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Via Rachel Held Evans<\/a>, I learned of this recent XKCD comic<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Instead of having these nightmares, you can actually avoid them by taking some simple steps while a student: Read the syllabus<\/a>. Put deadlines into an electronic calendar like Outlook, and put a reminder alert scheduled for as long before that deadline as you need, in order to have enough time to research it and write it properly. Better still, put a deadline in by which you will expect yourself to finish a first draft<\/em>, a good week before the actual due date.<\/p>\n

And of course, once you\u2019ve done due diligence to seek the answers already provided by the professor, then ask intelligent and well-thought-out questions<\/a> to get clarification from the professor.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"