GET OFF MY BRAIN: A Survival Guide for
Lazy Students (Bored, Frustrated, and Otherwise Sick of School), Revised and Updated
Edition by Randall McCutcheon, foreword by Steve Allen.
Most students will spend over 12,000 hours in school by the time they're 18. And some of
those hours will be long and irrelevant, wasted in classes that have no class.Aimed at
bright, talented kids who are bored, frustrated, and otherwise sick of school, including
so-called "underachievers," GET OFF MY BRAIN is an offbeat, unconventional study
guide. Author Randall McCutcheon is a teacher who knows how irrelevant school can seem to
smart students, and he offers creative, fun, and effective suggestions for succeeding in
school despite the obstacles. Readers learn how to combine laughs with learning, identify
their strengths, minimize their weaknesses, refine their test-taking abilities, write
better papers, and speak up in class. They also discover that librarians aren't
barbarians; that Ward Cleaver (the Beaver's dad) was never wrong; that some teachers
appreciate imaginative papers; that you can have your cake and edit, too; and that the
road to good grades is paved with "bull" dozing.
Realistic and revolutionary, GET OFF MY BRAIN has long been a breath of fresh air for kids
who are terminally tuned-out. This revised and updated edition includes new study tips and
strategies and a new chapter on using computers and the Internet. It can help even
"lazy" students become motivated, achieving students. 136 pp., illust., S/C,
6" x 9". Ages 15 & up.
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