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Organizing your Locker

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a la Shmoop

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Has this ever happened to you? [things falling over a boy after he opens his locker]

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If you said yes, then you might just need some advice

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on how to organize your locker.

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Well, we're here to help.

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Although "killed by large pile of assorted locker garbage" [a girl complaining to the boy for blocking her locker]

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would be a pretty sweet epitaph.

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Well, before we even open Pandora's locker,

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we want you to go out and buy a locker shelf.

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And maybe a magnetic organizer and hooks.

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They'll come in handy soon enough, we promise. [boy buying magnetic organizer and hooks from a store]

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All right, now, where were we?

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Right. Time to open it.

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And, phew, looks daunting in there.

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It's like the Cave of Wonders,

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if the Cave of Wonders had been filled with

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half-eaten sandwiches and gym socks. [image of locker with half eaten sandwich and gym socks inside]

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So, first thing's first.

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Take everything out of there. Great.

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Now we have an empty locker and a pile of garbage in the hallway.

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This is progress, people.

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Don't let those judgmental looks

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tell you otherwise. [people talking about the boy for his garbage filled locker]

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Let's take a closer look at our monstrous pile

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and see what's salvageable in there.

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Sort your big, scary pile into three less scary piles:

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garbage, keep, and take home.

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And, no, the half-eaten sandwiches [boy trying to sort out the things from his locker]

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do not go in the keep pile.

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Don't be that kid.

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All right, everything sorted?

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Great. Let's deal with the garbage pile first.

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Take that pile of fond memories

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and ham sandwiches, but mostly just ham sandwiches, [boy and a girl with sandwich-head dancing]

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and throw it in the nearest garbage can.

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Yeah. We know it's hard, but there will always be

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new sandwiches that come into your life.

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You gotta be brave.

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All right, nicely done.

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Now you've got two piles.

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The take home pile is aptly named, [packing the take home pile in a backpack]

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so bundle all that stuff and take it home.

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That leaves the keep pile.

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All right, remember that locker shelf you bought earlier?

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Time to use it.

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Place your textbooks on the bottom shelf,

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spines facing out so you can read what they are.

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And stick your notebooks and folders on the top shelf. [placing text books in bottom shelf and notebooks and folders on the top shelf]

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If you happen to buy a magnetic locker organizer,

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and that'd be good,

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put your miscellaneous school supplies in it

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and stick it on the wall.

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And if you went above and beyond the call of duty,

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put those hooks up

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and hang up clothing you're keeping at school. [sticking hooks inside of the locker door and hanging clothes]

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And presto, there you go.

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It's a brand new locker.

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Keep it organized and you'll never have the need

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to write another locker garbage-inspired epitaph

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ever again. [woman crying at her son's grave]

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[ crash ]

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