Great stuff…very funny! 

How to write a paper in college/university

1. Sit in a straight, comfortable chair in a well lit place in front of your computer.

2. Log onto MSN and ICQ (be sure to go on away!). Check your email.

3. Read over the assignment carefully, to make certain you understand it.

4. Walk down to the vending machines and buy some chocolate to help you concentrate.

5. Check your email.

6. Call up a friend and ask if he/she wants to go to grab a coffee.  Just to get settled down and ready to work.

7. When you get back to your room, sit in a straight, comfortable chair in a clean, well lit place.

8. Read over the assignment again to make absolutely certain you understand it.

9. Check your email.

10. You know, you haven’t written to that kid you met at camp since fourth grade. You’d better write that letter now and get it out of the way so you can concentrate.

11. Look at your teeth in the bathroom mirror.

12. Grab some mp3z off of kazaa.

13. Check your email. ANY OF THIS SOUND FAMILIAR YET?!

14. MSN chat with one of your friends about the future. (ie summer plans).

15. Check your email.

16. Listen to your new mp3z and download some more.

17. Phone your friend on the other floor and ask if she’s started writing yet. Exchange derogatory emarks about your prof, the
course, the college, the world at large.

18. Walk to the store and buy a pack of gum. You’ve probably run out.

19. While you’ve got the gum you may as well buy a magazine and read it.

20. Check your email.

21. Check the newspaper listings to make sure you aren’t missing something truly worthwhile on TV.

22. Play some solitare (or age of legends!).

23. Check out bored.com.

24. Wash your hands.

25. Call up a friend to see how much they have done, probably haven’t started either.

26. Look through your housemate’s book of pictures from home. Ask who everyone is.

27. Sit down and do some serious thinking about your plans for the future.

28. Check to see if bored.com has been updated yet.

29. Check your email and listen to your new mp3z.

30. You should be rebooting by now, assuming that windows is crashing on schedule.

31. Read over the assignment one more time, just for heck of it.

32. Scoot your chair across the room to the window and watch the sunrise.

33. Lie face down on the floor and moan.

34. Punch the wall and break something.

35. Check your email.

36. Mumble obscenities.

37. 5am - start hacking on the paper without stopping. 6am -paper is finished.

38. Complain to everyone that you didn’t get any sleep because you had to write that stupid paper.

39. Go to class, hand in paper, and leave right away so you can take a nap.

“The millennial generation’s leading edge — 24- to 26-year-olds — has finally arrived in many M.B.A. programs, especially those that have started admitting younger applicants. M.B.A. Track columnist Ron Alsop recently interviewed Daphne Atkinson, vice president for industry relations at the Graduate Management Admission Council, about the millennial generation’s career interests, its likely impact in the workplace, and how business schools and the council are adjusting to the millennials — and their parents”.

Get the full article here:

http://online.wsj.com/article_print/SB119672143267712295.html 

Millennial Leaders:  Success Stories From Today’s Most Brilliant Generation Y Leaders.

A little known fact. The number of college freshmen majoring in Computer Science has fallen by 70% since 2000, according to the Computing Research Association. Why? *They are watching companies farm out  and outsource projects oveseas*They are afraid of another dot com bust*They are more concerned with balancing their life better than the boomers and the X-man and X-women before them*They can teach themselves ‘the tricks of the trade’ – how to do web development on their own… something most traditional Comp Sci programs don’t teach

*They no longer think IT or Computer Sci classes are cool…So what do they do?

*They stay away from jobs that might attract 40+ hours in the office… We all know that IT departments in mid and large size companies work their you-know-whats off.

This is an interesting article from Newsweek (features Jean Twenge who is featured in Chapter 2 of Millennial Leaders). Many of the people who commented felt that the article is a bit negative, so I encourage you to read the comments section. This area will help you gain an understanding of what is really going on with Gen Y. As I have said…They did not get there alone! They are products of parenting, the media, technology and the world at large.

Example:  Check out the post that starts like this (really interesting):

“Comment: One problem with this article is that it is such a tiny slice of the population. Twenge discusses Americans as well as those from other countries but there is a great spectrum of individuals across the developed world and within America ??? and now there is a widening disparity between the rich and the poor. “  (From a Silent Generation leader…very insightful!)

Read Full Comments Here.

Brought to you by thedigitalgangster — who will be discussing each chapter — video style. Thanks DG!

This video is about the founder of the Glimpse Foundation