i am facing this problem of getting late to college?
By bimal10p
@bimal10p (1218)
India
October 2, 2007 4:59am CST
basically this is because am not able to control my sleep..and due to this most of the days i miss my first period attendance..can u help me out
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@VoteforPedro (301)
• United States
2 Oct 07
During my first two years in college, I had trouble getting up to get to class. I had decided that I would not take any more early classes. But then, in 2004, something happened that totally changed my life forever!!
Yes, friend, you are correct in your guess as to what happened. The movie, Napolean Dynamite was released. I will admit that I shouldn't have done this, but after seeing the movie in the theater several hundred times, I bought a pirated copy for personal viewing at home. I didn't feel too guilty about this since I had seen the film 264 times in the theater, and I thought that that was enough to qualify my having the pirated copy while I waited for the official release on DVD.
I developed a system that helped me to get up in time for my classes. At first, my system didn't work. Let me share the process with you.
I would watch the film late at night, right before I went to bed. My original theory was that I would watch half of it at night, then I would wake up with much excitement and anticipation in the morning so as to watch the ending before going to class. I suspect you know how that ended up! Yep. I was just too excited to get a proper night's rest as my mind subconsciously went through the unseen parts of the film.
What can I say? Trial and error is a large part of life. I learned from my mistake. Instead of watching the first half of the film at night, and waiting until morning for the second half, I learned to watch the entire movie in the evening. That way, I could sleep well through the night, content and inspired, and ready to get up early so that I could watch the film again -- in its entirety -- before my first class.
I found that I was so excited to get up and watch this film every morning! Just the thought of knowing the movie was waiting on me every morning caused me to have no problems adjusting my sleep patterns and getting up! After the movie, I would go right to class with a bounce in my step!!
I know this will sound funny to you, what I am about to suggest, but I think you should invest in your own DVD copy of Napolean Dynamite. I know, I know. You probably already have at least one copy. Duh! Who doesn't?
Perhaps you are suffering from another malady that often results from Napolean Dynamite -- staying up too late watching it continuously throughout the night and day. Friend, if this is your problem, I don't know what to say. I suffered from this for awhile, until I convinced myself that I had memorized the entire movie and could recite it in my head as the day went by, until I could return to my room to watch it again.
I wish you well in your endeavors.