Lessons from Finals Week

I have learned the following from my fourth finals week:

1. Do your research before you do your essays.
2. Do your research well before you do your essays.
3. Like, have your quotes and everything done way before.
4. Don't write a 20-page paper in a day. It will be a festival of quotes and footnotes.
5. Presentations before papers are your friends, because you can have a lot of materials before your essay is actually written.
6. If you're going to write a paper, pick a topic you really like.
7. I don't like long papers.
8. Sleep is important.