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How can I keep up?
I've been sick a lot lately and I've had pressure to do all this work at home!I have to study for tests toto practice and keep up with homework on top of that My mom keeps telling me to clean my room!I need ways to clean my room fast study quickly and still know it and keep up with homework!!!
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What you have is a time management problem, something not so unusual for any teenager let alone one who has had medical problems that may be causing you problems with keeping up with your class work.
The first thing I would suggest is meeting with your teachers and finding out just when they expect the missed worked to be made up. For example teacher 1 says they want the work done by next Tuesday. That's fine you can schedule that if say today is Monday. You meet with teacher 2 and he/she also wants the work by Tuesday. You say that date is taken that you can have the work for for them on Monday or Wednesday. You do this with each of you teachers scheduling one subject for each day of the week following the day you meet with them.
When you meet with your teachers have a calendar with you and you mark on that calendar what project or subject is due to be completed on which day during the following week.
Lets also say that your math teacher wants your missed math work brought up to date by Thursday. Looking at your calendar you see you promised your science teacher you would have your class work brought up to date by Monday and you would have your science project ready on time for Thursday. Looking at your calendar of work to be done and the volume of math work to be caught up on you might even need the following weekend to complete all the math work as well as stay current in all your other class assignments you have.
By showing your time management calendar to your math teacher and your other teachers as well; they will see a time management plan. When anyone sees a plan to accomplish a goal they are going to be more willing to go along with the plan rather than if you just come up to them and say that what they are asking is not possible.
Lets take this a step further and say your math teacher says, I don't care you complete the work by Thursday or you fail this marking period. Your choices are to fail the marking period or stay up late and not get your proper res which would cause you to get sick again. You now can go to you principal and show him or her that you have a reasonable plan to accomplish completing the missed worked, doing your homework and getting the rest you need to stay healthy. Your principal can them override the math teacher and accept having the work turned in the following Monday.
Now what you have to do is with this calendar go home and schedule your time for each day. Schedule time to do your home work plus time to complete some of the work that is required to be turned in next week. You schedule more time for the work due first and less for that which is due last but some work on each subject each night. You also schedule time to clean your room and some down time for yourself.
When you get caught up readjust your calendar for the normal school day. For instance so many hours for every day home work plus some time towards projects due at a future date. Maybe less time now and more and more time as the date for the project grows near. You include in you management calendar time for chores around the house as well as dating time and other things you want to do.
If you master time management now you will be tat much further ahead of your friends when you get to college and better prepared for college when you get there. Those who succeed in managing their time properly generally far exceed their peers in life.
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Cleaning your room , studying for tests and finishing homework are three different things so you can't mix all of them together at the same time . Why don't you try dividing your time ? Always remember that the pressure you're bearing now is closely related to how you manage it .
For instance , finish your homework right after you've finished school and try to complete them on the same day . In the evening , consume your time cleaning your room for at least two hours if necessary because believe me , you won't be able to concentrate yourself in a messy room . Then , when nighttime arrives , revise the subjects all the way .
You see , things happen for a reason and the key here is to organise yourself without complaining on what's happening . Have a daily planner . cheer up ^.^
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