Free AdviceGet Free Advice
Home | Get advice | Give advice | Topics | Columnists | - !START HERE! -
Make Suggestions | Sitemap

Get Advice


Search Questions

Ask A Question

Browse Advice Columnists

Search Advice Columnists

Chat Room

Give Advice

View Questions
Search Questions
Advice Topics

Login

Username:
Password:
Remember me
Register for free!
Lost Password?

Want to give Advice?

Sign Up Now
(It's FREE!)

Miscellaneous

Shirts and Stuff
Page Backgrounds
Make Suggestions
Site News
Link To Us
About Us
Terms of Service
Help/FAQ
Sitemap
Contact Us


Now i have no life!!


Question Posted Wednesday January 19 2005, 9:54 am

I have really bad grades and until there up i have no life! i have a boyfriend who now thinks im asking him for a break when i said i need to focus more on school, my friends are getting mad at me because now i cant hang out with them and i can only have 30 min on the phone and an hour of t.v! how can i get my life back with doing better in school i get home a 4 every day and i need a schedule so i can get my life back!!

[ Answer this question ]
Want to answer more questions in the Work & School category?
Maybe give some free advice about: School?


AKSherma answered Sunday January 23 2005, 2:22 pm:
The best way to start is to write down what you do in a typical day (everything no matter how inane it is)- and you'll be shocked on how much time you waste. Trying to keep things balanced is esp hard when you're in higher education.

Then you have to figure out what is the best way for you to study. I don't study at home but go to the library or coffeeshop where no one knows me to study.

Then you have to schedule your day (get a PDA if you need one) and put away time for everything including studying, talking on the phone etc. If you stay on that schedule you'll be amazed on how much you get done.

Before you know it you'll get your grades up, learn to balance and things will get better.

I know it sounds preachy and I apologize for that, but your education is important.

Best of luck,
AK

[ AKSherma's advice column | Ask AKSherma A Question
]




xxBrOkEnxx answered Wednesday January 19 2005, 4:56 pm:
do extra credit..it always works..and do homework and stuff before your friends...in school pay attention to the teacher not your other classmates

[ xxBrOkEnxx's advice column | Ask xxBrOkEnxx A Question
]



hollaren answered Wednesday January 19 2005, 1:03 pm:
the only thing you can do is bring up your grades. who cares if your friends get mad tell you need to get your shit straight. you need to live for yourself and sorry but this is something that you have to do for yourself. tyr asking your teachers for weekly reports to give to your parents and when they see you improving and trying you'll start to get your life back.

[ hollaren's advice column | Ask hollaren A Question
]



MFS answered Wednesday January 19 2005, 11:37 am:
You just need to make it clear to everyone that you are in need of busting your ass to get your grades up. I can't see that friends would not understand that, so long as you make it clear to them what exactly is going on.<br>
<br>
You need a schedule? Then make one. It really is that simple. Do you eat dinner at the same time every day? Start with that. What time do you get home from school? The time from school to dinner - give yourself a half hour to relax after school, then shift into gear to either work on homework until you have to eat, or study. Then, after dinner, get right back to work.<br>
<br>
Feel free to allow yourself Friday nights to slack off. But in return, you have to set aside large parts of Saturday and ALL of Sunday to shift back into study-mode to crank out any school work and study any material you need to review.<br>
<br>
I make it sound so simple, don't I? Well, it is, so long as you have the willpower and dedication to pull it off. It admittedly might take you some time and a bit of self-torture to work yourself into a good routine, but you need to have the determination and the desire to pull your grades up - even if it means the fear of failing to drive you - it has to come from you, and you have to consciously choose to stick with it.

[ MFS's advice column | Ask MFS A Question
]



evilenterprisesinc answered Wednesday January 19 2005, 11:36 am:
Kill your parents.. if you dont want to.. im sure there are some psycho killers around you town ;)

[ evilenterprisesinc's advice column | Ask evilenterprisesinc A Question
]



hottdancer134 answered Wednesday January 19 2005, 10:20 am:
i had that same problem last year! what you have to do is sort your priorities. Make school and studying come first, and you'll see a steady incline in your grades! hope this helps!

~Alyssa

[ hottdancer134's advice column | Ask hottdancer134 A Question
]



TheChosenOne answered Wednesday January 19 2005, 10:19 am:
Well did you ever think of improving your grades first? You can study, do your work, and get extra credit. You can't get your "life" back until you improve the grades.

[ TheChosenOne's advice column | Ask TheChosenOne A Question
]

More Questions:

<<< Previous Question: unsure?
Next Question >>> what should i wear?

Recent popular questions:
Want to give advice?

Click here to start your own advice column!

What happened here with my gamer friends?

All content on this page posted by members of advicenators.com is the responsibility those individual members. Other content © 2003-2014 advicenators.com. We do not promise accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any advice and are not responsible for content.

Attention: NOTHING on this site may be reproduced in any fashion whatsoever without explicit consent (in writing) of the owner of said material, unless otherwise stated on the page where the content originated. Search engines are free to index and cache our content.
Users who post their account names or personal information in their questions have no expectation of privacy beyond that point for anything they disclose. Questions are otherwise considered anonymous to the general public.

[Valid RSS] eXTReMe Tracker