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If you think it is impossible to know every event in the list at the end of this lecture, you will see from the top scorers that it is possible and that some students did it.  Know that beforehand: while you're wasting time watching television or driving in the car with nothing to do, a more motivated student will be using that time better by memorizing or testing himself on key events from the list below.  As Thomas Edison said, "Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits," and we will give awards to our students who hustle.

If you think it is impossible to know every event in the list at the end of this lecture, you will see from the top scorers that it is possible and that some students did it.  Know that beforehand: while you're wasting time watching television or driving in the car with nothing to do, a more motivated student will be using that time better by memorizing or testing himself on key events from the list below.  As Thomas Edison said, "Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits," and we will give awards to our students who hustle.

Recall how the homeschoolers Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Edison approached the challenges in their life.  They saw challenge as opportunity, and gave it their best shot.  They knew that success in life is due almost entirely to "perspiration" (work) rather than inborn traits like IQ.

Recall how the homeschoolers Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Edison approached the challenges in their life.  They saw challenge as opportunity, and gave it their best shot.  They knew that success in life is due almost entirely to "perspiration" (work) rather than inborn traits like IQ.  Lincoln and Edison would give this exam their best shot, and so can you.  Be one of the students who wins an award for scoring among the highest in the class.

Several students have informed me that they will be taking the CLEP American History exam in order to earn college credit.  Congratulations to those students already for showing initiative, and hopefully others will consider attempting to earn college credit also.

Several students have informed me that they will be taking the CLEP American History exam in order to earn college credit.  Congratulations to those students already for showing initiative, and hopefully others will consider attempting to earn college credit also.