Do all animals sleep?

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Can you write 200 words about the time you spend sleeping at weekdays, weekends, siestas, holidays...?

How to start a great school year

STEPS:

1.    1.   Resolve that this is a fresh, brand new school year. You can just leave all of your troubles, bad grades, grudges, enemies or fights behind. Start FRESH!

2.       2.Go school shopping for your school supplies. You will need a backpack, pencils, folders, etc. - all of the usual supplies. Buy the folders you like best. Dress them up with stickers or doodles. The more amusing your folders are to you, the more you will love to take them out and do your homework!

3.       3.Let people know by your actions that this is a fresh new you! Don't hunch over your books or shuffle with your head down while walking. Stand up straight and proud, walk tall, and let your books feel like they are in great hands! Be friendly in the hall, and say hi to your friends, and to new people you recognize from classes. If you are new, keep in mind that all the freshmen are new, too. You will all make new friends this year. Look for friendly people in class, at lunch, at your locker (or if you don't have a locker, then at your desk). Having good friends will boost your confidence, and you will have a great time at school!

4.     4.  Take notes in class and listen to the teacher! You may have heard this a lot of times before, but this is a good idea. If you do listen to the teacher and take notes, you will save so much time on homework, and you will actually "learn"! That is why you go to school! School is not just a place you sit at desks and stare at the chalk.

5.       5.Study. Decide right away that you will put some effort into it. If you find you have a hard time focusing when studying alone at home, see if you can find a study partner, or even better, a study group (three or four people who will agree to study together). You'd be surprised at how much your study improves when you have someone else to answer to - and how much less nervous you are about tests. Which brings us to...

6.      6. Do NOT panic when you hear, "There will be a test tomorrow on chapter 5-7 in your Math text book!" If you panic, it will not help. It may just make things worse. Relax and go over your notes and textbook. Read it through one time quickly. Then read it again - you will probably actually understand it. If you picture it in your head, it's more likely you will remember that picture while doing the test.

7.    7.   Find out how to graduate with honors. It may sound strange to think about this from Day One, but the truth is, if you ask your teachers and counselors early what you can do to earn honors for graduation, you will be better able to work toward them. It will give you a goal to strive toward.

8.      8. Treat everyone equally, with respect and dignity - just like you want them to treat you. Don't let people walk all over you. Be polite, but set your limits. Think about the nicest person you know - that person that everyone says, "Oh, she's nice, she never says anything bad about anyone," or "That guy is great - he's nice to everyone." Try to be like that yourself, and remember how good you feel when someone else is nice to you for no reason at all. It makes your day - and you can pay that forward to someone else every single day, whether it's the class jock or the class geek. There's an old saying: "It's very nice to be important. It's much more important to be nice." Being warm and friendly to everyone at school (even the not-so-cool kids) is good exercise for the rest of your life.

9.     9.  Be open to new friends and experiences. School is all about learning. Part of what you will learn is how to get along with different personalities, and that's really what life requires you to do. Don't be too upset if your old friends from middle or elementary school seem to be drifting away - they're probably making new friends, too. Growing up sometimes means that we have different interests than we did before, and the friends we used to have don't always share them - that's okay. It doesn't mean you can't still be friendly with them, it just means you're both moving on with your lives and growing in different directions.

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From: http://www.wikihow.com/Start-a-Great-School-Year

Exercise:

Would you please add a possible 10^th step? Another piece of advice to begin a great school year? (200 words)