School of Hard Knocks < onlyinclude > < / onlyinclude > School of Hard Knocks is an achievement related to the seasonal world event Children ' s Week . Completing this achievement is part of the meta achievement . It is considered one of the more difficult achievements to earn , particularly below the level cap ( where there is a smaller population for the battlegrounds to draw from ) . Strategy . Although you can solo this achievement , it ' s recommended to complete it with premade battle ground groups . You can all take turns completing the requirements until everyone has them completed . So that it ' s clear who is going when , it ' s also recommended to set up the order ahead of time . Be courteous to your other party members and avoid completing the achievement criteria multiple times . In particular with Eye of the Storm and Alterac Valley , it may take several tries before you are successful , so have patience and try to be organized . But whatever you do , remind everyone to have their orphan out . Any time a member dies , remind the player to re - summon their orphan . Warsong Gulch . Allow the other faction to assault the flag , then move as a group to assault the flag carrier . This is probably easiest to accomplish midfield where visability is good . It ' s likely that the other team will also have members attempting to complete the achievement , so the flag carrier may even be undefened . As a courtesy , you should send out a sacrifice to capture the other faction ' s flag . Arathi Basin . The name of the game for this battleground is to only assault bases , not to capture or defend . Once a base has been assaulted move out quickly . With any luck , the other faction will move in to capture it , and you assault again for another quick achievement . Remember , you only get credit for the assaults , not the defense or the capture . If the other team is moving around as a single pack , split up into two groups . Similarly , if the enemy is spread out , you may have better luck moving as a single pack to easily overtake smaller groups of defenders , if there are any at all . Eye of the Storm . For this battleground , you are primarily defending . Stick tightly as a group . Let the assigned person pick up the flag , and guard them ruthlessly while they return it . The following macro won ' t help with the achievement directly , but may alert the opposite faction to your intentions : You only need to maintain one base for flag captures . If at all possible , keep some of the other bases at neutral standing to keep the game running longer . Alterac Valley . You only get credit for this achievement if you capture one of the four towers and bunkers . You must actually be the capturing person to get credit . There are two strategies - either stealth up solo , pop your orphan , cap and run . A stack of or a would also work for classes that cannot stealth . Or you can go up with a small party , dps plus a healer is recommended , and capture the old fashioned way . Ranged dps is highly desirable to help get the archers down fast . Bugs . During the 2009 event , players who had two at the same time were not be able to complete this achievement with either whistle . This bug may have been subsequently created because of the hotfix to whistles which allowed players to have more than one . If you experience problems completing the achievement while you have two whistles , try using your original whistle versus the additional whistle you obtained from the matron . It is currently unknown if this bug was resolved for the 2010 Children ' s Week event .