perhaps you could perchase one on the internet.

get off the computer and get to work. Failing the assignment will make you feel worse. Get on it and do your best. You don't need to feel worse.

no offense, hotrain, but that is terrible advice. that's the kind of thing that will have me kicked out of university and virtually banned from academia......

yes , true. bad advice

not banned,, if caught a failing grade, but you have to get caught

you have a few hours tonight, and tomorrow to start and finish reseaching and drafting, editing and typing your paper

sorry , Im in a bad mood tonight,,, but you told me im giving you bad advice. you waited until two days before you paper is due to decide to worry about it????? You going to have to put every living breathing moment into this paper to get it done because you waited so long. Do you have a job? other responsibilites , classes to go to? Can you even do the paper with these other resposibilites? End of Rand I won't say anyting else.

waited until 2 days before it is due to begin?
....more like had no time to think about this paper until 2 days before it was due because my school faculty decided to go on strike for 2 and a half weeks thereby condensing our semester into virtual impossibility, and have had 4 assignments due, 2 midterms, and a quiz all last week and by that point was so entirely exhausted and on the brink of insanity and mental breakdown that i decided to take some time on the weekend to relax and recoup.
I started trying to work on this paper on Sunday, but was completely unable to concentrate. Much like now. There is not a whole hell of a lot I can do about it when I sit there and read a whole page only to realize that I have no idea what I just read so I have to do it over again. Which is exactly why I am on here seeking some advice from anyone who might understand what I am going through. Clearly, you have no idea how demanding University is and how awful it is to try to get through University when you're depressed. Think about the last time you were extremely depressed, and tell me... how easily were you able to concentrate on even the most menial of tasks, such as cooking or cleaning or reading a magazine and apply that difficulty to trying to read 19th century philosophy with it's lack of coherent grammar and punctuation rules so praised today and complex subject matter?!
I'll give you $50 if you can actually get through a piece by Rousseau or Hobbes while depressed and actually comprehend the ideas they present. Good luck.

Now... does anyone actually have some advice? Anyone here actually been through school and have some tricks up their sleeves that help(ed) them concentrate? Would reeeeally appreciate it.

its hard to understand that 19th century stuff when your not depressed. I have been through some college. Again 19th century stuff is hard when your not depressed and people have to reread that crap anyways, School is hard, and its even harder when your depressed I know what you mean. If your going full time you may have to cut back to part time. Sorry your having a shit time.