<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/265f8c9e-ed74-4e16-9476-006c14fa3b07/2A7E1E5B-BF68-4E45-9AD6-2B913EFADA15/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.dumblittleman.com/2008/01/how-to-stay-awake-at-work-or-school.html" href="http://www.dumblittleman.com/2008/01/how-to-stay-awake-at-work-or-school.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.dumblittleman.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dumblittleman.com/2008/01/how-to-stay-awake-at-work-or-school.html">And then make a plan to <A id="k1jr" href="http://www.dumblittleman.com/2007/08/9-ways-to-have-better-day-than.html" target="_blank" title="have a better day tomorrow" linkindex="19">have a better day tomorrow</A>.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dumblittleman.com/2008/01/how-to-stay-awake-at-work-or-school.html"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">If allowed, bring coffee, discreet snacks, and gum. </LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dumblittleman.com/2008/01/how-to-stay-awake-at-work-or-school.html"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Even if you are not a note taker, start writing down everything the teacher is saying to keep your mind alert. </LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dumblittleman.com/2008/01/how-to-stay-awake-at-work-or-school.html"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Move as much as you can. Tap your foot or bounce your leg. Switch position in your chair frequently. Stretch. Move your head. Tap your fingers.<BR /></LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dumblittleman.com/2008/01/how-to-stay-awake-at-work-or-school.html"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Pain. This is kind of an emergency procedure. If you can't stay awake consider pinching yourself. I know it's a little strange, but pain can keep you awake.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dumblittleman.com/2008/01/how-to-stay-awake-at-work-or-school.html"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Stimulating Thoughts: think of something that makes you happy or makes you feel good. I'll leave it at that.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dumblittleman.com/2008/01/how-to-stay-awake-at-work-or-school.html"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Online activity: this wasn't around when I was in college, but I would imagine if you're in the back of the class you could surf the web, email your friends, and read Dumb Little Man.<BR /></LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dumblittleman.com/2008/01/how-to-stay-awake-at-work-or-school.html"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Entertain Yourself: see if you can summon your extrasensory powers by willing someone to look at you. Or try across the room <A id="aeal" href="http://www.lifeinthefastlane.ca/how-and-why-we-flirt/weird-science" target="_blank" title="flirting" linkindex="20">flirting</A>. Why not?<BR /></LI></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/2A7E1E5B-BF68-4E45-9AD6-2B913EFADA15/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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