[Legion Leak] Education Life Hacks

Let's have a bit of fun.

This tutorial consist of several life hacks which'll assist you in finishing your education. I utilized several of these methods myself back in high school and college and there's without a doubt several methods you should consider trying.

Note that this is not a tutorial on how to hack the school computers, modify the grade database or deface the school website - I wrote this tutorial as I thought it could help many of you and I thought it would be a different contribution than what I normally work with.

Assignments / Tests

Extra time for Assignments

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If you've failed in making an assignment at time then open any word file in Notepad, you'll see lots of code and you simply have to delete any chunk of it; the file will appear to be corrupt when trying to open it. Another thing is to change the extension of .jpg .mp3 or any other file into a .doc file.

Fake illness

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If you need to appear sick for something, then eat half a cigarette. You'll start sweating, get dizzy, pale and you'll look really ill. About half an hour after eating it you'll vomit everything. It's a dramatic method, but it's effective. Do note that I'm not a doctor and I don't know how this will effect your health, I'm quite sure it won't harm you majorly though.

Increase paper length

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If your paper is just a tiny bit  - assuming they look at length and not word count - then do a find/replace for all of your punctuation and make them all 2 font sizes larger. Another trick is to decrease the margins slightly, though there's a greater chance that this will be noticed.

The few extra lines might just be what you needed to conform with legnth guidelines.

Mimic views

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Always take notes on your professors political and philosophical ideologies and world view; this information will benefit you greatly when writing different assignments and will also give you an edge in class if you utilize the knowledge correctly.

Research Assistance

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Find a solid souce which pertains exactly to your thesis, then use the bibliography from this source for more information. Alternatively you can use the bibliography of Wikipedia articles - don't link to wikipedia as source.

Studying

Improve creativity

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If you're doing creative writing and are having trouble being creative, then stop writing on PC and continue with handwriting; writing by hand slows down the process which allows the mind to wander and your creativity is therefore stimulated.

Sensory deprivation

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Force the brain into being creative by laying down on a couch or bed with something thin over your eyes and then close your eyes. Put a radio on static or loop a youtube video with static sounds - don't turn it up too much, but just have it at a medium level so it'll block external inputs to your brain. By blocking external inputs your brain will start creating its own. 

Memory boost

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Move your eyes from side-to-side for 30 seconds. Research states that horizontal eye movement makes your brain hemispheres communicate better and will also calm you down a bit.

Improve mental state

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Improve your overall mental state and retention of memories after studying by playing a video games that requires a high level of concentration - Tetris or Bejeweled are examples. This will reduce stress and improve retention.

Make PC read homework

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Should your homework be available online, then don't read it yourself, instead download a text reading program and have it read the text at 2-3 times normal speed. You can lay in bed or do other things and most of the information will still stick, it'll in most cases stick better as you don't stress your eyes and don't get bored.

Kill time wasters

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Download a program that tracks your doings or even enables you to block all sorts of time wasting sites. Knowing exactly how much time you've wasting will make you more productive in the end.

Procrastination

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Tell friends or family about the things you're working on; you wouldn't want to disappoint them or get humiliated and you'll then work harder to accomplish your goals.