Getting Straight 'A's: A Student's Guide to Success Book

Preface
Acknowledgements
ONE: NAMING IT
I. Preliminary: Why Real Achievers Don't Do Drugs 1
II. Situation Report 2
Money 2
Expectations (1) 2
Expectations (2) 3
Assessment-Driven Currica: The Dangers & The Price 4
III. The Importance of the Pleasure Principle 6
IV: Seductive Stupidities: Those 'S' Words Revisited 8
Spotting The Question 16
Plagiarism 22
Conclusion 24
TWO: USING IT
I. Arming Yourself 26
A. Honesty 26
B. Vanity 29
C. Caring 32
II. Knowing Yourself 35
III. Advancing Yourself 37
THREE: SORTING IT
A. Respecting the Obvious 41
Self-management I: Get to Know Your Brain 41
Self-management II: Equipment & Assets 45
Self-management III: Scheduling 52
Self-management IV: Comforts & Pleasures 54
B. Going Beyond the Obvious 56
I. Concentration 56
II. Challenge & Self-Confidence 60
III. Punctuation and Paragraphing 61
White Space: four contrasting lay-outs 69
Paragraphing: some guidelines 73
A Cautionary Tale 74
Conclusion 75
FOUR: NAILING IT
1. What is Knowledge? 77
1a. Three angles on 'facts' 80
1b. What is Truth? 81