Sociology of deviance. The concept of the class is quite awesome actually. The learning material is pretty interesting, and we only have to take 3 tests. No mid-term, no final. The 2 best marks out of 3 are taken and BOOM! There's your mark. Personally, all classes should be this way. It would relieve the added stress of those dreadful words: MID-TERM and FINAL!
I woke up this morning and told myself: "At 12, I will begin studying." As i opened my cupboard (only to find that my brother finished the Alpha Bits, and I finished my vanilla shreddies, my only option left was rice crispies) I sprinkled some Quik on top and went back to my room. As I flipped through the channels to find something interesting to watch, I found Practical Magic, which was my favorite movie as a kid. Obviously, I watched it from beginning to end. And now, here I am. Blogging, and not studying, which according to my class is a deviant behavior.
My study habits are quite good actually. As I review my chapters, I write all the important points on post-its and place them above my bed in a categorized manner. This not only helps me study better, but if ever I want to brush up on the objectivist theories on deviant behavior (i.e. statistical rarity, harm, negative societal reaction, and most importantly, normative violation) I can simply walk over to my bed and read the properly marked post-it. I tried this method last semester for my Pre 1600 British Literature final, wherein I had to memorize 50 definitions, supported by 5 examples per definition. This was the outcome:
Each pink post-it marked the category (i.e genre, people, concepts etc) and each yellow post-it marked the definition with the 5 supporting examples. (p.s its backwards, cuz i took the picture with my PhotoBooth so the computer had to face the wall). In any case, I began my post-it strategy for this class on Thursday and have yet to continue it. This test covers chapters 1-3. I have yet to read the third chapter and am 2 post-its shy of completing the first chapter upon my wall. List of things to do today and tommorow and a little bit for monday:
TODAY:
- finish post-its for chapter 1 and 2
- read chapter three
- catch up on post 1600 british literature readings
- make something yummy for lunch with the serious lack of food in the house. be creative.
TONIGHT:
- decide whether or not to eat dinner at home with mommy or at apartment with bf.
- go to bf's apartment.
- go to brutopia tonight for alex's birthday and get ma drink on.
- decide whether or not to sleep at bf's apartment.
TOMORROW:
- do post-its for chapter three
- go over post-its for chapters 1 through 3 again. memorize!
- begin making valentine's gift for bf
- catch up on sociology of cyberspace readings.
MONDAY:
- potentially skip first two classes to cram for socio test.
- refuse to accept a failing mark :)
I have now set a goal for the next few days, it is important that I keep up with these goals and realize it is now 2 hours past the time i decided to begin studying. I am now officially beginning study/post-it time. Wish me luck!
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