What if the only reason you aren’t doing well in school is that you’ve been lied to about your own brain? For centuries, students worldwide have been tricked into making school more difficult, more stressful, and less successful than it needs to be. In reality, you already have the ability to make anything that you do in school easy. From writing essays to mastering any math concept to acing even your most difficult final exam, The Straight-A Conspiracy takes you through the simple, stress-free ways to conquer any clazz in school. The truth about straight-A’s has been kept from you. It’s time you knew about… THE STRAIGHT-A CONSPIRACY [Katie O'Brien and Hunter Maats] destroy the notion that you have to be born smart to understand complex concepts and get good grades. - GeekDad, Wired.com By using concrete research in a way that speaks directly to teenagers, Maats and O'Brien hope to dispel the image of the rumpled genius, being brilliant in spite of himself. - Holly Korbey, NPR's MindShift A guide to learning that is really entertaining. Even if you're not a reader and you get bored quickly...you won't get bored with this. This is a clear-cut win for common sense. - Jordan Rich, The Jordan Rich Show, WBZ Boston