Saturday, September 18, 2010

Girls and Grades: How to Get Both AND Do Better in School

Yes, it's true. You CAN get both and STILL do better in school. How? I'll tell you. While I can't claim to be a dating guru or hot-blooded casanova and some things (like your acne) are beyond my control, I can give you a few pointers as to how you can use your brain to get the ladies.   

1. It's all about the confidence. If you don't have the confidence to walk up to a girl and have a simple conversation, how can you expect to contribute to class discussions? You can't, really. While there's no quick fix to low confidence, it always helps to have faith that everything will be okay. So you answer a question wrong in class? "Oh, well," you can say, "I'll get it right next time." Conversation ends up being awkward? "That's fine," you can say, "I'm just getting to know her." When you're confident with a girl, she'll be able to tell - that makes everything a lot less awkward. The same thing applies in class: if you're confident with the material and if you're confident speaking your mind (especially in discussion-based classes), you will get so much more from the class. 

2. Take advantage of the "Wikipedian Loop." It's about time that I introduce you all to the concept of a Wikipedian Loop. This concept was first defined by Urban Dictionary contributor Marie Penney. While initially defined as a negative "infinite loop of addiction," it can be used to your advantage. A Wikipedian Loop occurs when you are reading an article on Wikipedia and you enter a "loop" by clicking links within the article. The more articles you jump to, the longer you are stuck in the loop. It generally results in homework not getting done. Here's the upside to it: girls like it when you have things to talk about (other than yourself, of course). The best part of being stuck in a Wikipedian Loop is that the more you read (thus, the more you learn), the more things you have to talk about. Instead of saying "uh...uh...uh...how is school going?" you can talk about the social ramifications of the short film "8 Guys" (that, obviously, you learned about while stuck in a Wikipedian Loop) or how funny you think Dane Cook is (he wrote and directed "8 Guys" - you would know if you read the Wikipedia article). How does this make you smarter? IT'S LIKE READING THE ENCYCLOPEDIA! You never know when you can make a connection in school to something you read on Wikipedia! You might be taking a test in history and encounter a difficult question about George Patton in France. You then remember reading about Patton's Third Army in WWII and the vicious fighting that it engaged in as a result of the "Falaise Gap" - boom. That's money (points) in the bank. The vast wealth of knowledge that you will acquire as a result of being perpetually stuck in a Wikipedian Loop will astonish and enamor of you any girls you're talking to and will increase any test score by a whole letter grade (not guaranteed). If you find this helpful, I would suggest looking at Cracked.com's "Topics" sections - now you will be able to make jokes about all the things you read on Wikipedia.

3. Go out! How, you ask, will this help you in school? Well, when you spend time on dates or with friends, you learn how to behave in social situations (i.e. SCHOOL). You will learn important things like, for example, you can't just shout over somebody who is already talking. Can you think of any classroom applications of this? I can. You'll learn polite discourse and how to engage in an intense conversation (i.e. debates). All of these things are helpful in school and even MORE helpful when approaching a girl. 

If you take my advice, I can guarantee that you will do better in school (maybe) and that you will be "scorin' mad biddies" in no time (also maybe). 
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