You wake up one day and have to face reality: you have dozens of places to be after school, your homework pile has been stacking up all week and is beginning to resemble a globular stack, and you have three major tests to study for. Everyone has experienced this to some degree at least once throughout their high school career. Thankfully, there are several ways to avoid this from occurring. The first step to prevent an immense amount of stress caused by school work is to purchase a planner of some sort. Throughout my freshman and sophomore year, I neglected to purchase one and consequently forgot a majority of my homework on a daily basis. Near the end of the school year, I was fed up with running back to the school to pick up one simple sheet of paper or a heavy textbook. I bought my planner on Amazon, but many girls tend to purchase them from Lilly Pulitzer. If you find yourself strapped for cash however, most high schools (including Henry Clay) provide them for free or an extremely low price depending on whom you speak with. Planners allow you to make a note of upcoming tests, projects, and homework on a daily basis. By having a constant reminder of your daily tasks, it becomes nearly impossible to forget. It also allows you to be more likely to study for a test because it will constantly be shoved in your face. A planner does not, unfortunately, help when you find yourself stuck with several different activities to do after school. You may have a club meeting, a job,
The initial shock of the significant workload and expectations can take their toll, but good time management skills can prevent multiple late nights in a row to get assignments done on time. Kelci Lynn Lucier has worked in higher education for ten years, and has experienced students struggle to try and find the balance between extracurricular activities, personal activities, and education priorities. Luckily, Lucier has four tips to help best use the time provided in a day. Lucier’s first step focuses on managing ones academic time and how it needs to be the top priority above all other curricular activities, stating: “It's important to remind yourself why you're in college in the first place: to graduate” (Lucier). Lucier’s second step is be able to manage personal time, she talks about how unrealistic it is to always be working, studying, or learning, she wants students to try and find time to do something fun with friends or a club. Lucier’s third step is to wkeep the students health in mind, it does no good to stay up until two in the morning studying over a history mid-term, only to be half asleep for the test anyway; sleep is important and without can only increase the stress. Lucier’s fourth and final step is to not be afraid to seek help with your time management, she states: “The most important thing to have for time
There are common misconceptions about what you should do before a big exam. People are often cramming one or two days before the big final or pulling all nighters in hopes of learning a semester’s worth of material. This method is very unrealistic and does not yield the desired results most of the time. Now that midterm season is coming to an end, finals are fast approaching and some have realized this is their only chance to recover in a class. In order to bounce back, students should organize routine study time to decrease the probability of cramming, continue to move while studying, and limit the number of distractions around you.
High school students area bombarded with homework for the next school day. It usually takes a student around 2-3 hours to finish homework (Patel). That time does not include extracurricular school activities or other activities such as family time. When students try to fit all of these things in together, homework usually ends up being the one task that takes forever to do! Some students have to pull “all-nighters” in order to complete the assignment (Smith). The student comes to school the next day feeling very tired and that causes him to perform poorly in class. Currently, schools start at 8:10 and end at 3:40, that is including independent reading time, lunch, classes, and times to get to classes.
So overall, you need to be prepared for the next challenge. By being in the moment and finding balance with your homework/activities, you are able to enjoy your high school experience so much more. I think that is the key to high school, knowing how to manage your time well between fun activities and school work.
The next time I have a big assignment I want to finish it 3-4 days before it is due. I will write it down on a board in my room so I am reminded to do it. This will help me be less stressed out when it is almost due.
Be sure that the high school schedule has been printed out and if possible minimized so that it can fit on the back of a cell phone or other small binder that you carry with you throughout the day. Also make note of your locker number on this piece of paper so that you have a one-stop view of where you need to be and what the locker number is for ease of transition between classes. Nothing adds anxiety to your plate more than not remembering what your next class is or what the locker number assigned to you was.
Since school seems to be one of the biggest causes of stress, in high school students, getting organized for school and in general could be lift a few boulders. The first step to getting organized is getting rid of unnecessary things and then finding a system that works for your lifestyle. A good rule of thumb for declutter is, asking yourself when was the last time you uses it. If it’s been more than six months, the answer to that question is probably no. Now when it comes to finding a system that works well for you, it is important to think would you actually stay consist with it. For example, one of my favorite ways I see people stay organized for school, is by using one of those tumblr style bullet books. Which can, also be used as a creative
Imagine waking up to the startling sound of an alarm clock at the ripe hour of 5AM, and heading out the door to early morning practice. Afterward, the second period bell rings, and off you shoot to your first class of the day with sweat still streaming down your face. The day seems to drag on and you feel as if your eyes are going to snap shut at any moment because you were up late doing homework the night before until 11:30 P.M. At around noon, you’re finally given a 17-minute lunchtime, and then it’s back to your class. When you’re released from school at 2:35, you only get a brief moment to breathe before your 3 P.M. practice starts; it gets
I know you tell me all the time that you would rather be doing other things instead of your work. If you broke up your schoolwork into different days you would also have time to do things you like to do such as playing video games, watching TV, and working outside. Another option that you could try would be to finish it all in one night and then have the rest of the week to do whatever. You may get
Taking required classes and doing the school work is a lot more vigorous than what people imagine. Ideally people, especially new college students, hold the thought of taking the required courses just to get it over with. However, there is no time to ease up on the school work because as time passes, it will only become heavy. As well in movies, students will often find themselves staying up long hours of the night gulping down coffee just to finish or study for further assignments. Other than that, people will soon face the realization that the work will feel like it is
Now, this wouldn’t be a problem if students didn’t have after school activities. Some people may believe that if school starts later, kids won't have enough time for sports and clubs that occur after school. Even though schools may encounter these problems, some schools that have already changed their start time have easily avoided this problem. For example, you have a club meeting once a week for two hours after school, but after the meetings you have no time to do homework, if you divide the meeting in half and have two meetings every week for one hour, you now have one extra hour to do homework after the
The routine you had in high school is over. You're taking tougher courses, professors are piling on the homework, and you hardly have time to sleep let alone eat right.
Keeping a personal schedule or calendar can assist in prioritizing important dates, deadlines, and goals (Martinez Tucker, 2002). Asking for assistance from friends, family, and neighbors can also provide support. Finally, engaging in various stress relieving activities may prevent students from feeling overwhelmed.
With the daily activities happening in their life, they are anxious to keep up. For some, even a simple task of getting prepared to attend class is a challenge. The anxiety is accelerated by the workload of daily assignments, projects that have to be submitted on time and finally the kid have to bring materials to school. After school, the teenager is exhausted and once they get home, there is little time to do homework and study. Students who lack proper organization and time management may become overwhelmed and fall
High school in 2017 is tough; Seniors are required to do multiple things for graduation, Juniors are pounded with multiple test throughout the year, Sophomores are just starting to get use to high school, and the incoming Freshman who are thrown into a new experience. High schools nowadays are hard to survive in, graduation rates are lowering to be less the normal percentage in the last generations. As a person moves up in grade, homework is increasing and it is harder to do the homework. From volunteer work to working to doing extra curricular stuff, it’s difficult to finish