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Are you Clockwise?

Find out if you're in clock shock...

By Maggie Gusman

A person can do a lot with time. You can be in time, on time, or out of time. You can get paid with overtime and get in trouble for under time. You can have me time, free time or busy time, and if you've been bad, you get a time out.

Time changes us. It changes our actions and our decisions every day, but we can't change time. We can't make more of it when we see our friends between classes, and we can't take it away when we're waiting in line.

If a girl works against the clock and never learns to work with it, she's in for a big case of clock shock. So how do you spend your Time? Do you beat the clock, or does it beat you?

Take the quiz to see if you rock the clock.

  1. You are blissfully dreaming of a private concert with N'Sync when the alarm clock reminds you it's time to join the real world. You:
    • Hit the snooze button and give yourself seven more minutes in heaven.
    • Turn off the snooze button. Turn off the alarm. Turn in your membership card to the real world.
    • Veg for a minute or two, and then pop out of bed and get ready to tell your friends about the dream of all dreams.
  2. The seven-minute bell between classes just rang. You waltz into class an sit down:
    • With five minutes to spare.
    • With ten seconds to spare.
    • Owing the teacher three minutes.
  3. You have 45 minutes to finish your biology exam. It's a lot harder than you thought. You:
    • Panic, and just start circling "B" for every answer.
    • Work through the problems you kinda know, and then backtrack to guesstimate the others.
    • Work on one problem after another until you have an answer, even if you don't finish it.
  4. You've just met up with your friends, and you're going to a movie you really, really want to see. Your plans were made:
    • Ten minutes ago.
    • Earlier this afternoon, once everyone got off work.
    • Earlier this week, 'cause you weren't going to take any chances on missing this movie.
  5. It's 10:30 p.m., and The Big Group Project and Class Presentation is due tomorrow. You're:
    • Looking at a long night ahead of you.
    • Reviewing your notes and putting on some finishing touches.
    • Enjoying a hot bath and visualizing a good presentation.
  6. You're at work, and your 30-minute lunch is up in two minutes. The card gets punched:
    • Now, so you can get back to your station on time.
    • In two minutes; then you sit back down and take five more minutes.
    • In exactly two minutes.
  7. The 3:15 school bus is leaving the parking lot. Where are you?
    • Walking down the aisle and finding an empty seat.
    • Already fast asleep in the third row.
    • Standing on the curb and fishing the bottom of your bag for a phonecard.
  8. You need to get across town for practice, but it's rush hour.
    • No sweat. You left 15 minutes early as a bumper-to-bumper buffer.
    • Floor it, and pray you'll make it time.
    • Do what you can, and prepare yourself for some extra laps if you're late.
  9. The twelve-hour sale at your favorite store just started. You are there:
    • Five minutes ago.
    • Sometime between 11 and 12.
    • Midday, just after the first rush.
  10. "I'll be off the phone in five minutes!" means:
    • "I'll be off the phone in five minutes!"
    • "I'll be off the phone in ten minutes!"
    • "I'll be off the phone sometime tonight!"
  11. It's time for a checkup, and it looks like your wait in the waiting room is going to be ten minutes short of forever. You:
    • Sit and obsess about all the other things you could be doing right now.
    • Work on the homework you stashed in your bag so you can have a free evening.
    • Read whatever magazines are around and hang out as best as possible.
  12. If you've just missed your favorite TV program, you:
    • Are doing something more important or interesting.
    • Weren't paying attention to the time.
    • Checked the TV guide yesterday and saw it was a rerun.
  13. An out-of-town friend is visiting this weekend. Your plans include:
    • Calling your in-town friends and canceling the plans you mistakenly made with them for this weekend.
    • Figuring out a way to keep or mix plans with the in-townies and out-of-townies.
    • Go out with your visitor and enjoy the plans you made in advance.
  14. Your plan to improve your grades and spend three hours a night on homework is:
    • A success. It was a little rocky at first, but now you're used to it.
    • OK. You're not getting in the full three, but it's more than before.
    • Too much time to spend on one thing.
  15. You usually finish your Christmas shopping:
    • When school gets out, usually Dec. 22nd or 23rd.
    • At the Day After Christmas Sale.
    • At the Day After Christmas Sale - for next year.