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" I waged a war on Facebook instead of studying for my exam in INR2001 International Relations this Thursday. Until 2 a.m, with only six hours to go before the test, I was deeply entrenched in conversations with friends and strangers regarding politics and the nature of Barack Obama&amp;#039;s recent election into office. At the same time, my roommate was trying to outsmart me with her &amp;quot;witty&amp;quot; comments on various pictures in a new photo album. On top of all that, I was on Facebook chat, which constantly bombarded me with messages at the most inopportune moments of my numerous battles.  I meant to start studying at 9 p.m... but Facebook was, and remains, the greatest rival to productive work.  Now, I do not recommend trying to cram a few months worth of material into one night, but that&amp;#039;s what I had to do after I finally closed the last Facebook browser. Thank a deity the test was in a 2000- level class, and the course topics consisted of basic concepts of international relations that I was already familiar with. I actually don&amp;#039;t attend class for this course, besides the required discussion seminar every Friday. You know, before coming into college, I told myself that I would never skip class, because that seemed like such a taboo thing to do. Haha, that principle crumbled in the second week, when I realized that reading the textbook taught me more than actually going to class.  In fact, it&amp;#039;s been quite strategic to skip the lecture hall classes of easy, introductory courses. In every major, there are mandatory tracking courses you have to take. If you feel like you can get an &amp;quot;A&amp;quot; without having to go to those intro classes, spend the time tackling your harder courses. Since my International Relations class is sandwiched between a 3000-level Spanish course and a 4000-level Environmental Politics course, I take that time to sit in the grass in a quad of my choice and either review my Spanish notes or do the readings on, currently, the wanton exploitation of Nigerian resources by multi-lateral oil corporations.  I think I got a low A on the exam, which is all right, considering I read all the chapters and lecture notes the night before. I wonder how things would be if I canceled my Facebook account... I love/hate how that&amp;#039;s practically inconceivable nowadays! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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