Too much school in the way...

Well right now school is making me very mad because Assassin's Creed hits stores on Wednesday, I already have it pre-ordered but I still got that full week of school in the way, interfering with my AC play time! But luckily Mass Effect comes out the Tuesday the week after this week and I'll be picking it up after school on that Tuesday and I'll have all of Thanksgiving break to play it (I have ME pre-ordered in full). But at the same time, after that, I have to go through another 4 full weeks of school before getting off for winter break!

Doesn't the school standing in the way right now make y'all very mad! It certainly makes me mad because it stands directly in the way of AC and ME's release, and schools for some reason on big release days for games (for example, when Halo 3 came out I got about 3 hours of homework that night which is far more than usual) give a maximum lockdown of busy work and homework, which sucks big time too. And not only that, but they always shove all these exams and other s*** down your throat right before you get off for either thanksgiving and/or Winter Break!

I'll put up a poll to see who agrees with me on this extremely annoying issue right now.

Do what I do for big games.

Go to school that day, go for as long as it takes for you to be there for a full day, mine is till 11:30, go to the health room and fake sick to go home and play.

I dont do my homework the night of a big release, I turn it in late.

School is good for you kids. Unless you want to work at MacDonald's for the rest of your lives.Cruxis27

School is good for you kids. Unless you want to work at MacDonald's for the rest of your lives.Cruxis27

It's McDonalds, sir. Not... MacDonalds.

[QUOTE="Cruxis27"]School is good for you kids. Unless you want to work at MacDonald's for the rest of your lives.stevenk4k5

It's McDonalds, sir. Not... MacDonalds.

I lol'd

haha

Well welcome to the real world where you can't sit around and play video games all day.MyndFlyte

Agree

haha, im in 7th grade, and my teachers give me like, nothing for homework, so i like, play every night. getting AC and it will probably keep me up every night.:Dryguy1234

Well get ready for high school when you'll be facing frequent 1 and a half to 3 hour nights of homework (I'm a freshman in HS right now).

School is alot more fun than videogames when how well you do becomes the direct and most decisive factor in how much money you will make in life.TheSystemLord1

Well welcome to the real world where you can't sit around and play video games all day.MyndFlyte

[QUOTE="ryguy1234"]haha, im in 7th grade, and my teachers give me like, nothing for homework, so i like, play every night. getting AC and it will probably keep me up every night.:DDisturbed_King

Well get ready for high school when you'll be facing frequent 1 and a half to 3 hour nights of homework (I'm a freshman in HS right now).

Theres a trick to that wait till the last minute like a day before or 20 mins before class and do all of the homework then turn it in and repeat for the next time. It worked for me when I was in Highschool even though they were AP classes; do they still have those? If its a writing assignment like an analytical essay just use some quotes from the 1chap, 3 of the middle chapters and then some from the ending chapters and go with a good generalized factor like character development or something along those lines. The best part is you dont have to read the book and you get a A+ paper. Well good luck in Highschool.

[QUOTE="Disturbed_King"]

[QUOTE="ryguy1234"]haha, im in 7th grade, and my teachers give me like, nothing for homework, so i like, play every night. getting AC and it will probably keep me up every night.:Ddracos9000

Well get ready for high school when you'll be facing frequent 1 and a half to 3 hour nights of homework (I'm a freshman in HS right now).

Theres a trick to that wait till the last minute like a day before or 20 mins before class and do all of the homework then turn it in and repeat for the next time. It worked for me when I was in Highschool even though they were AP classes; do they still have those? If its a writing assignment like an analytical essay just use some quotes from the 1chap, 3 of the middle chapters and then some from the ending chapters and go with a good generalized factor like character development or something along those lines. The best part is you dont have to read the book and you get a A+ paper. Well good luck in Highschool.

School >>>> Gaming

Gaming >>> homework

Gaming >>> work deadlines

u get the point but school comes first really, the middle bits all about the gaming lol!

School >>>> Gaming

Gaming >>> homework

Gaming >>> work deadlines

u get the point but school comes first really, the middle bits all about the gaming lol!

NeDi2004

I really dont care if its gets in my way or not. Game's is going to do me nothing in the future...trophylocoste

Money is more in my way =)Stevie_Q

[QUOTE="NeDi2004"]

School >>>> Gaming

Gaming >>> homework

Gaming >>> work deadlines

u get the point but school comes first really, the middle bits all about the gaming lol!

GreasyFetus69

well u ATLEAST have to make the effort to go but its up to you if u wanna do the extra work provided lol..

School >>>> Gaming

Gaming >>> homework

Gaming >>> work deadlines

u get the point but school comes first really, the middle bits all about the gaming lol!

NeDi2004

*applauds*

I think I have it worst (at least out of the non-college people). I am a senior in high school, nothing but AP classes, and at least an hour of homework each night for my English class alone. We are writing about one paper each week (this last week's was 5-7 pages), with book analyses that everyone forgets about until the weekend before it's due thus leading to no one in the class having any weekend at all. The whole "quote from each section" thing dosn't work for my teacher, either, because (as an English Major and also college prof) he has read almost every book on our list.

I haven't gotten a new game since Pokemon Pearl(which has been a Godsend due to the fact that it can be played in short bursts when I happen to have free time) and GH2 before that. If I happen to have any Calculus work to do, that takes more time out of my weekend (the teacher gives optional homework during the week and most tests are "take home tests" where we can use any notes we have taken, but they are f***ing HARD tests).

Then I also have a job. I have been working almost nothing for the last while because I'm recovering from a broken wrist, and I'm about ready to quit until Jan (when I'll only have school until 11) so that I can focus on English, which has been the biggest pain in my side, if you didn't get that from my first paragraph. The only people that get ANY sympathy from me are the guys who are in college, off of the parents' bill, with a full-time job. The rest of you, do what I do and GET OVER IT. School sucks, but it is the most important part of your life right now. Drop out of school and you only screw yourself over.

In reply to your post above the quote from the sections does work but you have to be smart about it you have to be able to unify with your commentary and make sure the quotes have substantial proof for your analysis. I know it works for a fact since it has been working for me since my first analytical essay and I am now a junior in college with my lowest paper grade being an A and a gpa of 3.8. Remember the trick can only continue to work well into college if you are very crafty with words and structure. Also do not push too hard in highschool just enough to get into the 10% graduating class which doesnt require too much effort. Pushing too hard in high school will only hurt you, I have seen so many ex-valedictorians and salutorians choke in college; not because they couldnt do it but because they burned themselves out in highschool with unecessary studying and stress. In my opinion schools have too many unecessary basic classes and the core classes and some of the classes that go with the majors are completely ridiculous. Some suggestions: Do not study past 1-2hours because after that you will just be staring at the information and not really soaking it into your knowledge. Learn or teach yourself how to effectively abosrb information from class lectures and important information from the text books. Most important factor do not over stress about anything in school having a balance between the I dont care attitude and OMFG my life is over attitude helps alot. Well thats my 4 cents.

hey hey hey look at it this way gaming is so not important than school, but getting a new game can make you feel very anxious a hyper to play the game and you cant concentrate on your homework. even worse studying for a test, 86.97% of the time i fail test because im getting a new game and i want to play it so much. so if you feel youre gonna have S#!7load of homework and a hard ass test to do ask your parents or someone you trust to hold your DISTRACTION away from you for the week to ease your mind and keep you focused on your homework...........Well you could also try creating the next biggest invention and see where that takes you just saying and i hope i helped