The post count is easy enough to achieve with pointless one-line responses, but getting past the 4 hour minimum requires wasting time browsing junk.
58 minutes to go...
You can read anything, you're not limited to the newbies section...
On the other hand, in order to avoid making a full of yourself in your "first day at school", it may be good to try to read a bit of the threads you are posting on, and say something a bit smarter than "Hello World!"