How To Create A Course From A Book

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If you have seen the movie "Mean Girls", you know that the girls have a book called the "Burn Book". A burn book is an extremely bad idea in most cases. Not only could you lose friends, but if people find it, they could/will hate you. If you've seen Mean Girls, you know what happens, and it's not pretty. A burn book is like writing a diary. Instead of writing things about yourself, you write mean things about people who are supposed to be your friends. This can be an outlet of your anger. Some can be lies and some can be secrets that you know about someone.

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Buy yourself a cute notebook. It could be pink like the one seen in Mean Girls, but if you're not into that color you could also buy one in pastel shades. This will be your Burn Book.
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Decorate it. Make it beautiful and attractive. If you want the original Burn Book look (from Mean Girls) cut out funky magazine letters and glue them into your title. Make lipstick kiss marks on the front - you could either buy stickers of lip marks or if you don't mind you could always put on red lipstick and actually kiss the book to make a mark. Finally, doodle random words in the corners like 'backstabber' and write quotes like 'only the strong survive'.

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Add content. If someone really gets on your last nerve, add them to the book. To do this, get a photo of them and get a marker pen. Glue them in and let out your feelings.
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Hide it. If anyone finds it - like snooping parents, siblings, etc - you're going to be in big trouble. Don't use easy hiding places like under the bed. You need to be secretive and creative. You could always take the dust cover off (the paper cover set over the cloth one underneath) of a hardback book, wrap it on the Burn Book and put it on your bookshelf or in a cupboard.
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Have a cover plan if you're caught. Say that you found it and were going to hand it in to the school or something plausible like that. A good way to make this even more believable is putting an entry for yourself in the book. Just don't make the handwriting recognizable and remember you did it yourself.
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Put stuff about you in it too so if you get caught, you will probably be off the hook!
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If you do get caught and they start to question you and you don't feel right about it just be honest you would have a better chance and not get in as much trouble.

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Can I add stuff about crushes and teachers?

Well, it's your burn book and you can put whatever you want in it, but usually you'd only include people if you had something negative to say about them.
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Should the burn book have a lock on it?

Since you could get in big trouble for the things you wrote in it, it would probably be a good idea. Consider getting a diary or journal with a lock already on it.
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Where can buy a book with blank pages?

You can usually buy a blank book at a craft store or book store. They typically have nice diary/journal type books with all blank pages.
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Why would you even recommend this? It's mean.

Because some people don't know how to express their feelings, and this could be a good way to do so.
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What happens if I do one about an ex or something and then we get back together?

Just throw that page away to make sure he never sees it and no one else can get their hands on it.
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Can you use a spiral notebook to make this?

Yes, for sure. Any book with sufficient space to write will work.
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Can I make a nice version of the Burn Book?

Of course you can, only it won't be a Burn Book, more like a Love Book or a Shine Bright Book. Write nice things instead. One neat idea is to write all the nice things you can possibly glean from people you hate and don't like. It might only be one single thing per person but what a fantastic way to force yourself to see the good in other people even though you can't abide them normally. Imagine if that were found, how surprised they'd all be!
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What if my mom finds it?

Your mom probably wouldn't do anything about it (if she's nice) unless she was in it or something. Just tell her it's a healthy way of expressing your negative thoughts, like a journal.
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Can I frame someone to make it seem like they wrote it?

I wouldn't recommend it because then you are pinning your punishment on someone who doesn't deserve it.
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My mum won't buy me a book. What do I do?

Go to an office supplies stationery store and buy a standard school exercise book. It should be less than $2. Cover it with spare paper from home. Or, get a book for next-to-nothing at your local thrift store.

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Use your favorite colors that would match with a burn book. Some examples could be pink and black, tan and brown, or purple and pink.
Just because it says supposed-to-be-friends doesn't mean you can't put stuff about your enemies in. Go all out nasty.
Don't tell someone you are making a burn book then change what you are doing, people will get suspicious.
If you tell someone you're making it and then they question it, confess that you made it, but if they want to see it's contents, say that you haven't written anything yet.

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Never bring it to school, or else you might be caught with the burn book.
If you're going to make one, be prepared to get caught.

Things You'll Need

Blank book or scrapbook (a normal book works better)
Yearbook
Pictures of the person/people you are hating
Markers
Stickers or magazines (optional)
Sharpie
Glue stick
Decoration for cover
Funny looking pictures, etc.
Tape
Camera

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