Category: Teen Topics
Have any of you found it difficult to balance your academic and social lives? I ask this because there often times when friends call me or something and I don't know when to be all, "Hey, school is more important" or something. I understand that secondary school is for both social and academic growth and improvement, it's just hard to find that balance and excell in both instead of improving in one and not the other. I have a feeling I'm not making any sense lol.
You're making a world of sense, LOL. You see, the way it works at my house is, no play until all your homework and chores are done.. LOLOL. So maybe you could write out a schedule of what ur posed to do and then call ur friends back if they call while ure doing your homework... it works for me. course no one calls me often so... lmao.
Well, I was always interested in having a good social life rather than sink myself in my books!!! I always talked to friends or chatted online first then did my homework later when it was quieter. Lots of times, I would snag a few hours of sleep and wake up at 4 or so just to finish up my homework. Needless to say, I got a standing ovation during my graduation from high school last year, had lots of friends that I still keep in contact with, received numerous scholarships because of good academic grades, took AP courses, and was not lonely in high school at all!!! So really, it's all up to you. If you are willing to make the kinds of sacrifices I made, then you can do it too!!!
*sexy*
hmm... i don't konw what does my brain have, but tihs year I felt like well I was not being as responsible as i was before, and well, here it goes, I was chosen as the student of the year for 2005! huh? for me? umm, thanks! well I did not believe it at first I was soooo excited. Well the problem is, as you don't go to your home you continuously hang out with friends and sometimes well homework becomes a bit... late, and your works slow down... but I just made the best I could in the last 4 months of school and well there ya go.
Hm earlier I was only learning and learning and didn't care about social life, but now it's different, I am hardly learning for school anymore and do more in social life *smiles*.
You know what people, its the good times that matter, not work. You can do work any time. Life is for living. I do what I can while I can, sod the expense and school. I'm living. If the school trys to brain wash you by saying you gotta get good exam results, tell them boloks, they only want you to get good grades for their sake, not yours, so live a bit people.
Hard work pays off in future, but laziness pays off now!
Urm, you don't want to go round telling your teachers I said that. Hmm. well, this is more of something you gotta go with your gut instinct on. Me? I used to be all about the books, mostly an a student, but I got sick of it, so I went all crazy, and left school for last, and grades, though still not bad, weren't the best. I suppose it depends what you see yourself doing in life, you don't want to screw up too badly, just in case it impacts your future, but if you know you don't want to go to Harvord, then you've got room to play. Hmm, I do well, teachers love me, but still have room to say, homework? naw? I'll do it right before the bell rings, or, I'll wake up at three am to do it, something like that. I for one hate school and homework, but it's a necessary evil.
Hey, I can recite the entire periodic table, guess that's a silver lining? Nah, not helping, am I?
LOL
I'm in college now, but am still trying to balance it all out... IT'S HARD!
But I've learned a bit of a balance. It's great to have a social life, but if having a social life means sacrificing things important to your health (i.e. sleep) on a continual basis, then I don't think it's worth it having a HUGE social life. After all, what does it matter to be UBER popular if you're exhausted due to lack of sleep, and you still don't cultivate CLOSE friendships that'll last years.
I think I sort of have and have had problems balancing my school time as well, but not because of a social life. Actually, I don't have many friends in person, don't get out much, and can go without chatting on the computer when I know I won't have the time for it. But during times where I should be working on school work, instead of working on that, I end up doing other things like reading other things on the Net that are more interesting, cleaning up and sorting things on my computer and discs, or going thru things in my room for example. It's messed up, because if I didn't get something turned in for that reason, I do feel guilty about it afterward, and yet I'm always thinking about things and sometimes feel stressed or mildly depressed. I think part of it is actually because I don't have much of a social life to ballance with school, so I way of taking a break from the work is to do something else and get other things done. I don't know, but again I plan to work on geting most if not all my school work turned in.
Also, I agree with Post 2, that writing a schedule out is a good idea, and am working on one myself for this coming semester. I've tried that out before, but I had done it after classes had started already. This time though, I already know what at least 2 of my classes are like, so I know how easy/hard the work will be and how much time it might take me to do each assignment. The other 2 I don't know but of course I will give time for them as well.
this is my new year's resolution, to balance play and work. Work allways coming first.
None of my teachers seem to get my homework to my aid in time for her to braille it. My science teacher gave her a study guide when she walked in to her class with me and expected her to braille it!!!!!!!!! What on Earth was she thinking????????? Who knows, but the point is that teachers have a very fine line of beeing annoying to beeing just downright stressful on me and my aid. So I decided that instead of putting all the strain on my aid I would have my teacher's email me my homework. I haven't had time to try my plan yet but I think it'll work. Maybe that fine line isn't so fine anymore at my school.
homework? bah, lol, i play first, and then sleep, and wake up at like five thirty in the morning to do it, friends mean too much to me, so, lol they come first
Well, I often get good grades and I study, but I don't have a good social life. Noone hardly ever calls me and I always have to start everything, so I gave up years ago, I'm used to it. Now I do my homework and hang out online. When no internet connection is available, I go into a boring mood.
Yeah, I am good academically, but socially, blah. Don't have much friends. I don't often find people agreeable. Only a couple. I believes in my studies more. I try to be balanced though. People call me a nerd, and I just don't like the classing.