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Term papers due? Don’t panic.

Prof. Pettigrew has some last minute advice

University of Guelph (Jessica Darmanin)

There’s an old joke to the  effect: “Thank God for the last minute, or I’d never get anything done!”

This bon mot could be a motto for many students. And yes, the last minute is a valuable resource. But like all valuable resources, it must be used wisely. Here is some advice regarding how to use the last minute well.

Of course, the last minute should be the last resort, when your best laid plans have gone awry. There are just too many things you can’t do at the last minute, or, at least can’t do well. So if you are finding everything is being left to the last minute, you’ll need to become better organized.

Still, everyone slips up once in a while and needs to scramble. If you have to get something done at the last minute, how do you proceed?

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