Save Save Save!!!

Didn't those "post-it-up-on-the-refrigerator" A+ papers that you did in high school just give you such a good feeling? Being in high school, or even if your in college right now, it will do you well to keep your work--papers, notes, homework-- for college. Since I've been in college, I've found that keeping all my work from high school has helped me more than I ever thought it would.

I find myself calling home all the time to have my mom find an assignment that I did in high school that will help me with one that I have just been assigned in one of my classes here at Purdue. Believe it or not, you'll find yourself doing just the things you did in high school all over again.

Recently in my math class, all we have learned are things that I learned last year when I was a senior taking a course called Discrete Math. Saving everything and keeping all my papers, tests, and quizzes from that math class was the best choice I could have made. I really think saving work is one of the best things you can do for yourself. Before I started classes this semester, I had no idea that Math 137 here at Purdue University was anything at all like Discrete Math and Bishop Dwenger High School. I've had my math binder shipped to Purdue, and I've studied my high school notes/quizzes/tests along with notes I've gotten here. Let's just say I've gotten an A on every quiz and test here, and I think it's all because I've saved my work.

Also, once you get through high school, hearing the two words "research paper" pretty much makes you want to scream. Trust me, I know, I hated writing those things! However, I highly advise you to not only save your papers, but also save the papers your teachers give you that have the correct way of citing materials in a works cited and inside the paper (parenthetical citations). Although Purdue has a notorious website called OWL, which teaches people how to avoid plagiarism and how to cite materials, I prefer using my old papers that were given to me in high school that teach me how to correctly cite material instead of using websites online because I get annoyed switching back and forth on my computer from my paper and the websites. You may not care, but for those of you who do, I suggest keeping those resources. They are really helpful.

Now after bragging about keeping my notes and resources, I guess I just realized it was never my idea to do that in the first place, even though I basically said it was. After thinking about it, it was actually my mom's idea. So, basically, I have her to thank for this. I guess parent's know what they're talking about after all!