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FINAL S STRE SS Finals week is just around the corner and it is time for students to be prepared. But where do you start? How do you make sure that your preparing yourself effectively? A student’s main concern should be how to study and retain material, while keeping calm and staying healthy. So here are a few tips and shortcuts to help you on your way to passing grades.
Stress Management It’s easy to stress about finals and spend all your time cramming information into your brain. Although cramming may work for some people, it is hardly good for your mental and emotional well being. Helpguide.org suggests making a list of priorities and then allotting each responsibility a period of time to complete them. “Organize your time and break it up with a mind and body break,” Bernice Tobeck, a health instructor at SFCC, said. “Reward yourself after a period of time studying doing something fun and entertaining to avoid studying
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burnout.” According to “Comprehensive Stress Management” by Jerrold S. Greenberg, exercise is a good way to relieve tension and clear the body of stress toxins that prevent the brain from focusing. Some healthy ways to relieve stress during finals week are taking a break by listening to music or going for a walk; Read a book for entertainment; or laugh. Laughing and smiling releases endorphins that lower stress hormones and relieves muscle tension so you can be ready to absorb information. Laughing also decreases fear so
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the most cash back. According to collegescholarships. org, students can sell books back to the campus bookstore, but expect to take a big hit on the value if you do so. Students also wait in the campus bookstore with their old books in hand, trying to sell books and connect with new students that need their books, hoping to strike a better payout directly. “I try to sell my books online,” SFCC fifth-quarter student Courtney Gardner said. “I think I get a little more cash back than I would at the bookstore.” Gardner also states, “I buy most of my books online, most of the time they are cheaper than the store. I go to half.com to get a lot of my books, but occasionally I use the bookstore on campus.” The Fall quarter buyback fair began Dec. 2 and 3 and also runs Dec. 6 - 10. Hours for the fair are MondayThursday 8 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m.- 1 p.m. “The store is required to be fiscally responsible [and] pay all their own expenses,” said Scott. “100 percent of our profits stay on the SFCC campus to benefit SFCC students and staff.”
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Book buyback begins Thursday, Dec. 2. The bookstore tries to pay half of the retail price.
The prices paid for used books can vary widely from merchant to merchant. A textbook, Prebles’ Artforms 9th Edition, fetches the following prices online:
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sellbackyourbook.com textbookstop.com lrlbooks.com mybookcart.com firstclassbook.com
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1. The book sold in a bundle containing codes, c.d.s, etc is returned without all the pieces for reuse 2. Loose-leaf textbooks that have missing pages 3. When the next edition is out 4. What the sale price is for the book on Amazon 5. Pre-priced books (mainly used in the English department) 6. If the book is used locally, it has less value than a basic textbook
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$15.51 $15.00 $14.24 $13.87 $13.00
Store considerations for book buyback:
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