

31. Read over the assignment one more time, just for heck of it.

32. Scoot your chair across the room to the window and watch the sunrise.

33. Lie face down on the floor and moan.

34. Punch the wall and break something.

35. Check your email.

36. Mumble obscenities.

37. 5am - start hacking on the paper without stopping. 6am -paper is finished.

38. Complain to everyone that you didn't get any sleep because you had to write that stupid paper.

39. Go to class, hand in paper, and leave right away so you can take a nap.

[sidewayzS13]

most of that sounds familiar. you left out the 12 pack of beer mos of us would drink while writting a paper. you left out smoking a blunt or 2 and most importantly you left out check AF frequently

[sivic02]

Well the e-mail thing is right considering half of my e-mail comes from AF and during papers I always think... I wonder if the guy who wants veetek on his 1963 accord has replied. You did forget about 20 "Chug a beer" or "take a shot"s in there, but besides that, yeah thats dead on for the first few years of college, then you get more responsible and write papers before they are assigned...

[Myride]

Haha thats great....most of it was rather fitting. You forgot though watching some tv, napping, and making food.

[Damien]

^Minor technicalities...

Good Raz, sounds like my week after spring break. 3 papers = 3 nights like that in a row. Yes, no sleep for 3 days! w00t w00t

[jon@af]

lol, sounds like my first semester of college. Second semester, however, I took the two weeks and work on my paper the entire time and got a very high grade.

[TexasF355F1]

Always been a paper procrastinator and never received less than a B. The same can apply for Presentations as well.

[BrodyP]

18. Walk to the store and buy a pack of gum. You've probably run out.

nah a pack of stogz it was for me

[MBTN]

Things tended to happen like that.

Sign onto AIM... talk to your friend down the hall about how the paper sucks and you won't want to write it.

Go down to the lounge with a friend and order some pizza.

Eat pizza and play some PS2

Go back to your room and play counter-strike

Write paper at 4am

[clawhammer]

Sounds about right with the things added mentioned by the posts above me.