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So you've just finished high school and now you are off to college with the mindset thinking that you are now free. Well, think again, college is a lot more competitive than high school and you can't afford to screw up unless you want that expensive tuition money you just gave the school to go down the drain. Not only is failing a waste of money but a waste of your time, your parent's time, and the school's time as well. And quite frankly, no one really needs their time to be wasted by a precocious brat like you.

College is a lot harder than people say. Sure, classes are a lot shorter, you can decide which class you want to take and which professor to take, but don't think it's going to be easy all the time. It is recommended to study another hour outside of class in your own time for every hour you are in class if you want to pass the class with a high grade. Not just that, it's also advised for students to come and spend time with the professor to go over anything you might not have understood while in class or when studying on your own because not all professors will waste the class's time to help just you. This means you are spending two to three times more of your time studying for classes.

College pretty much means now you can party all night with your friends, but it also means study groups up till the 4:00am at times. If you want to pass your classes with a high grade to keep your grade point average high you will need to be studying as much as you can. And two heads are better than one so three, four or five heads should be even better. Study groups are a common thing once you get to college.

One thing that most college students do is procrastinate all the time. To them, the due date for an assignment is still far away so to them they think that the time now is best used for partying and such. However, most of the time they will get caught up and eventually forget about the assignment's due date and when they suddenly remember about it, it will be too late for them and they will either receive a poor grade for a rushed project or just don't even attempt to do it at all which leads to the students' failure of the class resulting in an academic probation thus ultimately getting kicked out by the dean.

College can be a place for a student to learn about themselves and sadly, they will come to the realization of the harsh reality of the real world. That for every action they take, there will be rewards as well as dire consequences that will hurt their careers in life deeply. If they don't learn soon they will fall into these deadly traps and once inside, it will be extremely exhausting and difficult for a person to get out of these binds. So rather than wasting your time with such meaningless constrictions, it is better to set out for that goal you had for yourself and go at it at full throttle.

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Working at Home Isn"t All Fun and Games

I enjoy telling people that I "work at home." I can see that wistful look in their eyes, and I can hear it in their voices when they say, "That must be nice." And then for about five minutes, they do a little daydreaming about what it would be like to "work at home." I never explain to them about the measure of self-discipline it takes, and how great are the temptations to take a "break" and reorganize my sock drawer when I find myself faced with working on a project that is less than interesting (or worse yet, "not as profitable" as other projects). Why burst their bubble? Let them daydream awhile?.

Working at home can be all the wonderful things that those people daydream about. Setting my own hours, working at my own pace (project deadlines permitting), running to the market at 1 o"clock on a Wednesday afternoon when there"s nobody there---these are just a few of the plusses of working at home. For parents (whether it is the mom or dad, or both working at home), being able to adjust their working schedule to school schedules, being able to take the kids to the orthodontist or to soccer practice, working at home is a definite plus. For people who don"t work at home and who want to work at home, it is probably hard to think of even one minus. But the fact of the matter is, the minuses do exist---in abundance.

It is not my purpose here to ruin all your hopes or plans to establish yourself as a work-at-homer. In fact, I do encourage you to follow that dream and be your own boss. However, I want you to take just a few minutes to take stock of your situation and once and for all decide if working at home really is in your best interest.

First, and obviously, you have to have a job skill that is amenable to the at-home environment. If you trim poodles on the weekend and think you can turn it into a full-time at-home business, then look around. Do you live in a two-bedroom apartment on the second floor and just do your neighbor"s poodle once a month (but you do it really well)? Or do you live a four-bedroom ranch house with a three-car garage that can be made over into "Donna"s Clip Joint" and happen to live in an urban neighborhood where everyone has pets? And even if you do, what about all the permits that you will need? Will you be able to pursue this type of work at home, and do so legally?

The most applicable work-at-home job skills involve the use of a computer, the Internet, phone, fax, and other small business/office machines. You can hardly drive from home to the grocery store without seeing those signs nailed to telephone poles: "Got a Computer? Earn up to $2000 at home!" Of course, you can, but can you?

For the sake of argument, let"s presume then that you have a computer and an assortment of small business machines, and that you do indeed have some skill that you believe can be marketed. Let"s focus on you for a minute: Are you self-disciplined? Are you organized? Do you have the proper workspace where you can work undisturbed? Are you able to face a workday where you have no supervision or guidance? Can you work at home, day after day, without having the people contact that you would typically find "on the job"? When you have overlapping projects, will you be able to cope with the necessary prioritizing so that you get the time-critical job done on time without jeopardizing the next job in line?

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