My suggestion to you today is that when you get your paper back from the teacher or professor, don’t toss it. Don’t delete it from your computer and don’t toss out the disk.  Let your work carry on into other classes.

I can’t tell you the number of times I have used my work from one class in another class.  Here are some examples and ideas:

• For your English term paper pick a general topic such as eczema.  Later use that paper for science or health class.
• Use your psychology paper on schizophrenia for your health or sociology class.
• Save the video on weather that you made in technology.  Use it for your science teaching methods project and make your lesson’s theme weather.

I have even saved papers that I wrote in high school.  If I’m not mistaken, I was able to use a biography paper from high school in my college English class.  Most of the work had already been done, I just needed to add a few more things.

Keep your old papers and make corrections where necessary.  Even if you have to spend another hour adding more parts to the paper, it will still save you time.  If your school has a policy against recycling your own papers, then you can save time by keeping with the same topic. At least you’ll be knowledgeable about the subject and have your research notes to use.

Have you ever used your work or research from one class for another class?

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Today my husband and I tried something a bit different.  I wanted to get a few more groceries from Harris Teeter before the Super Double sale ended and he needed to get some things from Lowe’s Home Improvement and some other places.  We decided to do our errands together.  Actually, he dropped me off at Harris Teeter so that I could shop while he did his errands.  This saved us gas and time and also avoided me having three kids in the grocery store.

This is what works for me.  For more Works for Me Wednesday ideas, visit We Are THAT Family.

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