It's Time For School! Yes, it is that time of year once again. School is starting back up, whether its Elementary, Middle, High School, or College, most people have returned. Now I personally absolutely love my school, and I hope you do to. But even if you do love school, you can always use some tips and tricks to help you get that extra leg up and help you survive the school year. So lets hop right into it! Find What You Are Passionate About!The first and in my opinion, best thing you can do to make school better is find what you are passionate about. What makes you get up in the morning happy and ready to face the day? Is it music? Writing? Science? I cannot recommend enough, find what you are passionate about, and pursue it. Take extra courses related to that topic, and learn everything you can about the subject. I have been lucky enough to find my passion for writing at a prime time of my life, about halfway through high school. So, go out there and find what you are passionate about! Schedule, Schedule, Schedule!I know many of you already have a quite tight schedule, especially those that are in "Public School." You may think you don't need any more schedule outside of your classes at your school, but this is wrong. You have homework, which takes time. So, what you need to do is consider how long each piece of homework will take you, then schedule out time for specific assignments, BEFORE the due date. Trust me, it will make a HUGE difference, and you will do a lot better if you know exactly what you should be working on. Take Breaks!While there may not be much time for breaks during school hours, when you are doing homework assignments, take breaks. A general rule of thumb I have come to know is a 45:10 ratio. Spend 45 minutes working on whatever schoolwork you have, and then take a 10 minute break. Grab a snack, play a few songs on the guitar or piano, just a good shift in scenery. Heck, go for a walk or do a meditation. If you give your mind a bit of time to rest, you can go right back at it with a renewed vigor. Switch To Diffuse Mode When You Get StuckWe were recently talking in my Pre-calc class about Focused Mode versus Diffused Mode. When you are working on an assignment, you tend to be in focused mode, where you get very one minded and not as versatile. This particularly applies to math, where you may be thinking "there is only one way to solve this problem", when in reality there are more ways to figure it out. So take a step back, do something that requires less brain function, such as playing a song, or watching a short video. Just be careful not to get distracted. Then return to the problem, and generally having switched to Diffused Mode you will be better able to think outside the box you were trapped in. Think About How Blessed You Are To Be In School!The last thing I cannot recommend enough is that you think about how blessed you are to even be in school. All around the world, many people would kill to get the education you are receiving, even at a grade school level. I recently read a book called I Will Always Write Back, about this young woman from the U.S. that becomes pen pals with a young man in Zimbabwe. Throughout the book, it is mentioned just how valuable education is to Martin, the young man in Africa, and the extreme lengths he went through to get a decent education. All true by the way. So consider how lucky you are to even be getting an education, and suddenly that essay won't seem so hard to do. To End.While school may not be everyone's favorite thing on the planet, it is incredibly valuable. I know this must seem strange to hear from a Junior in High School, but please value your education. Use these tips and tricks on a daily basis, and watch your knowledge fly! I hope this was useful, and you can go at school with a fresh and renewed vigor!
Hey, speaking of school, you know what goes with school? BOOKS! You know who has a great book? ME! If you want a nice, easy read that also has some great deep themes, check out my debut novel, Stones Of The Middle Lands: The Castaway Hero, out now on Amazon HERE and Barnes and Noble HERE. If you want some more writings, you should also check out my short stories Hunted: A Revolutionary Short Story and Unappreciated, Unloved, Unlived, on THIS page. Until next time, keep on writing!
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