...As far as how you would approach the locksmith:
I'm pretty sure that the school organises that for you.
You shouldn't need to approach anyone.
As already said, Chrispys advice is what I would go with too.
Two years to learn more about locks etc, put aside at least one
measly little hour per week (12mins/weekday) to learn or understand
better, one new thing each sitting about a lock/tool/method/key/whatever.
This will surely show that you are dedicated and you will know
an awesome amount of info that you won't believe, two years from now.
That is over 100 hours of study, ALL LEARNED.
By that, I mean if you were to study 100 hours STRAIGHT you
would have to incorporate the 'burn out' factor, forgetting, disinterest
after not long, and all the things that make studying horrible for 'crammers'.
You won't learn sh*t that way.
100 hours, ALL of which you have not been trying to learn for more than
12 minutes. I mean, your brain is
fresh. What ways do you waste 12 minutes a day already?
Taking the bus to school? Waiting for the bus? Eating lunch?
Taking a bath? Cooking? Watching advertisements on tv?
Sitting on the toilet? Waiting for your mate to get out of class to
walk home together?
Most people accept this 'waiting around' as something that is not
productive, but needs to be done nonetheless.
...So do it!
Just don't do it the way most people do it. Do it productively.
Because most people aren't learning six languages at a time.
Because most people don't have a goal in life.
Because most people stop learning when they don't 'need to'.
NEWSFLASH!!!
Most people fall into the majority of 'MOST' people.
...And most people fail their stupid lives because they know too
much to read anything.
Anyway, I'm going way off topic here, so I'll be quiet now but
close with this:
12 MINUTES:
* at breakfast?
* before bed?
* in a queue?
* in detention at school?
We all spend 12/day somewhere. USE IT.
Maybe I should have started this post with, "I have a dream...."
