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    You Rock! How to Be a Star Student & Still Have Fun
    You Rock! How to Be a Star Student & Still Have Fun
    You Rock! How to Be a Star Student & Still Have Fun
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    You Rock! How to Be a Star Student & Still Have Fun

    By Suzanne Raga

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    You Rock! How To Be a Star Student & Still Have Fun gives readers 12 and up super smart strategies to rock school and ditch stress. The author, a recent Princeton graduate, shares anecdotes, wisdom, insights, tips, and strategies gained from her experience playing drums in a band while also excelling academically.

    Empowering and entertaining, You Rock! is the “How To Study” book you’ve been looking for. It covers every aspect of middle school and high school student life – preparing for the school day, taking notes in class, doing homework efficiently, taking tests without breaking a sweat, choosing extracurriculars wisely, and having fun.

    You Rock! is available at all three Los Angeles School of Rock locations, the Beverly Hills Public Library Teen Zone, and the Boys & Girls Club Teen Center at Malibu High.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSuzanne Raga
    Release dateFeb 14, 2010
    ISBN9781452455365
    You Rock! How to Be a Star Student & Still Have Fun
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    Suzanne Raga

    SUZANNE RAGA graduated in June 2011 from Princeton University, majoring in History of Science and Technology with a Certificate in Language and Culture of Ancient Rome. The Valedictorian of her high school class, she is also a National Merit Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction, Black Belt, tutor, and pop rock musician. She has worked as a counselor and T.A. at Summer Institute for the Gifted, tutored middle grade and high school students in several subjects for over 6 years, interned at Universal Music Group in Los Angeles, volunteered for Rx Laughter, and led students with The Princeton Project. Throughout middle and high school she played drums with the “Killer Boots” pop rock band. She's “been there, done that” recently and can help you succeed!

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      You Rock! How to Be a Star Student & Still Have Fun - Suzanne Raga

      YOU ROCK! How To Be A STAR Student & Still Have FUN

      by

      Suzanne Raga

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      You Rock! How To Be A Star Student & Still Have Fun

      Copyright 2010 by Suzanne Raga

      All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.

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      Cover design by Katrina Joyner

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      You Rock!

      Chapter One

      Attitude – Good Vibes

      Chapter Two

      Success – Do the Math, Dude

      Chapter Three

      The Basics – Get Your Act Together

      Chapter Four

      Preparation – Stay Ahead of The Beat

      Chapter Five

      The Classroom – Center Stage

      Chapter Six

      Participation – Play It Loud

      Chapter Seven

      Note Taking – Hit The Right Notes

      Chapter Eight

      Your Image – Play Well With Others

      Chapter Nine

      Homework – Get In The Rhythm

      Chapter Ten

      Tests, Tests, Tests – It’s Showtime

      Chapter Eleven

      Extracurriculars – The Background Singers

      Chapter Twelve

      Weekends & Friends – I’m With The Band

      Conclusion

      Perspective – Achieving Harmony

      Bonus: Music Websites You’ll Love

      About the Author

      Introduction

      You Rock!

      Hey guys, you rock!

      Don’t you hate those boring study tip books? Blah, blah, blah. Zzzzzzzz! Too much long-winded nagging and old school thinking from educators and experts. They mean well and know a lot, but they haven’t been students for years. They’re always obsessed with wanting you to get straight A’s, but they’re not the ones who have to go to school and put in the effort – you do! I’ve always wondered, how many A’s did they get in school anyway?

      You rock. I get it. You’re too cool for school. So was I. I love Rock ‘n Roll. In 2nd grade, I started playing electric guitar. I bet my parents never thought that I’d love it so much that I’d still be playing today. When I started college, figuring out how to pack my guitar on the cross-country flight from Los Angeles to Princeton, New Jersey was super important to me – I couldn’t imagine being without it!

      But it wasn’t just about the guitar for me. In 6th grade, I learned to play the drums. As it turns out, I loved playing the drums as much as I loved playing guitar. Throughout middle school and high school, I was the drummer in my own pop rock band with three of my friends. We were called Killer Boots, and we didn’t just jam in my garage on the weekends. We played at parties, battle of the band competitions, school fairs and talent shows, and even at Walt Disney Concert Hall, in front of over 2,500 people!

      Now, before you get the wrong impression, I wasn’t some music virtuoso, focused solely on playing music 24/7 throughout middle school and high school. I was also a serious – and seriously successful – student, and I earned straight A’s in all my classes year after year.

      You might think there’s no way on earth that I managed to be such a high achiever academically while also having so much fun playing with my band. Perhaps you think I never slept. Maybe I was like the Energizer Bunny and would get home from school, study for my English Literature test, do my Algebra homework, fit in a rehearsal with my band, wolf down dinner while I study flashcards, pull an all-nighter, then repeat the whole process the next day.

      Well, you’re wrong! Sure, I had a few busy times in high school when I had to study for multiple midterms while simultaneously preparing for a battle of the bands competition, but those times were the exception. I rarely stayed

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