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Did you ever wake up and wonder when your life became a soap opera? A bizzare mixture between 'Dawson's Creek' and 'Days of our Lives'?



I know I've had that feeling - that it's just all too dramatic and ridiculous, and wouldn't it be nice to go and under a nicely-furnished rock for a while? So, whilst I do not promise or claim to be an expert on how teenage boys minds work or how you can uncode your best friend's baffling behaviour, I'll always attempt to empathise and offer some honest words of advice.



I am 21, with a fairly dysfunctional life as a artsy student type. I've recently graduated with a degree in Philosophy, and am spending time working in the law before returning to university for further study. I still don't know what I want to do with my life, but I like where I am at the moment. I like shoes, bad television, chocolate cheescake and pretty things.



I am very busy at the moment, attempting to fund my life as a postgraduate (that's grad school to the Americans). I do still stop by quite a lot to help out with the admin stuff, but my column is pretty lame and inactive. Boo-hiss. I will however still endeavour to answer any questions that are sent my way, so feel free to send questions to my inbox.





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I need a really good GPA in order to get the full grant that's offered at a transfer school. The problem is my Art History class sounds really difficult. There's only two tests, and each involves memorizing the name, date, tools used, location, and artist of 25 random slides we view in class.

So my question is, what should I do if I don't get a good grade on the first test? I'm majoring in art, so I'd have to change my whole major if I dropped the class. I'm not really good at anything else. Besides, I'm not sure if I can afford to change my major.

I will not, under any circumstances, rate you. I refuse to give anyone who answers this a 5.


I think it's good advice to talk to your teacher now about your concerns and what your options are if you don't do well in the tests. If it's an option and you suspect you won't do well in type of test you've been set you could start work on extra credit things now.

Don't resign yourself to a bad grade - if you work hard at preparing for the tests from the beginning your bound to do a lot better than you think. For things which are pure tests of memory, I find making record cards with the things I need to remember on them to test myself - for example, you could paste printed copy of the painting on one side, then have the key details you need to remember (name, date, location, etc.) written on the opposite side. Practice by shuffling the cards, picking one, and see how much you remember. Just test yourself over and over again and you will pick it up. That's how I learnt french verbs and the various personalities of Russian history. Good luck!

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That's a great idea, and it would work if I could just get a copy of the slides. But we have to go to the class and study, and they're slides, so I can't really mix them up. I did discuss it with my teacher, and now the test doesn't seem as hard. Thanks.
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