I generally find that the best way to keep ahead in life is to bombast your way out of trouble. The best part is, it takes little practice, is not as difficult as it seems, and is considerably easier said, than understood.

If you don't believe me, ask anyone from my class. Really.

Most students start out idealistic, believing in imaginary entities like conscience and academic honesty, but cynicism usually sets in among the general lot within one year or so, and those who remain idealistic are either confunded nitwits or inspired geniuses ( which is a pretty wide spectrum, covering just about, err... everyone, i know but still..). So after a year, most students actually do much better at certain subjects like philosophy, assuming, of course, their essays are obscure and unintelligible enough to baffle whoever is assigning the grades.

There is usually a halo surrounding whatever we cannot understand, and we revere certain ideas simply because they are beyond our grasp. Just ask Einstein.