Welcome to Surviving School
As students progress through high school, it gets harder and harder to survive in school. The work gets harder and there is more of it. The days of grade school when there was no homework over the weekends seems like a distant memory or a happier time. Sleepless nights are not uncommon. Getting through school is tough.
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For many high school and college students, classes either already started or they start soon. Everyone is nervous about their first few days and wants to make a great impression on the teachers and students that they haven't seen since the previous year. I mean really, who wants to start off on the wrong foot?
Everyone does it at one point or another; procrastinate. It is really a killer for school work and it has been known to turn the most successful students into failures. Do not let procrastination get the best of you, especially if you are going to be a senior. Here are some tips and motivation to avoid procrastination.
So it has been vacation for a few weeks for most of us and some teens are starting to get bored already. After all, if you see the same friends every single day, it isn't as fun. Teens are mixing it up by reading during their free time. There is barely enough time during the year to read because school is so time consuming, so summer is the perfect time to enjoy a book. These are some great options that you are sure to enjoy.
Especially today with budget cuts across the country, one of the first things to go in public high schools is fine arts. People think that math and science classes are more practical in the long run because they can be applied to the job markets of the future. Arts classes are being cut even though these are the most important classes that a school can offer.
"It is impossibly hard to get all of the work done that students get in high school. There is always some sort of project, essay, reading, studying, bookwork, or other homework that needs to be done and there is not enough time to..."
"Crunch time, as high school students like to call it, is the last 2 or so weeks before finals. This is when students finally realize that they had better get in gear and be prepared to sit down and crank out some serous studying. Here are some tips to help make studying easier..."
"Many High School teens, at one time or another, ask themselves (their parents also ask) if test prep is worth the time and money. The answer to this question..."
"Everyone wants to graduate the top of their class, valedictorian, with a 5.0 GPA, etc, but what does it all really mean and how do you get there? Well for starters, this is not for everyone, and if you are chasing after a school title, it is a lot of hard work. What does one of these titles get you? - honestly, not much for the work involved....."
"Everyone in today's society runs under the impression that going to a "good" college (good usually referring to Ivy League status) will help them achieve more in life. I hate to say it, but this is completely and utterly FALSE......"
"Aside from the experience of college, there are many other advantages to attending a university, even if for just one year. This is the primary reason why president Obama encourages all Americans to attend at least one year of higher education at either a public or private school...."
"Although it is the most important test in a high school student's life, the SAT and education in America is seriously flawed. Students are trained from birth to do well on standardized tests such as the SAT and do not even get to be children anymore. With the creation of products to give your son or daughter a head start over other 2 year olds, children lose the most important aspect of their youth; their childhood...."
